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Statewide Bag and Length Limits for Saltwater Fish
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Species |
Daily Bag |
Length in
Inches |
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Amberjack, Greater |
1 |
32 No limit |
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Bass: striped, its hybrids and subspecies |
5 |
18 No limit |
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Catfish:
channel and blue catfish, |
25 |
12 No limit |
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Catfish, flathead |
5 |
18 No limit |
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Catfish, gafftopsail |
No limit |
14 No limit |
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Cobia |
2 |
37 No limit |
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Drum, blacka |
5 |
14 30a |
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Drum, redb |
3 |
20 28b |
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Flounder: all species, their hybrids and subspeciesc |
10 |
14 No limitc |
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Grouper, goliath (formerly called Jewfish) |
0 |
Catch and release only |
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Mackerel, king |
2 |
27 No limit |
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Mackerel, Spanish |
15 |
14 No limit |
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Marlin, blue |
No limit |
131 No limit |
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Marlin, white |
No limit |
86 No limit |
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Mullet:
all species, their hybrids |
No limit |
No limit 12d (during Oct., Nov., Dec. & Jan.) |
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Sailfish |
No limit |
84 No limit |
|
Seatrout, spotted |
10 e See special regulation e below for Lower Laguna Madre |
15 25 f |
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Shark:
all species, their hybrids |
1 |
24 No limit |
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Sheepshead |
5 |
14 No limit g |
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Snapper, lane |
No limit |
8 No limit |
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Snapper, red |
4 |
15 No limit |
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Snapper, vermilion |
No limit |
10 No limit |
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Snook |
1 |
24 28 |
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Tarpon |
1 |
85 no limit |
|
Tripletail |
3 |
17 no limit |
Texas Saltwater Species
Open Water
Striped Mullet |
Estuaries/Shallow Waters
Green Sea Turtle |
Shorelines/Wetland/Brackish Water
Lightning Whelk |
Special Structures/Reefs
Eastern Oyster |
Bag and Possession Limits for Ducks
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The daily bag limit shall be 5 ducks with the following species and sex restrictions - two scaup, two redhead, and two wood duck; only one from the following aggregate bag: one hen mallard, or one pintail, or one canvasback, or one "dusky duck" (mottled duck, Mexican-like duck, black duck, and their hybrids); all other ducks not listed - five. |
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Five in the aggregate, to include no more than two hooded mergansers. |
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2009 Duck Hunting Season
South Zone
| Youth | October 25-26, 2008 |
| Regular Gun | November 1-30, 2008 and December 13, 2008-January 25, 2009 |
| Falconry | January 26-February 9, 2009 |