Winters Bayou at SH 150 nr Coldspring, TX
Winters Bayou TX USGS
Winters Bayou at SH 150 nr Coldspring, TX (08069840) is a real-time river monitoring station on the Winters Bayou in TX, operated by the U.S. Geological Survey. Riverbot tracks its river conditions, including water level and keeps recent, datum-labelled water-level history for anglers. 36 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 08069840
- Operated by
- U.S. Geological Survey
- State
- TX
- Coordinates
- 30.5448, -95.2914
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Fishing regulations
TX state-wide default defaultDefault area rules for fish in the public records above. A grey row means the release has no canonical regulation match for that species.
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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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American Gizzard Shad No season data
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Bigscale Logperch No season data
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Black Bullhead No season data
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Black Crappie No season data
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Blackspot Shiner No season data
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Blackstripe Topminnow No season data
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Blacktail Redhorse No season data
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Blue Catfish No season data
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Bluegill No season data
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Bluntnose Darter No season data
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Brook Silverside No season data
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Bullhead Minnow No season data
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Channel Catfish No season data
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Dollar Sunfish No season data
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Dusky Darter No season data
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Flier No season data
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Freckled Madtom No season data
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Freshwater Drum No season data
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Golden Shiner No season data
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Green Sunfish No season data
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Pallid Shiner No season data
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Plains Longear Sunfish No season data
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Redear Sunfish No season data
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Redfin Shiner No season data
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Ribbon Shiner No season data
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Scaly Sand Darter No season data
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Slough Darter No season data
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Spotted Gar No season data
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Spotted Sucker No season data
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Warmouth No season data
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Western Blacktail Shiner No season data
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Western Mosquitofish No season data
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Western Pirate Perch No season data
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White Crappie No season data
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Yellow Bullhead No season data
Effective Jan 1, 2026 – Sep 14, 2027 · evaluated for 2026-09-11 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
Community observations nearbyWinters Bayou At Sh 150 Nr Coldspring, Tx has 36 fish species documented via iNaturalist research-grade observations within 10 km. These community-sourced records indicate fish presence in the vicinity.
Species include: Black Bullhead (Ameiurus melas), Yellow Bullhead (Ameiurus natalis), Scaly Sand Darter (Ammocrypta vivax), Western Pirate Perch (Aphredoderus gibbosus), Freshwater Drum (Aplodinotus grunniens), and 31 others.
- Black Bullhead Ameiurus melas
- Yellow Bullhead Ameiurus natalis
- Scaly Sand Darter Ammocrypta vivax
- Western Pirate Perch Aphredoderus gibbosus
- Freshwater Drum Aplodinotus grunniens
- Flier Centrarchus macropterus
- Western Blacktail Shiner Cyprinella venusta
- American Gizzard Shad Dorosoma cepedianum
- Bluntnose Darter Etheostoma chlorosoma
- Slough Darter Etheostoma gracile
- Blackstripe Topminnow Fundulus notatus
- Western Mosquitofish Gambusia affinis
- Pallid Shiner Hybopsis amnis
- Blue Catfish Ictalurus furcatus
- Channel Catfish Ictalurus punctatus
- Brook Silverside Labidesthes sicculus
- Spotted Gar Lepisosteus oculatus
- Plains Longear Sunfish Lepomis aquilensis
- Green Sunfish Lepomis cyanellus
- Warmouth Lepomis gulosus
- Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
- Dollar Sunfish Lepomis marginatus
- Redear Sunfish Lepomis microlophus
- Ribbon Shiner Lythrurus fumeus
- Redfin Shiner Lythrurus umbratilis
- Largemouth Bass Micropterus nigricans
- Spotted Sucker Minytrema melanops
- Blacktail Redhorse Moxostoma poecilurum
- Golden Shiner Notemigonus crysoleucas
- Blackspot Shiner Notropis atrocaudalis
- Freckled Madtom Noturus nocturnus
- Bigscale Logperch Percina macrolepida
- Dusky Darter Percina sciera
- Bullhead Minnow Pimephales vigilax
- White Crappie Pomoxis annularis
- Black Crappie Pomoxis nigromaculatus
Where these records come from
- Evidence
- Community observations nearby
- Research-grade community observations (iNaturalist) recorded near this station, not a formal survey.
- Records
- 36 species
- from 71 individual records
- Observed
- Jun 16, 2006 – Jul 8, 2026
- 71 dated records
Sources
- iNaturalist research-grade fish observations — 71 records