Do you need a license to fish in a private pond in Texas?
Do you need a license to fish in a private pond in Texas? According to the state of Texas, private ponds don't require a license to fish, Werner said.
Can you fish in your own pond without a license in Texas?
In Texas, anglers who fish privately owned water bodies are not required to hold a state fishing license. That covers a lot of water - the thousands of stock tanks, farm ponds, subdivision lakes or other impoundments wholly owned by private landowners. No license is required to fish those waters.