Trinity Rv at Hwy 287 nr Cayuga, TX
Trinity River TX USGS
Trinity Rv at Hwy 287 nr Cayuga, TX (08064570) is a real-time streamflow monitoring station on the Trinity River in TX, operated by the U.S. Geological Survey. Riverbot tracks its streamflow and alerts anglers the moment flow and temperature hit their fishing window. 19 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 08064570
- Operated by
- U.S. Geological Survey
- State
- TX
- Coordinates
- 31.9671, -96.0472
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Fishing regulations
Trinity River waterbody rulesWater-specific rules for fish in the public records above. A species with no rule of its own on this water falls back to the area default.
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Black bass Open · Harvest allowed within limits Open all year Details
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Open all year
- Daily limit
- 5
- Size rule
- minimum 14 inches
- Notes
- For largemouth and smallmouth bass, minimum length limit = 14 inches. No minimum length limit for Alabama, Guadalupe, and spotted bass. Daily bag limit for all black bass species is 5 in any combination. [Waterbody note: Sections in DFW and Southeast Texas Fish consumption advisory in effect. Get details]
Official rule · retrieved Aug 4, 2026
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Carp Open · Harvest status unknown Open all year Details
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Open all year
- Notes
- There is no minimum length limit or daily bag limit for common carp. [Waterbody note: Sections in DFW and Southeast Texas Fish consumption advisory in effect. Get details]
Official rule · retrieved Aug 4, 2026
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Catfish Open · Harvest allowed within limits Open all year Details
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Open all year
- Daily limit
- 5
- Size rule
- minimum 18 inches
- Notes
- Main stem except Polk and San Jacinto counties For channel and blue catfish, their hybrids and subspecies, 25 (in any combination - only 10 can be 20 inches or greater in length). For flathead catfish, minimum length = 18 inches and daily bag limit = 5. [Waterbody note: Sections in DFW and Southeast Texas Fish consumption advisory in effect. Get details]
Official rule · retrieved Aug 4, 2026
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Catfish: Channel, blue, their hybrids & subspecies Open · Harvest allowed within limits Open all year Details
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Open all year
- Daily limit
- 25 (in any combination - only 10 can be 20 inches or greater in length)
- Notes
- Statewide default. Texas regs carry no season dates.
Official rule · retrieved Aug 4, 2026
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Catfish: Flathead Open · Harvest allowed within limits Open all year Details
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Open all year
- Daily limit
- 5
- Size rule
- 18 inches
- Notes
- Statewide default. Texas regs carry no season dates.
Official rule · retrieved Aug 4, 2026
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Crappie Open · Harvest allowed within limits Open all year Details
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Open all year
- Daily limit
- 25
- Size rule
- minimum 10 inches
- Notes
- For white and black crappie, their hybrids and subspecies, minimum length limit = 10 inches. Daily bag limit = 25 in any combination. [Waterbody note: Sections in DFW and Southeast Texas Fish consumption advisory in effect. Get details]
Official rule · retrieved Aug 4, 2026
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Crappie: White, black, their hybrids & subspecies Open · Harvest allowed within limits Open all year Details
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Open all year
- Daily limit
- 25 (in any combination)
- Size rule
- 10 inches
- Notes
- Statewide default. Texas regs carry no season dates.
Official rule · retrieved Aug 4, 2026
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Gar Open · Harvest allowed within limits Open all year Details
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Open all year
- Daily limit
- 1
- Notes
- For alligator gar, daily bag limit is 1 fish of any size. No bag limits on other species of gar. Mandatory Harvest Reporting - All alligator gar harvested from the public waters of the state other than Falcon International Reservoir must be reported within 24 hours to the department via mobile app or online. Report your harvest with "Texas Hunt & Fish" app . Certain areas may be temporarily closed to alligator gar fishing when optimum spawning conditions occur. Get details . [Waterbody note: Sections in DFW and Southeast Texas Fish consumption advisory in effect. Get details]
Official rule · retrieved Aug 4, 2026
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Gar: Alligator Open · Harvest allowed within limits Open all year Details
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Open all year
- Daily limit
- 1
- Notes
- Statewide default. Texas regs carry no season dates.
Official rule · retrieved Aug 4, 2026
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Largemouth bass Open · Harvest allowed within limits Open all year Details
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Open all year
- Daily limit
- 5 fish for any combination of largemouth, smallmouth, Alabama, Guadalupe, and spotted bass
- Size rule
- 14 inches
- Notes
- Statewide default. Texas regs carry no season dates.
Official rule · retrieved Aug 4, 2026
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Saugeye Open · Harvest allowed within limits Open all year Details
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Open all year
- Daily limit
- 5 (only 2 can be less than 16 inches in length)
- Notes
- Statewide default. Texas regs carry no season dates.
Official rule · retrieved Aug 4, 2026
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Shad Open · Harvest status unknown Open all year Details
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Open all year
- Notes
- Below Lake Livingston between Polk and San Jacinto counties Daily bag limit for gizzard and threadfin shad = 500 in any combination. Possession limit = 1,000. [Waterbody note: Sections in DFW and Southeast Texas Fish consumption advisory in effect. Get details]
Official rule · retrieved Aug 4, 2026
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Shad: Gizzard & threadfin Open · Harvest allowed within limits Open all year Details
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Open all year
- Daily limit
- No limit
- Notes
- Statewide default. Texas regs carry no season dates. Permit note: however, a person who collects shad for personal use and transports those fish from a public water body in a container or containers that total 30 gallons or more in volume will be required to get a Permit to Possess or Sell Nongame Fish Taken from Public Fresh Water
Official rule · retrieved Aug 4, 2026
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Smallmouth bass Open · Harvest allowed within limits Open all year Details
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Open all year
- Daily limit
- 5 fish for any combination of largemouth, smallmouth, Alabama, Guadalupe, and spotted bass
- Size rule
- 14 inches
- Notes
- Statewide default. Texas regs carry no season dates.
