There are many types of freshwater fish to catch in Texas. Some are native. Some are not.

TPWD does not recognize Florida Black Bass, yet I have heard of people building Trophy Bass Ponds and stocking them with Florida Bass and a Florida Hybrid. The same goes for Tilapia.

Not to mention, certain fish like Walleye, Pike and Muskie are fish common to the North, but at certain dams in Texas where the water is always cold, I have heard stories of these fish being caught. Now, to be clear, I have not ever caught one, but the point is they apparently exist in Texas.

So, along with my related post in the Saltwater Forum, we spent many hours talking to many people to create a list of freshwater fish in Texas.

The problems with creating this list are interesting:
1. People call fish by different names. White Bass is a Sand Bass apparently.
2. People catch Sunfish, call them Sunfish or another name, and don't care or don't even know there are six types in Texas.
3. Like we said above, TPWD doesn't recognize some of them so I guess you could call them "exotics"

We would love to hear your comments about this list. Imagine you were thinking about hiring a Guide to take you fishing, how would you ask the Guide about whether they could put you on a certain type of fish.

The Fresh Water Fish list is below:

   Bass - Florida
   Bass - Guadalupe
   Bass - Largemouth
   Bass - Peacock
   Bass - Smallmouth
   Bass - Spotted
   Bass - Striper
   Bass - White (Sand)
   Bass - Yellow
   Catfish - Blue
   Catfish - Channel
   Catfish - Flathead
   Crappie - Black
   Crappie - White
   Gar - Alligator
   Gar - Longnose
   Gar - Shortnose
   Gar - Spotted
   Muskie
   Pickerel
   Pike
   Sauger
   Saugeye
   Sunfish - Bluegill
   Sunfish - Green
   Sunfish - Longear
   Sunfish - Redbreast
   Sunfish - Redear
   Sunfish - Warmouth
   Tilapia
   Trout - Brook
   Trout - Brown
   Trout - Rainbow
   Walleye

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