Buffalo Bayou nr Fulshear, TX
Buffalo Bayou TX USGS
Buffalo Bayou nr Fulshear, TX (08072350) is a real-time river monitoring station on the Buffalo 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. 32 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 08072350
- Operated by
- U.S. Geological Survey
- State
- TX
- Coordinates
- 29.7230, -95.7672
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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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Amur Carp No season data
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Black Bullhead No season data
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Blue Tilapia No season data
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Bluegill 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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European Carp No season data
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Eyetail Bowfin No season data
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Flathead Catfish No season data
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Freshwater Drum No season data
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Grass Carp No season data
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Green Sunfish No season data
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Inland Silverside No season data
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Largemouth Bass Complex No season data
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Nile Tilapia No season data
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Orangespotted Sunfish No season data
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Oscar No season data
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Plains Longear Sunfish No season data
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Red Shiner No season data
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Redear Sunfish No season data
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Sailfin Catfishes No season data
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Sailfin Molly No season data
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Sheepshead Minnow No season data
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Smallmouth Buffalo No season data
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Spotted Gar No season data
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Texas Cichlid No season data
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Threadfin Shad No season data
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Warmouth No season data
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Western Mosquitofish No season data
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White Crappie No season data
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
Community observations nearbyBuffalo Bayou Nr Fulshear, Tx has 32 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), Eyetail Bowfin (Amia ocellicauda), Freshwater Drum (Aplodinotus grunniens), Oscar (Astronotus ocellatus), Grass Carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella), and 27 others.
- Black Bullhead Ameiurus melas
- Eyetail Bowfin Amia ocellicauda
- Freshwater Drum Aplodinotus grunniens
- Oscar Astronotus ocellatus non-native
- Grass Carp Ctenopharyngodon idella non-native
- Red Shiner Cyprinella lutrensis
- Sheepshead Minnow Cyprinodon variegatus
- European Carp Cyprinus carpio non-native
- Amur Carp Cyprinus rubrofuscus
- American Gizzard Shad Dorosoma cepedianum
- Threadfin Shad Dorosoma petenense
- Western Mosquitofish Gambusia affinis
- Texas Cichlid Herichthys cyanoguttatus
- Channel Catfish Ictalurus punctatus
- Smallmouth Buffalo Ictiobus bubalus
- Spotted Gar Lepisosteus oculatus
- Plains Longear Sunfish Lepomis aquilensis
- Green Sunfish Lepomis cyanellus
- Warmouth Lepomis gulosus
- Orangespotted Sunfish Lepomis humilis
- Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
- Redear Sunfish Lepomis microlophus
- Inland Silverside Menidia beryllina
- Largemouth Bass Micropterus nigricans
- Largemouth Bass Complex Micropterus salmoides
- Blue Tilapia Oreochromis aureus non-native
- Nile Tilapia Oreochromis niloticus non-native
- Bullhead Minnow Pimephales vigilax
- Sailfin Molly Poecilia latipinna
- White Crappie Pomoxis annularis
- Sailfin Catfishes Pterygoplichthys
- Flathead Catfish Pylodictis olivaris
5 species above are flagged non-native or potentially invasive (Oscar, Grass Carp, European Carp, Blue Tilapia, Nile Tilapia). Records show what has been observed near this station, not what is native to the watershed.
Where these records come from
- Evidence
- Community observations nearby
- Research-grade community observations (iNaturalist) recorded near this station, not a formal survey.
- Records
- 32 species
- from 200 individual records
- Observed
- Dec 5, 2021 – Jul 25, 2026
- 200 dated records
Sources
- iNaturalist research-grade fish observations — 200 records