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Texas · White and black crappie

Can you keep a white and black crappie in Texas?

Yes, with limits

Statewide

Open year-round
Size
10 inches and up
total length
Daily bag
25
per person per day
Possession
50
total you may hold

White and black crappie share one bag of 25. Caddo, Toledo Bend and the lower Sabine drop the 10-inch minimum entirely. Lake Fork drops it from December through February and requires that every crappie caught in that window be kept rather than released.

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