Grayson County, TX

GRAYSON COUNTY TX

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CITIES

Cities In County

Not including unincorporated communities

Cities
Bells
Collinsville
Denison
Dorchester
Gordonville
Gunter
Howe
Knollwood
Luella
Pottsboro
Red Branch
Sadler
Sherman
Southmayd
Tioga
Tom Bean
Van Alstyne
Whitesboro
Whitewright

RESIDENTIAL SERVICES

County Residential Services

A little bit of contact information for all purpose residential needs.

Attorney (903) 813-4361
Courthouse (903) 813-4323
Sheriff (903)-813-4091
Treasurer (903) 813-4252

County Website

*For more information visit: http://www.co.grayson.tx.us/

HUNTING

Hunting Seasons

For more information got to:

https://tpwd.texas.gov/huntwild/hunt/

HUNTING SEASONS 2016-2017

Alligator

22 Counties & special properties: Sep. 10 – 30, 2016
All Other Counties: Apr. 1 – June 30, 2017

Chachalaca

Cameron, Hidalgo, Starr & Willacy Counties: Oct. 29, 2016 – Feb. 26, 2017

Dove

North Zone: Sep. 1 – Nov. 13, 2016 & Dec. 17, 2016 – Jan. 1, 2017

Central Zone: Sep. 1 – Nov. 6, 2016 & Dec. 17, 2016 – Jan. 8, 2017

South Zone: Sep. 23 – Nov. 13, 2016 & Dec. 17, 2016 – Jan. 23, 2017

Special White-winged Dove Area: Sep. 3, 4, 10, 11, 2016; Sep. 23 – Nov. 9, 2016 & Dec. 17, 2016 – Jan. 23, 2017

Duck

North Zone: Regular season: Nov. 12 – 27, 2016 & Dec. 3, 2016 – Jan. 29, 2017; Dusky duck: Nov. 17 – 27, 2016 & Dec. 3, 2016 – Jan. 29, 2017; Youth-only: Nov. 5 – 6, 2016

South Zone: Regular season: Nov. 5 – 27, 2016 & Dec. 10, 2016 – Jan. 29, 2017; Dusky duck: Nov. 10 – 27, 2016 & Dec. 10, 2016 – Jan. 29, 2017; Youth-only: Oct. 29 – 30, 2016

High Plains Mallard Management Unit (HPMMU): Regular season: Oct. 29 – 30, 2016 & Nov. 4, 2016 – Jan. 29, 2017; Dusky duck: Nov. 7, 2016 – Jan. 29, 2017; Youth-only: Oct. 22 – 23, 2016

Gallinule, Rail, Moorhen

Sep. 10 – 25, 2016 & Nov. 5 – Dec. 28, 2016

Goose

East Zone: Canada goose: Sep. 10 – 25, 2016 & Nov. 5, 2016 – Jan. 29, 2017; Light goose: Nov. 5, 2016 – Jan. 29, 2017; Light goose conservation order: Jan. 30 – Mar. 19, 2017; White-fronted goose: Nov. 5, 2016 – Jan. 29, 2017

West Zone: Light & dark geese: Nov. 5, 2016 – Feb. 5, 2017; Light goose conservation order: Feb. 6 – Mar. 19, 2017

Javelina

North Zone: Oct. 1, 2016 – Feb. 26, 2017
South Zone: Sep. 1, 2015 – Aug. 31, 2016 & Sep. 1, 2016 – Aug. 31, 2017

Mule Deer

General Season: Panhandle: Nov. 19 – Dec. 4, 2016; SW Panhandle: Nov. 19 – 27, 2016; Trans-Pecos: Nov. 25 – Dec. 11, 2016

Archery Season: Oct. 1 – Nov. 4, 2016

Pheasant

Panhandle: Dec. 3, 2016 – Jan. 1, 2017

Pronghorn Antelope

Oct. 1 – 9, 2016

Quail

Statewide: Oct. 29, 2016 – Feb. 26, 2017

Rabbits & Hares

No closed season.

Sandhill Crane

Zone A: Oct. 29, 2016 – Jan. 29, 2017
Zone B: Nov. 18, 2016 – Jan. 29, 2017
Zone C: Dec. 17, 2016 – Jan. 22, 2017

Squirrel

East Texas: Oct. 1, 2016 – Feb. 26, 2017 & May 1 – 31, 2017
Other Open Counties: Sep. 1, 2015 – Aug. 31, 2016 & Sep. 1, 2016 – Aug. 31, 2017
Special Youth Season: Sep. 24 – 25, 2016

Snipe

Oct. 29, 2016 – Feb. 12, 2017

Teal

Sep. 10 – 25, 2016

Turkey

Rio Grande Turkey

Fall Season: North zone: Nov. 5, 2016 – Jan. 1, 2017; South zone: Nov. 5, 2016 – Jan. 15, 2017; Brooks, Kenedy, Kleberg & Willacy counties: Nov. 5, 2016 – Feb. 26, 2017; Archery-Only: Oct. 1 – Nov. 4, 2016

