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Bait Shrimping (Major Bays and Bait Bays)
Season
Hours
Limits
Year-round
30 minutes before sunrise • 2 quarts/person (with heads attached)
to 30 minutes after sunset • 4 quarts/boat (with heads attached) on
boats taking shrimp with individual bait
shrimp trawl
• No count size restrictions
Shrimping for Purposes other than Bait (Major Bays only)
Season
Hours
Limits
Spring Open Season 30 minutes before sunrise • 15 pounds/person/day (heads attached)
May 15 – July 15
to 30 minutes after sunset • No count size restrictions
Fall Open Season
30 minutes be fore sunrise • 15 pounds/person/day (heads attached)
Aug. 15 – Nov. 30
to 30 minutes after sunset • No count size restrictions
FISHING REGULATIONS
• Tres Palacios Bay south of a line from Grassey Point to the mouth of Pilkington Bayou
• Espiritu Santo Bay
• Lavaca Bay southward of State Highway 35
• San Antonio Bay southward of a line from McDowell Point to Mosquito Point
• Aransas Bay
• Corpus Christi Bay exclusive of the area bounded by a line extending from the
Gulf Intracoastal Waterway at the southwest point of the Dagger Island chain,
along Dagger Island to the southeast tip of Ransom Island, then southeast to the
westernmost point of land north of Marker 14 in the Corpus Christi Ship Channel
• All exclusive of tributary bays, bayous, inlets, lakes and rivers
4. Bait Bays (includes major bays and those listed here):
• Chocolate Bay
• West Bay south and west of Interstate Hwy. 45 Causeway Bridge and the Gulf
Intracoastal Waterway inclusive of the area south of a line extending westward from
Interstate Hwy. 45 Causeway Bridge at Virginia Point, along the southern edge of Tiki
Island to the northeastern tip of North Deer Island at Channel Marker 48
• Trinity Bay northward from a line extending from the mouth of Double Bayou in
Chambers County to Double Bayou Channel Marker 14, to Separator C-2, to Point
Barrow in Chambers County
• The Old Brazos River lying north of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway in Brazoria County
• Upper Laguna Madre
• Baffi n Bay
• Alazan Bay
• Barroom Bay
• Lower Laguna Madre, including the Brownsville Ship Channel
• The entire Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, exclusive of all tributaries
5. Nursery Areas: (No Shrimping Allowed) Those coastal waters not specifi cally named
above as Major Bays or Bait Bays are considered Nursery Areas. Includes tributary
bays, bayous, inlets, lakes, and rivers that serve as signifi cant growth and development
environments for postlarval and juvenile shrimp. Does not include outside waters, major
bays, or bait bays.
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Bait Shrimping (Major Bays and Bait Bays)
Season
Hours
Limits
Year-round
30 minutes before sunrise • 2 quarts/person (with heads attached)
to 30 minutes after sunset • 4 quarts/boat (with heads attached) on
boats taking shrimp with individual bait
shrimp trawl
• No count size restrictions
Shrimping for Purposes other than Bait (Major Bays only)
Season
Hours
Limits
Spring Open Season 30 minutes before sunrise • 15 pounds/person/day (heads attached)
May 15 – July 15
to 30 minutes after sunset • No count size restrictions
Fall Open Season
30 minutes be fore sunrise • 15 pounds/person/day (heads attached)
Aug. 15 – Nov. 30
to 30 minutes after sunset • No count size restrictions
FISHING REGULATIONS
• Tres Palacios Bay south of a line from Grassey Point to the mouth of Pilkington Bayou
• Espiritu Santo Bay
• Lavaca Bay southward of State Highway 35
• San Antonio Bay southward of a line from McDowell Point to Mosquito Point
• Aransas Bay
• Corpus Christi Bay exclusive of the area bounded by a line extending from the
Gulf Intracoastal Waterway at the southwest point of the Dagger Island chain,
along Dagger Island to the southeast tip of Ransom Island, then southeast to the
westernmost point of land north of Marker 14 in the Corpus Christi Ship Channel
• All exclusive of tributary bays, bayous, inlets, lakes and rivers
4. Bait Bays (includes major bays and those listed here):
• Chocolate Bay
• West Bay south and west of Interstate Hwy. 45 Causeway Bridge and the Gulf
Intracoastal Waterway inclusive of the area south of a line extending westward from
Interstate Hwy. 45 Causeway Bridge at Virginia Point, along the southern edge of Tiki
Island to the northeastern tip of North Deer Island at Channel Marker 48
• Trinity Bay northward from a line extending from the mouth of Double Bayou in
Chambers County to Double Bayou Channel Marker 14, to Separator C-2, to Point
Barrow in Chambers County
• The Old Brazos River lying north of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway in Brazoria County
• Upper Laguna Madre
• Baffi n Bay
• Alazan Bay
• Barroom Bay
• Lower Laguna Madre, including the Brownsville Ship Channel
• The entire Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, exclusive of all tributaries
5. Nursery Areas: (No Shrimping Allowed) Those coastal waters not specifi cally named
above as Major Bays or Bait Bays are considered Nursery Areas. Includes tributary
bays, bayous, inlets, lakes, and rivers that serve as signifi cant growth and development
environments for postlarval and juvenile shrimp. Does not include outside waters, major
bays, or bait bays.
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