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Guadalupe River is a public river in Gonzales County, DeWitt County, Victoria County, Guadalupe County, Calhoun County and Refugio 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 marquee water.
Below Canyon Dam — Texas's only year-round trout fishery, with stocked and holdover rainbows and browns kept cold by bottom-release flows, plus native Guadalupe bass and Rio Grande cichlid. A trophy-trout special-regulation zone runs from the dam downstream.
It runs roughly 258 miles through the Gulf Coast & Houston region. Anglers here mostly fish for rainbow trout, brown trout, guadalupe bass, largemouth bass; rio grande cichlid, channel catfish, rainbow trout are also on record. Live flow and gauge height come from the Guadalupe Rv at Cuero, TX USGS station shown below. The nearest other mapped waters on PiscaMaps are Cuero Creek and Sandies Creek.
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: Boats and motors allowed on public waters. Draining all water from the boat, livewell and bait bucket is required by LAW statewide, and the drain plug must be removed while the boat is on the road (zebra mussel / invasive species). Boater education is required for operators born on or after 1 Sept 1993.
Bank & bivvy camping: Camp at Texas state parks (reserve ahead), US Army Corps of Engineers lake campgrounds, and the four East Texas national forests (dispersed camping allowed there). Most reservoir shoreline is Corps or river-authority land — use a designated site; private riparian land elsewhere is off-limits.
Tackle: This is a designated Texas trout water. A trout stamp is required, and special season, gear and limit rules apply — check the TPWD trout regulations for this water.
Boat ramps: 5 mapped — Boat ramp, Boat ramp, Boat Ramp Meadow Lake Park, Boat ramp, Boat ramp.
Source: OpenStreetMap contributors.
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Live from USGS gauge 08175800 — Guadalupe Rv at Cuero, TX. Full gauge data →
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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