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 1.2 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 2.2 MB)
- Easy Access Fishing Spots - Austin brochure
(PDF 555.1 KB)
- Easy Access Fishing Spots - Austin - Spanish Version brochure (PDF Coming soon!)
- Easy Access Fishing Spots - San Antonio brochure
(PDF 792.7 KB)
- Easy Access Fishing Spots - San Antonio - Spanish version brochure (PDF Coming soon!)
- Easy Access Fishing Spots - Dallas-Fort Worth brochure
(PDF 507.3 KB)
- Easy Access Fishing Spots - Dalla -Fort Worth - Spanish version brochure (PDF Coming soon!)
- Easy Access Fishing Spots - Houston brochure
(PDF 442.8 KB)
- Easy Access Fishing Spots - Houston - Spanish version brochure (PDF Coming soon!)
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