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Largemouth bass size limit in Texas

You can keep one today — within these limits

Largemouth bass identification illustration — side view for checking Texas size limits
Largemouth bass, drawn to show the marks that identify it. It is an illustration, not a photo — where identification decides a fine, TPWD is the authority.

Statewide

Open year-round
Size limit 14 inches and up total length
Daily bag 5 per person per day
Possession 10 total you may hold

The five-fish bag covers all black bass together — largemouth, smallmouth, Alabama, Guadalupe and spotted. Only largemouth and smallmouth carry the 14-inch minimum. Well over a hundred individual waters carry their own rules, so check the water you are fishing.

TPWD source page

Lake Fork

Open year-round
Size limit No size limit stated total length
Daily bag 5 per person per day
Possession 10 total you may hold

A protective slot, which works the opposite way round to the red drum slot: bass between 16 and 24 inches must go back. You may keep fish at or under 16 inches, or at or over 24 inches, and only one of those big ones per day.

TPWD source page

What we left out on purpose

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