Freshwater Fishing Publications
General Publications
- Angler's Guide to West Texas
(PDF 3.3 MB) - A Vision for Catfish in Texas - TPWD Catfish Management Plan (PDF 685.5 KB)
- Basic Fly Fishing for Students (PDF 1.2 MB)
- Big Country Angler's Guide (PDF 2.7 MB)
- Bow Fishing in Texas (regulations summary)
- HTML version
- PDF version (PDF 33.9 KB)
- Commercial Fishing Guide (PDF 2.3 MB)
- Free Fishing in State Parks Leaflet (PDF 119.7 KB)
- Free Fishing in State Parks Bookmark (PDF 153.4 KB)
- Fishing Season Wallet Card (PDF 345.2 KB)
- Rainbow Trout Angling Tips (PDF 614.8 KB)
- River Fishing in Dallas-Fort Worth
- HTML version
- PDF version (PDF 339.8 KB)
- White Bass Fishing in Central Texas
- HTML version
- PDF version (PDF 130.8 KB)
- A Basic Guide for the Beginning Angler (PDF 2 MB)
- "takemefishing" – Una guía básica para el pescador principiante (PDF 2.6 MB)
- Easy Access Fishing Spots - Austin brochure (PDF 555.1 KB)
- Easy Access Fishing Spots - Austin - Spanish version brochure (PDF 555.8 KB)
- Easy Access Fishing Spots - San Antonio brochure (PDF 792.7 KB)
- Easy Access Fishing Spots - San Antonio - Spanish version brochure(PDF 763.9 KB)
- Easy Access Fishing Spots - Dallas-Fort Worth brochure (PDF 507.3 KB)
- Easy Access Fishing Spots - Dalla -Fort Worth - Spanish version brochure (PDF 499 KB)
- Easy Access Fishing Spots - Houston brochure (PDF 442.8 KB)
- Easy Access Fishing Spots - Houston - Spanish version brochure (PDF 435.3 KB)
Freshwater Species
- Freshwater Catfish in Texas (PDF 716.6 KB)
- Carp Fishing in Texas (PDF 766.4 KB)
- Crappie and Crappie Fishing (PDF 94.9 KB)
- Guadalupe Bass - The State Fish of Texas (PDF 1.4 MB)
- Largemouth Bass in Texas (PDF 825.5 KB)
- Rainbow Trout in Texas (PDF 560.7 KB)
- White Bass in Texas (PDF 540.7 KB)
- Black Basses of Texas (identification guide)
- HTML version
- PDF version (PDF 268.8 KB)
- Channel Catfish and Blue Catfish (identification guide)
- HTML version
- PDF version (PDF 241.4 KB)
- Striped Bass and Hybrids (identification guide)
- HTML version
- PDF version (PDF 663.2 KB)
- Texas Non-game Freshwater Fishes (PDF 446.4 KB)
Fishing Tip Sheets
- Bastrop State Park (PDF 504.2 KB)
- Blanco State Park (PDF 508 KB)
- Brazos Bend State Park (PDF 506.6 KB)
- Buescher State Park (PDF 504.5 KB)
- Fort Boggy State Park (PDF 526.8 KB)
- Inks Lake State Park (PDF 508.2 KB)
- Lake Arrowhead State Park (PDF 518.9 KB)
- Lake Casa Blanca State Park (PDF 529.7 KB)
- Lake Livingston State Park (PDF 557.5 KB)
- Lake Mineral Wells State Park (PDF 557.1 KB)
- Lake Somerville State Park and Trailway – Nails Creek Unit (PDF 522.5 KB)
- McKinney Falls State Park (PDF 529 KB)
- Purtis Creek State Park (PDF 508.7 KB)
Contour Maps of Selected Lakes
- Lake Abilene
- Lake Cisco
- Lake Coleman
- Fort Phantom Hill
- Hords Creek Lake
- Lake Kirby
- Lake Leon - east section | west section
- Lake McCarty
- Lake Memory
- North Anson Lake
- Proctor Lake
- Purtis Creek State Park Lake
- Scarborough Lake
- Lake Stamford
- Lake Trammel