Fishing in the East Texas & Piney Woods

Explore fishing in the East Texas & Piney Woods of Texas. Lake Fork, Toledo Bend, Sam Rayburn, Caddo Lake, Bellwood Lake

Lake Fork offers excellent fishing in the East Texas & Piney Woods of Texas with good public access.

1. Lake Fork (Largemouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish)

Lake Fork, Texas

Lake Fork offers excellent fishing in the East Texas & Piney Woods of Texas with good public access.

Largemouth bass · Limit: 5 combined (largemouth, smallmouth, Alabama, Guadalupe, spotted) · Min 14 in
Crappie (white, black) · Limit: 25 combined · Min 10 in
Sunfish (bluegill, redear, green, warmouth, longear) · Limit: No limit

Toledo Bend, Texas

Toledo Bend offers excellent fishing in the East Texas & Piney Woods of Texas with good public access.

⚠ This water: Fish consumption advisory in effect.
⚠ This water: For largemouth and smallmouth bass, minimum length limit = 14 inches. No minimum length limit for Alabama, Guadalupe, and spotted bass (if present). Daily bag limit for all black bass species is 8 in any combination. Possession limit = 10.
⚠ This water: There is no minimum length limit or daily bag limit for common carp.
⚠ This water: For blue and channel catfish, no minimum length limit; daily bag and possession limit = 50 in any combination, of which no more than 5 may be 30 inches or greater in length.
⚠ This water: For flathead catfish, minimum length limit = 18 inches; daily bag and possession limit = 10.
⚠ This water: For black and white crappie there is no MLL and daily bag = 25 crappie in combination.
⚠ This water: There is no minimum length or daily bag limit on bluegill, redear, warmouth or other species of sunfish.
⚠ This water: For rainbow and brown trout, their hybrids and subspecies, there is no minimum length and daily bag limit = 5 trout in any combination.
⚠ This water: For white bass, no MLL and daily bag = 25.
⚠ This water: For striped bass, no MLL, daily bag = 5, and only 2 striped bass, 30 inches or greater, may be retained each day.
Largemouth bass · Limit: 5 combined (largemouth, smallmouth, Alabama, Guadalupe, spotted) · Min 14 in
Crappie (white, black) · Limit: 25 combined · Min 10 in
Sunfish (bluegill, redear, green, warmouth, longear) · Limit: No limit

Sam Rayburn, Texas

Sam Rayburn offers excellent fishing in the East Texas & Piney Woods of Texas with good public access.

⚠ This water: Fish consumption advisory in effect.
⚠ This water: For largemouth and smallmouth bass, minimum length limit = 14 inches. No minimum length limit for Alabama, Guadalupe, and spotted bass. Daily bag limit for all black bass species is 5 in any combination.
⚠ This water: There is no minimum length limit or daily bag limit for common carp.
⚠ This water: For blue and channel catfish, no minimum length limit; daily bag and possession limit = 50 in any combination, of which no more than 5 may be 30 inches or greater in length.
⚠ This water: For white and black crappie, their hybrids and subspecies, minimum length limit = 10 inches. Daily bag limit = 25 in any combination.
⚠ This water: There is no minimum length or daily bag limit on bluegill, redear, warmouth or other species of sunfish.
⚠ This water: For rainbow and brown trout, their hybrids and subspecies, there is no minimum length and daily bag limit = 5 trout in any combination.
⚠ This water: For white bass, minimum length = 10 inches and daily bag is 25.
⚠ This water: For striped and hybrid striped bass, minimum length limit = 18 inches and daily bag limit = 5 in any combination.
Largemouth bass · Limit: 5 combined (largemouth, smallmouth, Alabama, Guadalupe, spotted) · Min 14 in
Crappie (white, black) · Limit: 25 combined · Min 10 in
Sunfish (bluegill, redear, green, warmouth, longear) · Limit: No limit

Caddo Lake, Texas

Caddo Lake offers excellent fishing in the East Texas & Piney Woods of Texas with good public access.

Largemouth bass · Limit: 5 combined (largemouth, smallmouth, Alabama, Guadalupe, spotted) · Min 14 in
Crappie (white, black) · Limit: 25 combined · Min 10 in
Sunfish (bluegill, redear, green, warmouth, longear) · Limit: No limit