The essentials for living your best life.
The essentials for living your best life.
Essential Concepts
The Guadalupe bass is Texas’ official state fish, native to clear Hill Country rivers and small streams. Conservation work by TPWD, landowners, and partners has restored pure populations and reduced hybrids, keeping this small native bass part of Texas waters.
Guadalupe bass are Texas’s native freshwater fish, found mostly in clear, fast central Texas rivers with gravel, rock, and steady current. Spring through early summer is the best time to fish them with light tackle, small lures, and careful attention to cover, while conservation remains essential because habitat loss and hybridization still threaten the species.
Essential Concepts
Native Texas bass; state freshwater fish.
Clear, swift rivers with rock and gravel.
Best fishing: spring to early summer.
Use light tackle, small spinners, crankbaits, flies.
Protect habitat; avoid hybridization.
Experience some of the best fly fishing in Texas on the Guadalupe River, the state’s only year-round trout destination. From scenic spots like Guadalupe Park and Camp Huaco Springs to proven techniques and seasonal fly patterns, this river offers an exciting adventure for anglers of every skill level.