Score: 4.9/5 (46 votes) . For a trotline to be legal in Texas public freshwater, it has to meet a handful of requirements. It can't hold more than 50 hooks, can't have hooks closer than 3 feet apart, can't be more than 600 feet in length and can't have any portion (mainline, stagings, hooks) above the water's surface.
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Under the new rules, which go into effect February 1, 2020, anglers using trotlines or similar passive fishing gear, must check the equipment every six days instead of the current 10 days. Originally, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department officials had recommended the gear inspections, along with tag validations, should happen every four days.
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Are Trotlines legal in Texas? For a trotline to be legal in Texas public freshwater, it has to meet a handful of requirements. It can’t hold more than 50 hooks, can’t have hooks closer than 3 feet apart, can’t be more than 600 feet in length and can’t have any portion (mainline, stagings, hooks) above the water’s surface.
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(d) No person may use a trotline in public salt water unless the trotline has attached to it the proper number of trotline tags. (e) This section does not apply to a person fishing trotlines under a commercial finfish fisherman's license. (f) Repealed by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 382, ch. 190, Sec. 5(2), eff. May 20, 1977.
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A fishing line with five or less hooks and a gear tag tied to a free-floating device. For use in fresh water only. May be used to take nongame fish, channel catfish, blue catfish and flathead catfish only. Jugline Tagging and Marking Requirements. Must be used with a valid gear tag (see Definitions) attached within 6 inches of the free-floating device; gear tag is valid for 6 …
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For a trotline to be legal in Texas public freshwater, it has to meet a handful of requirements. It can 't hold more than 50 hooks , can't have hooks closer than 3 feet apart, can't be more than 600 feet in length and can't have any portion (mainline, stagings, hooks) above the water's surface.
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For a trotline to be legal in Texas public freshwater, it has to meet a handful of requirements. It can't hold more than 50 hooks, can't have hooks closer than 3 feet apart, can't be more than 600
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(d) No person may use a trotline in public salt water unless the trotline has attached to it the proper number of trotline tags. (e) This section does not apply to a person fishing trotlines under a commercial finfish fisherman's license. (f) Repealed by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 382, ch. 190, Sec. 5(2), eff. May 20, 1977.
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All public impoundments 75 acres or smaller located totally within an incorporated city limits or a public park, and all impoundments of any size lying totally within the boundaries of a state park. Special fishing regulations apply to these small lakes. See a list of Community Fishing Lakes in your area, or call (800) 792-1112 (menu 3).
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A jugline is a fishing line with no more than five hooks tied to a free-floating device, such as an empty jug. These devices are allowed as methods of catching catfish on most Texas waters. Trotlines may be no more than 600 feet long, and may …
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Fisheries and Law Enforcement field personnel.who collected the. samples. C. E. Bryan, Lynn Benefield and Ed Hegen edited the manuscript. ii ABSTRACT To determine finfish trotline catch during summer, 75 commercial trotlines used by 14 different commercial fishermen were examined in upper Laguna Madre and Nueces Bay during June-August 1990. Of 552 fish …
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After a period of public comments, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission approved changes to trotline regulations during its November meeting. Under the new rules, which go into effect February 1, 2020, anglers using trotlines or similar passive fishing gear, must check the equipment every six days instead of the current 10 days.
(They are illegal in saltwater.) Termed "throwlines" in regulations but commonly called "limb lines" or "set lines," they are defined as "a fishing line with five or less hooks and with one end attached to a permanent fixture." In Texas, that "permanent fixture" is most often a tree limb overhanging a waterway.
These devices are allowed as methods of catching catfish on most Texas waters. Trotlines may be no more than 600 feet long, and may not have more than 50 hooks on any one line. You must have a valid, current Texas fishing license to fish for catfish anywhere in the state.
Must have a valid saltwater trotline tag for each 300 feet of mainline or fraction thereof being fished. Construction and Design Restrictions Sail line may not exceed 1,800 feet from reel to sail.