FRESHWATER FISHING
FRESHWATER NONGAME FISH
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Size Limit
Daily Creel Limit
CATFISH
All state waters
EXCEPT as
follows:
Blue Catfish:
12” MLL
100 daily in the aggregate. A fisherman may
possess up to 25 undersized catfish of the three
species combined.
Channel Catfish:
11” MLL
Flathead Catfish:
14” MLL
Caddo Lake, Sabine
River and Toledo
Bend Reservoir
Blue & Channel
Catfish:
None
50 daily in the aggregate
No more than five over
30” total length
Flathead Catfish:
18” MLL
10 daily
FRESHWATER DRUM (Gaspergou)
All state waters
12” MLL
25 daily
PADDLEFISH
Statewide
30” max lower jaw
fork length
2 daily (fish cannot be
retained alive & cannot
be harvested by snagging methods)
Boundary waters
with Texas and
below the saltwater
line
no legal harvest or possession
SHAD
All state waters
None
50 pounds daily
STURGEON
All state waters
N/A
No legal harvest or
possession
OTHER FRESHWATER FISH
All state waters
None
No limit
CRAWFISH
All state waters
None
150 pounds daily
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