Comal Rv at New Braunfels, TX
Comal River TX USGS
Comal Rv at New Braunfels, TX (08169000) is a real-time streamflow monitoring station on the Comal 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. 31 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 08169000
- Operated by
- U.S. Geological Survey
- State
- TX
- Coordinates
- 29.7064, -98.1222
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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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Blackstripe Topminnow No season data
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Blacktail Shiner No season data
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Bluegill No season data
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Bullhead Minnow No season data
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Central Stoneroller No season data
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Channel Catfish 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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Ghost Shiner No season data
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Gizzard Shad No season data
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Gray Redhorse 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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Longear Sunfish No season data
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Longnose Gar No season data
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Mimic Shiner No season data
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Red Shiner No season data
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Redbreast Sunfish No season data
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Redear Sunfish No season data
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Ribbon Shiner No season data
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River Carpsucker No season data
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River Darter No season data
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Smallmouth Buffalo No season data
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Spotted Bass No season data
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Spotted Gar No season data
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Striped Mullet 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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Yellow Bullhead 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
Sampled in this watershedComal Rv at New Braunfels, TX has documented fish occurrence data from USGS Presence/Absence sampling in the HUC8 watershed 12100202 containing this station. The dataset includes 31 species with recorded observations.
Species include: yellow bullhead (Ameiurus natalis), freshwater drum (Aplodinotus grunniens), central stoneroller (Campostoma anomalum), river carpsucker (Carpiodes carpio), red shiner (Cyprinella lutrensis), and 26 others.
- Yellow Bullhead Ameiurus natalis
- Freshwater Drum Aplodinotus grunniens
- Central Stoneroller Campostoma anomalum
- River Carpsucker Carpiodes carpio
- Red Shiner Cyprinella lutrensis
- Blacktail Shiner Cyprinella venusta
- Gizzard Shad Dorosoma cepedianum
- Threadfin Shad Dorosoma petenense
- Blackstripe Topminnow Fundulus notatus
- Western Mosquitofish Gambusia affinis
- Channel Catfish Ictalurus punctatus
- Smallmouth Buffalo Ictiobus bubalus
- Spotted Gar Lepisosteus oculatus
- Longnose Gar Lepisosteus osseus
- Redbreast Sunfish Lepomis auritus
- Green Sunfish Lepomis cyanellus
- Warmouth Lepomis gulosus
- Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
- Longear Sunfish Lepomis megalotis
- Redear Sunfish Lepomis microlophus
- Ribbon Shiner Lythrurus fumeus
- Inland Silverside Menidia beryllina
- Spotted Bass Micropterus punctulatus
- Largemouth Bass Micropterus salmoides
- Gray Redhorse Moxostoma congestum
- Striped Mullet Mugil cephalus
- Ghost Shiner Notropis buchanani
- Mimic Shiner Notropis volucellus
- River Darter Percina shumardi
- Bullhead Minnow Pimephales vigilax
- Flathead Catfish Pylodictis olivaris
Where these records come from
- Evidence
- Sampled in this watershed
- Fish were sampled elsewhere in the same watershed — a provincial or federal survey nearby, not at the gauge itself.
- Records
- 31 species
- from 31 individual records
- Observed
- Jul 20, 1998 – Aug 16, 2013
- 13 dated records