Fall Youth-Only: Early: Oct. 29 – 30, 2016; Late: Jan. 2 – 15, 2017

Spring Season: North zone: Apr. 1 – May 14, 2017; South zone: Mar. 18 – Apr. 30, 2017; One-turkey counties: April 1 – April 30, 2017

Spring Youth-Only: North zone: Mar. 25 – 26, 2017 & May 20 – 21, 2017; South zone: Mar. 11 – 12, 2017 & May 6 – 7, 2017

Eastern Turkey

Spring Season: East Texas: Apr. 15 – May 14, 2017

White-tailed Deer

General Season: North zone: Nov. 5, 2016 – Jan. 1, 2017; South zone: Nov. 5, 2016 – Jan. 15, 2017

Special Late Season: North zone: Jan. 2 – 15, 2017; South zone: Jan. 16 – 29, 2017

Youth-Only Seasons: Early Season: Oct. 29 – 30, 2016; Late Season: Jan. 2 – 15, 2017

Archery Season: Oct. 1 – Nov. 4, 2016

Muzzleloader-Only Season: Jan. 2 – 15, 2017

Woodcock

Dec. 18, 2016 – Jan. 31, 2017

FISHING

Fishing Seasons

For more information got to:

https://tpwd.texas.gov/fishboat/fish/

Freshwater

Sep. 1, 2016 through Aug. 31, 2017.

Bag and length limits apply to all public fresh waters except for locations noted in the Exceptions to Statewide Freshwater Harvest Regulations. For freshwater fishes not listed, there are NO statewide bag or length limits. For saltwater finfish species caught in the public fresh waters of this state, saltwater bag, possession and length limits apply.

Alligator Gar

Daily Bag:: 1
No Minimum Length

Certain areas may be temporarily closed to alligator gar fishing when optimum spawning conditions occur. Get details. Also see notes on Lawful Archery Equipment.

Bass

The combined limit for any combination of largemouth, smallmouth, Guadalupe and spotted bass is 5 fish per day.

Largemouth & smallmouth

Minimum Length:: 14 inches

Spotted & Guadalupe

No Minimum Length

Striped & hybrid striped
(also known as Palmetto or Sunshine bass)

Daily Bag:: 5 in any combination
Minimum Length:: 18 inches

White bass

Daily Bag:: 25
Minimum Length:: 10 inches

Yellow bass

Daily Bag:: No limit
No Minimum Length

Catfish

Channel, blue, their hybrids & subspecies

Daily Bag:: 25 in any combination
Minimum Length:: 12 inches

Flathead

Daily Bag:: 5
Minimum Length:: 18 inches

Crappie

White, black, their hybrids & subspecies

Daily Bag:: 25 (in any combination)
Minimum Length:: 10 inches

Paddlefish

No harvest allowed

Saugeye

Daily Bag:: 5 (only 2 can be less than 16 inches in length)
No Minimum Length

Sunfish

Various species including bluegill, redear, green, warmouth & longear

Daily Bag:: No limit
No Minimum Length

Trout

Rainbow and brown

Daily Bag:: 5 in any combination
No Minimum Length

Walleye

Daily Bag:: 5 (only 2 can be less than 16 inches in length)
No Minimum Length

Possession Limits

Twice the statewide daily bag limit.
The only exceptions to the statewide possession limits in fresh water are for striped bass from Lake Texoma and alligator gar from Falcon Reservoir.
Please note that on lakes Caddo, Kirby, Livingston, Palestine, Toledo Bend and the Sabine River below Toledo Bend where some daily bag limits are larger than the statewide daily bag, the possession limits remain twice the statewide daily bag limits listed above.
Fish stored by a person at their residence do not apply to their possession limit.
See definitions of daily bag and possession limit.

Exotic Aquatic Species

There are special requirements associated with the harvest of harmful or potentially harmful exotic species and transport of exotic aquatic species (tilapia, grass carp).

Saltwater

Valid Sep. 1, 2016 through Aug. 31, 2017.

Bag and length limits apply to listed saltwater species. There are no bag, possession, or length limits on game or nongame fish, except as listed in this guide. See definitions of daily bag and possession limits.

For freshwater finfish species caught in the public salt waters of this state, statewide freshwater limits apply.

Alligator Gar

Daily Bag:: 1
Length in Inches (Minimum – Maximum): No limit – No limit

Certain areas may be temporarily closed to alligator gar fishing when optimum spawning conditions occur. Get details.

Bass

Striped, its hybrids and subspecies

Daily Bag:: 5 (in any combination)
Length in Inches (Minimum – Maximum): 18 – No limit

Black Drum

Daily Bag:: 5
Length in Inches (Minimum – Maximum): 14 – 30

No more than one black drum over 52 inches may be retained per person per day and counts as part of the daily bag limit and possession limit.

