2017-2018 Texas Commercial Fishing Guide
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• Must be marked with yellow flagging
attached to stakes or with a yellow buoy
showing the commercial finfish fisherman’s license plate number. The letters
must be in a contrasting color at least
two inches high and attached to end
fixtures.
• Construction and Design Restrictions:
• The mainline length may not exceed
600 feet.
• May not use metallic stakes.
• May not place the main fishing line and
attached hooks and stagings above the
water’s surface.
• Must be marked with yellow flagging
attached to stakes or with a yellow
floating buoy not less than 6 inches in
height and 6 inches in width, attached
to end fixtures.
• Floats must be yellow.
• Buoys or floats may not be made of
plastic bottle(s) of any color or size.
• May not be baited with other than natural bait.
• Natural bait is whole or cut-up portion
of a fish or shellfish or a whole or cut-up
portion of plant material in its natural
state, provided that none of these may
be altered beyond cutting into portions.
• Hooks must be 3 feet apart.
• May not be used with hooks other than
circle-type hook (comparable to Mustad
11/0 circle hook Model #39960ST) with
point curved in and having a gap (distance from point to shank) of no more
than 1/2 inch, and with the diameter of
the circle not less than 5/8 inch.
• Placement and Location Restrictions:
• May not be used in or on the waters of
the Gulf of Mexico within the jurisdiction
of this state;
• May not be placed closer than 50 feet
from any other trotline, or set within
200 feet of the edge of the Intracoastal
Waterway or its tributary channels.
• May not be used in Aransas County in
Little Bay and the water area of Aransas
Bay within one-half mile of a line from
Hail Point on the Lamar Peninsula, then
direct to the eastern end of Goose
Island, then along the southern shore of
Goose Island, then along the causeway
between Lamar Peninsula and Live Oak
Peninsula, then along the eastern shoreline of the Live Oak Peninsula past the
town of Fulton, past Nine-Mile Point,
past the town of Rockport to a point at
the east end of Talley Island, including
that part of Copano Bay within 1,000
feet of the causeway between Lamar
Peninsula and Live Oak Peninsula.
• No trotline or trotline components
including lines and hooks, but excluding
poles, may be left in or on coastal
waters between the hours of 1 p.m. on
Friday through 1 p.m. on Sunday of each
week, except that attended sail lines are
excluded from the restrictions imposed
by this clause. Under the authority of
the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Code, §66.206(b), in the event
small craft advisories or higher marine
weather advisories issued by the
National Weather Service are in place at
8 a.m. on Friday, trotlines may remain in
the water until 6 p.m. on Friday. If small
craft advisories are in place at 1 p.m. on
Friday, trotlines may remain in the
water until Saturday. When small craft
advisories are lifted by 8 a.m. on Saturday, trotlines must be removed by 1 p.m.
on Saturday. When small craft advisories or higher marine weather advisories
are still in place at 1 p.m. on Saturday,
trotlines may remain in the water
through 1 p.m. on Sunday. It is a violation to tend, bait or harvest fish or any
other aquatic life from trotlines during
the period that trotline removal requirements are suspended under this provision for adverse weather conditions. For
purposes of enforcement, the geographic area customarily covered by
marine weather advisories will be delineated by department policy.
Turtle Excluder Device (TED): TEDs are
required in certain trawls (See Page 40 —
SHRIMP REGULATIONS for trawl design
restrictions).
Umbrella Net:
• Legal only for taking NONGAME fish and
other aquatic animal life.
• NONGAME fish and other aquatic animal life
may be taken for bait purposes only.
• May not have within the frame an area that
exceeds 16 square feet.
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• Must be marked with yellow flagging
attached to stakes or with a yellow buoy
showing the commercial finfish fisherman’s license plate number. The letters
must be in a contrasting color at least
two inches high and attached to end
fixtures.
• Construction and Design Restrictions:
• The mainline length may not exceed
600 feet.
• May not use metallic stakes.
• May not place the main fishing line and
attached hooks and stagings above the
water’s surface.
• Must be marked with yellow flagging
attached to stakes or with a yellow
floating buoy not less than 6 inches in
height and 6 inches in width, attached
to end fixtures.
• Floats must be yellow.
• Buoys or floats may not be made of
plastic bottle(s) of any color or size.
• May not be baited with other than natural bait.
• Natural bait is whole or cut-up portion
of a fish or shellfish or a whole or cut-up
portion of plant material in its natural
state, provided that none of these may
be altered beyond cutting into portions.
• Hooks must be 3 feet apart.
• May not be used with hooks other than
circle-type hook (comparable to Mustad
11/0 circle hook Model #39960ST) with
point curved in and having a gap (distance from point to shank) of no more
than 1/2 inch, and with the diameter of
the circle not less than 5/8 inch.
• Placement and Location Restrictions:
• May not be used in or on the waters of
the Gulf of Mexico within the jurisdiction
of this state;
• May not be placed closer than 50 feet
from any other trotline, or set within
200 feet of the edge of the Intracoastal
Waterway or its tributary channels.
• May not be used in Aransas County in
Little Bay and the water area of Aransas
Bay within one-half mile of a line from
Hail Point on the Lamar Peninsula, then
direct to the eastern end of Goose
Island, then along the southern shore of
Goose Island, then along the causeway
between Lamar Peninsula and Live Oak
Peninsula, then along the eastern shoreline of the Live Oak Peninsula past the
town of Fulton, past Nine-Mile Point,
past the town of Rockport to a point at
the east end of Talley Island, including
that part of Copano Bay within 1,000
feet of the causeway between Lamar
Peninsula and Live Oak Peninsula.
• No trotline or trotline components
including lines and hooks, but excluding
poles, may be left in or on coastal
waters between the hours of 1 p.m. on
Friday through 1 p.m. on Sunday of each
week, except that attended sail lines are
excluded from the restrictions imposed
by this clause. Under the authority of
the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Code, §66.206(b), in the event
small craft advisories or higher marine
weather advisories issued by the
National Weather Service are in place at
8 a.m. on Friday, trotlines may remain in
the water until 6 p.m. on Friday. If small
craft advisories are in place at 1 p.m. on
Friday, trotlines may remain in the
water until Saturday. When small craft
advisories are lifted by 8 a.m. on Saturday, trotlines must be removed by 1 p.m.
on Saturday. When small craft advisories or higher marine weather advisories
are still in place at 1 p.m. on Saturday,
trotlines may remain in the water
through 1 p.m. on Sunday. It is a violation to tend, bait or harvest fish or any
other aquatic life from trotlines during
the period that trotline removal requirements are suspended under this provision for adverse weather conditions. For
purposes of enforcement, the geographic area customarily covered by
marine weather advisories will be delineated by department policy.
Turtle Excluder Device (TED): TEDs are
required in certain trawls (See Page 40 —
SHRIMP REGULATIONS for trawl design
restrictions).
Umbrella Net:
• Legal only for taking NONGAME fish and
other aquatic animal life.
• NONGAME fish and other aquatic animal life
may be taken for bait purposes only.
• May not have within the frame an area that
exceeds 16 square feet.
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