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Gibbons Creek is a public river in Grimes County, Texas, managed by State of Texas (public-trust water). It is a public-trust water — you can fish it with a Texas licence; bank access is at public river-access points and bridges. Public access confirmed via public-trust river.
A warm-water power-plant or coastal reservoir — year-round largemouth bass, stocked red drum (redfish) and hybrid striped bass, blue tilapia, and big blue catfish.
It runs roughly 15 miles through the Central Texas region. Anglers here mostly fish for largemouth bass, red drum (redfish), channel catfish, blue catfish; hybrid striped bass, blue tilapia, bluegill, common carp are also on record. The nearest other mapped waters on PiscaMaps are Gibbons Creek Reservoir and Moody Honey Hole.
Species from TPWD DEC public fishing access and fishery survey data.
Night fishing: No statewide night-fishing closure in Texas. State parks and some city lakes have gate hours; check the specific water. Bowfishing and jugline/trotline catfishing are commonly done at night.
Boats: Most Texas fishing rivers are run by tiller boats, jon boats, canoes and kayaks; larger craft only on the lower Mississippi, Texas, St. Croix and Rainy.
Bank & bivvy camping: Bank access is at DNR water-access sites, state water-trail campsites, parks and WMAs; other banks are private riparian land.
Tackle: Statewide: largemouth bass 14-inch minimum, 5 per day. Many lakes carry a slot limit or a higher minimum (Lake Fork, Alan Henry, Caddo and others) and several have special blue/flathead catfish rules — check the TPWD Outdoor Annual for this water. Report a 13 lb-plus largemouth to the ShareLunker program.
Everyone 17 or older needs a Texas fishing licence with a Freshwater Fishing endorsement — the resident freshwater package is about $30, an all-water package about $47, and a non-resident annual about $58. A 1-day all-water licence is about $16. No separate trout stamp. Buy from Texas Parks & Wildlife. A Texas fishing licence covers public rivers. In Texas a watercourse is public if it is 'navigable in fact' (roughly a 30-foot average bed) — you may wade and fish the bed and banks up to the gradient line, but adjacent land is usually private.
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