Blue Marlin

Daily Bag:: No limit
Length in Inches (Minimum – Maximum): 131 – No limit

Catfish

Channel and blue catfish, their hybrids and subspecies

Daily Bag:: 25 (in any combination)
Length in Inches (Minimum – Maximum): 12 – No limit

Flathead

Daily Bag:: 5
Length in Inches (Minimum – Maximum): 18 – No limit

Gafftopsail

Daily Bag:: No limit
Length in Inches (Minimum – Maximum): 14 – no limit

Cobia

Daily Bag:: 2
Length in Inches (Minimum – Maximum): 37 – No limit

Flounder

All species, their hybrids and subspecies

Daily Bag:: 5/2 (see below)
Length in Inches (Minimum – Maximum): 14 – No limit

Daily bag is 5 fish except from Nov. 1-30, when the daily bag limit is 2 fish and flounder may be taken only by pole-and-line; and from December 1-14, when the daily bag limit is 2 fish and flounder may be taken by any legal means, including gigging. Possession limit is equal to the daily bag.

Gag Grouper

Daily Bag:: 2
Length in Inches (Minimum – Maximum): 22 – No limit

Goliath Grouper

(formerly called Jewfish)

Daily Bag:: 0 (catch and release only)

Gray Triggerfish

Daily Bag:: 20
Length in Inches (Minimum – Maximum): 16 – No limit

Greater Amberjack

Daily Bag:: 1
Length in Inches (Minimum – Maximum): 38 – No limit

King Mackerel

Daily Bag:: 2
Length in Inches (Minimum – Maximum): 27 – No limit

Lane Snapper

Daily Bag:: No limit
Length in Inches (Minimum – Maximum): 8 – No limit

Mullet

All species, their hybrids and subspecies

Daily Bag:: No limit
Length in Inches (Minimum – Maximum): No limit – 12 (see below)

May not take from public waters, or possess on board a boat, mullet over 12 inches during October, November, December, and January. No limits apply during other months.

Red Drum

Daily Bag:: 3
Length in Inches (Minimum – Maximum): 20 – 28

During a license year, one red drum over the stated maximum length limit may be retained when affixed with a properly completed Red Drum Tag and one red drum over the stated maximum length limit may be retained when affixed with a properly completed Bonus Red Drum Tag. Any fish retained under authority of a Red Drum Tag or a Bonus Red Drum Tag may be retained in addition to the daily bag and possession limit as stated in this section.

Red Snapper

Daily Bag:: 4
Length in Inches (Minimum – Maximum): 15 – No limit

Red snapper may be taken using pole and line, but it is unlawful to use any kind of hook other than a circle hook when using natural bait.

Sailfish

Daily Bag:: No limit
Length in Inches (Minimum – Maximum): 84 – No limit

Sharks

Note: the daily bag limit is 1 fish for all allowable shark species including Atlantic sharpnose, blacktip, and bonnethead. SeeShark Regulations for identification tips.

Atlantic sharpnose, blacktip, bonnethead

Length in Inches (Minimum – Maximum): 24 – No limit

Other allowable shark species

Length in Inches (Minimum – Maximum): 64 – No limit

Prohibited species

Prohibited shark species: Atlantic angel, Basking, Bigeye sand tiger, Bigeye sixgill, Bigeye thresher, Bignose, Caribbean reef, Caribbean sharpnose, Dusky, Galapagos, Longfin mako, Narrowtooth, Night, Sandbar, Sand tiger, Sevengill, Silky, Sixgill, Smalltail, Whale, and White.

Daily Bag:: 0 (catch and release only)

Sheepshead

Daily Bag:: 5
Length in Inches (Minimum – Maximum): 15 – No limit

Snook

Daily Bag:: 1
Length in Inches (Minimum – Maximum): 24 – 28

Spanish Mackerel

Daily Bag:: 15
Length in Inches (Minimum – Maximum): 14 – No limit

Spotted Seatrout

Daily Bag:: All waters north of FM 457 in Matagorda County – 10; All waters south of FM 457 – 5
Length in Inches (Minimum – Maximum): 15 – 25

No more than one spotted seatrout over the stated maximum length may be retained per person per day and counts as part of the daily bag and possession limit.

Tarpon

Daily Bag:: 1
Length in Inches (Minimum – Maximum): 85 – No limit

Tripletail

Daily Bag:: 3
Length in Inches (Minimum – Maximum): 17 – No limit

Vermilion Snapper

Daily Bag:: No limit
Length in Inches (Minimum – Maximum): 10 – No limit

White Marlin

Daily Bag:: No limit
Length in Inches (Minimum – Maximum): 86 – No limit

Grayson County, TX