Fishing Regulations for Sabine River
- Black bass
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Upstream of Toledo Bend/LA state line
For largemouth and smallmouth bass, minimum length limit = 14 inches. No minimum length for Guadalupe or spotted bass. Daily bag limit is 5 fish for all four species in any combination. -
Toledo Bend Dam to I-10 Bridge
For largemouth and smallmouth bass, minimum length limit = 14 inches. No minimum length for spotted and Guadalupe bass (if present). Daily bag for all four species = 8 bass in any combination. Possession limit = 10. - White, striped and yellow bass
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Upstream of Toledo Bend/LA state line
For striped and hybrid striped bass, minimum length limit = 18 inches and daily bag limit = 5 in any combination. For white bass, minimum length = 10 inches and daily bag is 25. There are no bag or size limits for yellow bass. -
Toledo Bend Dam to I-10 Bridge
For striped bass, there is no minimum length limit; daily bag = 5, and only two striped bass 30 inches or greater may be retained each day. -
Toledo Bend Dam to I-10 Bridge
For white bass, there is no minimum length; daily bag = 25 fish. There are no bag or size limits for yellow bass. - Carp
- There is no minimum length limit or daily bag limit for common carp.
- Catfish
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Upstream of Toledo Bend/LA state line
For channel and blue catfish, their hybrids and subspecies, minimum length limit = 12 inches and daily bag limit = 25 in any combination. For flathead catfish, minimum length = 18 inches and daily bag limit = 5. -
Toledo Bend Dam to I-10 Bridge
For blue and channel catfish, no minimum length; daily bag and possession limit = 50 in combination, of which no more than 5 may be 20 inches or longer. For flathead catfish, minimum length=18 inches; daily bag and possession limit = 10 fish. - Crappie
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Upstream of Toledo Bend/LA state line
For white and black crappie, their hybrids and subspecies, minimum length limit = 10 inches. Daily bag limit = 25 in any combination. -
Toledo Bend Dam to I-10 Bridge
For black and white crappie there is no MLL and daily bag = 25 crappie in combination. - Gar
- For alligator gar, daily bag limit is 1 fish of any size. No bag limits on other species of gar.
- Sunfish
- There is no minimum length or daily bag limit on bluegill, redear, warmouth or other species of sunfish.
- Trout
- For rainbow and brown trout, their hybrids and subspecies, there is no minimum length and daily bag limit = 5 trout in any combination.