Official rule · retrieved Aug 4, 2026
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Spotted, Guadalupe & Alabama bass Open · Harvest allowed within limits Open all year Details
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Open all year
- Daily limit
- 5 fish for any combination of largemouth, smallmouth, Alabama, Guadalupe, and spotted bass
- Notes
- Statewide default. Texas regs carry no season dates.
Official rule · retrieved Aug 4, 2026
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Striped & Hybrid Striped bass Open · Harvest allowed within limits Open all year Details
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Open all year
- Daily limit
- 5 in any combination
- Size rule
- 18 inches
- Notes
- Statewide default. Texas regs carry no season dates.
Official rule · retrieved Aug 4, 2026
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Striped bass and their Hybrids Open · Harvest allowed within limits Open all year Details
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Open all year
- Daily limit
- 2
- Notes
- For the Trinity River from the Lake Livingston dam downstream to the FM Road 3278 bridge, striped bass MLL = 18 inches and daily bag = 2. [Waterbody note: Sections in DFW and Southeast Texas Fish consumption advisory in effect. Get details]
Official rule · retrieved Aug 4, 2026
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Sunfish Open · Harvest status unknown Open all year Details
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Open all year
- Notes
- There is no minimum length or daily bag limit on bluegill, redear, warmouth or other species of sunfish. [Waterbody note: Sections in DFW and Southeast Texas Fish consumption advisory in effect. Get details]
Official rule · retrieved Aug 4, 2026
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Sunfish: various including bluegill, redear, green, warmouth & longear Open · Harvest allowed within limits Open all year Details
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Open all year
- Daily limit
- No limit
- Notes
- Statewide default. Texas regs carry no season dates.
Official rule · retrieved Aug 4, 2026
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Trout Open · Harvest allowed within limits Open all year Details
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Open all year
- Daily limit
- 5
- Notes
- For rainbow and brown trout, their hybrids and subspecies, there is no minimum length and daily bag limit = 5 trout in any combination. [Waterbody note: Sections in DFW and Southeast Texas Fish consumption advisory in effect. Get details]
Official rule · retrieved Aug 4, 2026
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Trout: Rainbow & brown Open · Harvest allowed within limits Open all year Details
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Open all year
- Daily limit
- 5 in any combination
- Notes
- Statewide default. Texas regs carry no season dates.
Official rule · retrieved Aug 4, 2026
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Walleye Open · Harvest allowed within limits Open all year Details
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Open all year
- Daily limit
- 5 (only 2 can be less than 16 inches in length)
- Notes
- Statewide default. Texas regs carry no season dates.
Official rule · retrieved Aug 4, 2026
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White bass Open · Harvest allowed within limits Open all year Details
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Open all year
- Daily limit
- 25
- Size rule
- minimum 10 inches
- Notes
- For white bass, minimum length = 10 inches and daily bag is 25. [Waterbody note: Sections in DFW and Southeast Texas Fish consumption advisory in effect. Get details]
Official rule · retrieved Aug 4, 2026
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Yellow bass Open · Harvest allowed within limits Open all year Details
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Open all year
- Daily limit
- No limit
- Notes
- Statewide default. Texas regs carry no season dates.
Official rule · retrieved Aug 4, 2026
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Paddlefish Closed Closed all year Details
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Closed all year
- Notes
- Statewide default. Texas regs carry no season dates.
Official rule · retrieved Aug 4, 2026
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Effective Jan 1, 2026 – Sep 14, 2027 · evaluated for 2026-09-10 in America/Chicago
Regulations shown are for reference only and may not reflect in-season changes. Always verify current regulations with the Texas Outdoor Annual Freshwater Fishing Regulations (TPWD) before fishing.
Fish recorded near this station
Expected in this watershedTrinity Rv at Hwy 287 nr Cayuga, TX lies within HUC8 watershed 12030105. USGS coarse native range maps (derived from AGAP, GBIF, IchthyMaps, NatureServe) indicate 19 fish species are expected to occur in this watershed.
Species include: blacktail shiner (Cyprinella venusta), bluntnose darter (Etheostoma chlorosoma), slough darter (Etheostoma gracile), orangethroat darter (Etheostoma spectabile), blackstripe topminnow (Fundulus notatus), and 14 others.
- Blacktail Shiner Cyprinella venusta
- Bluntnose Darter Etheostoma chlorosoma
- Slough Darter Etheostoma gracile
- Orangethroat Darter Etheostoma spectabile
- Blackstripe Topminnow Fundulus notatus
- Blackspotted Topminnow Fundulus olivaceus
- Western Mosquitofish Gambusia affinis
- Smallmouth Buffalo Ictiobus bubalus
- Black Buffalo Ictiobus niger
- Striped Shiner Luxilus chrysocephalus
- Ribbon Shiner Lythrurus fumeus
- Inland Silverside Menidia beryllina
- Spotted Sucker Minytrema melanops
- Golden Shiner Notemigonus crysoleucas
- Freckled Madtom Noturus nocturnus
- Pugnose Minnow Opsopoeodus emiliae
- Dusky Darter Percina sciera
- Fathead Minnow Pimephales promelas
- Bullhead Minnow Pimephales vigilax
Where these records come from
- Evidence
- Expected in this watershed
- Range maps place these species in this watershed; no local survey has confirmed them at this station.
- Records
- 19 species
- from 19 individual records
- Observed
- No observation dates recorded