Recreational Fishing

Texas has become a top fishing destinations for tourists both because of the excellent freshwater reservoirs and streams filled with largemouth bass, smallmouth bass and catfish and because of the superb red drum and spotted seatrout fishery along the coast. Indeed as the Texas population grows, the interest in fishing has grown as well.

The following links provide an array of topics that interest anglers from the novice to the experienced, including where and how to fish legally, whether you release or keep and eat your catch.

• Buy a License
• Regulations
• Learn to Fish
  • Watch "Getting Started: Fishing Resources"
• Where to Fish
• Consumption Bans and Advisories
• Catch and Release
• Bait Shrimp
• Tides
• Federal Waters