Freshwater Fishing Publications

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General Publications

• Angler's Guide to West Texas (PDF 3.3 MB)
• Basic Fly Fishing for Students (PDF 976.7 KB)
• Big Country Angler's Guide (PDF 2.7 MB)
• Bow Fishing in Texas (regulations summary)
  • HTML version
  • PDF version (PDF 107.4 KB)
• Commercial Fishing Guide (PDF 1.9 MB)
• Free Fishing in State Parks Brochure (PDF 789.4 KB)
• 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 28 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)
• "takemefishing" - A Basic Guide for the Beginning Angler (PDF 1.5 MB)
• "takemefishing" – Una guía básica para el pescador principiante (PDF 1.5 MB)
• "takemefishing" Austin brochure (PDF 881.8 KB)
• "takemefishing" Austin - Spanish Version brochure (PDF 213.9 KB)
• "takemefishing" San Antonio brochure (PDF 290 KB)
• "takemefishing" San Antonio - Spanish version brochure (PDF 300.9 KB)
• "takemefishing" Dallas - Fort Worth brochure (PDF 1.2 MB)
• "takemefishing" Dallas - Fort Worth - Spanish version brochure (PDF 213.6 KB)
• "takemefishing" Houston brochure (PDF 167.1 KB)
• "takemefishing" Houston - Spanish version brochure (PDF 150.4 KB)

Freshwater Species

• Freshwater Catfish in Texas (PDF 801.6 KB)
• Carp Fishing in Texas (PDF 254.1 KB)
• Crappie and Crappie Fishing (PDF 94.9 KB)
• Guadalupe Bass - The State Fish of Texas (PDF 1.8 MB)
• Largemouth Bass in Texas (PDF 977.6 KB)
• Rainbow Trout in Texas (PDF 173.6 KB)
• White Bass in Texas (PDF 206.9 KB)
• Black Basses of Texas (identification guide)
  • HTML version
  • PDF version (PDF 287.4 KB)
• Channel Catfish and Blue Catfish (identification guide)
  • HTML version
  • PDF version (PDF 206.3 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 126.4 KB)
• Blanco State Park (PDF 126.7 KB)
• Brazos Bend State Park (PDF 126.2 KB)
• Buescher State Park (PDF 126.2 KB)
• Fort Boggy State Park (PDF 124.2 KB)
• Galveston Island State Park (PDF 115.2 KB)
• Inks Lake State Park (PDF 124.7 KB)
• Lake Arrowhead State Park (PDF 126.9 KB)
• Lake Casa Blanca State Park (PDF 124.3 KB)
• Lake Livingston State Park (PDF 124.9 KB)
• Lake Mineral Wells State Park (PDF 124.2 KB)
• Lake Texana State Park (PDF 124.4 KB)
• McKinney Falls State Park (PDF 124.7 KB)
• Lake Somerville State Park and Trailway – Nails Creek Unit (PDF 125.4 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