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Fishing regulations at Rio Grande, TX
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Fishing regulations in Texas can change throughout the year. Make sure to check this page before fishing for the most up to date rules and regulations for the current season. Local regulations govern when you can fish, the max size of the fish you can keep, how many fish you can keep, and more.
Below you will see fishing regulations for catching Channel catfish as of April 1st, 2026. To view regulations for a different fish species, please click on your preferred species in the drop-down.
Channel catfish
Seasons
Open
Bag limit
25
Aggregate
25
No minimum size, but only 10 of the 25 catfish bag limit can be 20-inches or greater in length; this applies to blue and channel catfish in any combination.
Hook and line only.
the Rio Grande is a stream located in El Paso County, Texas, United States. It is also intersecting with Doña Ana County, New Mexico and Hudspeth County, Texas. Its coordinates are:
31°33′17.3″N 106°16′3.1″W
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Find the best fishing spots on the Rio Grande by looking at where other anglers have caught fish. This can easily be done in the where it is also possible to see big fish potential and how good fishing is right now along with Garmin® depth maps.
The most common species in the Rio Grande are:
Channel catfish - 29 members reported to have caught this fish
Common carp - 27 members reported to have caught this fish
Largemouth bass - 6 members reported to have caught this fish