# Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 66.006: POSSESSION OF ILLEGAL FISHING DEVICES

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cpw_C66_S66.006

## Section

- **Citation:** Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 66.006
- **Heading:** POSSESSION OF ILLEGAL FISHING DEVICES
- **Jurisdiction:** Texas
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 66 / Section 66.006

## Text

(a) No person may possess a device designed to catch fish or other aquatic wildlife in or on the public water of this state where the use of the device is not permitted by this code or by a proclamation of the commission under this code unless the device is on board a vessel that is in public coastal water and is:

(1) in port; or

(2) in a marked channel and the vessel is going directly to or from public water in this state where the use of the device is permitted.

(b) No person may possess or use for the purpose of catching finfish a seine, strike net, gill net, or trammel net in or on the public water of this state unless the seine, strike net, gill net, or trammel net is equipped with floats at intervals of six feet or less and of sufficient buoyancy to maintain the seine, strike net, gill net, or trammel net in an upright position in the water so that the floats are visible on the surface of the water thereby avoiding a hazard to motorboat traffic.

(c)(1) No person may possess a seine, strike net, gill net, or trammel net on or within 500 yards of any public coastal water of this state where the use of the seine or net for the catching of fish is not permitted by this code or by a proclamation of the commission under this code.

(2) It is a defense to prosecution under this subsection that the seine, strike net, gill net, or trammel net was possessed within 500 yards of a public coastal water of this state for a lawful fishing activity.

## Nearby sections

- [Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 66.001 § 66.001. DEFINITIONS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cpw_C66_S66.001.md)
- [Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 66.002 § 66.002. CONSENT TO TAKE FISH FROM PRIVATE WATER.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cpw_C66_S66.002.md)
- [Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 66.003 § 66.003. PLACING EXPLOSIVES OR HARMFUL SUBSTANCES IN WATER.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cpw_C66_S66.003.md)
- [Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 66.004 § 66.004. TAKING OF FISH BY ELECTRIC SHOCK PROHIBITED; EXCEPTION.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cpw_C66_S66.004.md)
- [Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 66.005 § 66.005. WILFUL DESTRUCTION OF BOAT, SEINE, OR NET.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cpw_C66_S66.005.md)
- [Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 66.006 § 66.006. POSSESSION OF ILLEGAL FISHING DEVICES.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cpw_C66_S66.006.md)
- [Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 66.007 § 66.007. EXOTIC HARMFUL OR POTENTIALLY HARMFUL FISH AND SHELLFISH.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cpw_C66_S66.007.md)
- [Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 66.008 § 66.008. FISHING FROM BRIDGE.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cpw_C66_S66.008.md)
- [Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 66.009 § 66.009. NAVIGATION DISTRICTS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cpw_C66_S66.009.md)
- [Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 66.011 § 66.011. LEAVING FISH TO DIE.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cpw_C66_S66.011.md)
- [Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 66.012 § 66.012. PENALTIES.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cpw_C66_S66.012.md)
- [Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 66.013 § 66.013. FEDERAL GRANTS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cpw_C66_S66.013.md)
- [Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 66.014 § 66.014. IDENTIFICATION OF VEHICLE TRANSPORTING AQUATIC PRODUCTS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cpw_C66_S66.014.md)
- [Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 66.015 § 66.015. INTRODUCTION OF FISH, SHELLFISH, AND AQUATIC PLANTS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cpw_C66_S66.015.md)

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