Texas Fishing Records

State Freshwater Records: Rod & Reel

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Updated 06/16/2006

Species Weight (lbs.) Length (in.) Date Water Body Angler Bait
Bass Guadalupe  3.69 18.25  09/25/83 Travis Allen Christenson Jr  
Bass Hybrid Guadalupe  4.69 20.39  04/27/99 San Marcos River Lance Wester  
Bass Hybrid Striped  19.66 35.16  06/20/84 Ray Hubbard John Haney  
Bass Hybrid Yellow  4.75 19  03/12/05 Fork Curtis Campbell  
Bass Largemouth  18.18 25.5  01/24/92 Fork Barry StClair  
Bass Rock  0.9 10.75  03/30/02 San Marcos River Nadia Guerra  
Bass Smallmouth  7.93 23  03/13/98 Meredith Timothy Teague  
Bass Spotted  5.56 21  03/13/66 Lake O' The Pines Turner Keith  
Bass Striped  53 48  05/27/99 Brazos River Ron Venerable  
Bass White  5.56 20.75  03/31/77 Colorado River David Cordill  
Bass Yellow   1.79 14  04/21/05 Cedar Creek Lake Michael Forbes  
Bluegill   1.81 11.5  06/12/93 Purtis Creek State Park James Sides  
Bowfin   17.65 36.5  02/21/93 Fork Brenda Walsh  
Buffalo Bigmouth  58.75 40.75  01/29/94 Sam Rayburn Reservoir Allen Chesney  
Buffalo Black  34.875 39.5  05/19/04 Texoma Ricky Stephenson coho minnow 
Buffalo Smallmouth  82.22 43.5  06/13/93 Athens Randy Collins  
Bullhead Black  4.02 18  06/10/84 Navarro Mills Lake Roy Calame  
Bullhead Yellow  3.2 16.25  03/22/97 Fork Herschell Spears shrimp 
Carp Bighead  90 55.5  07/22/00 Kirby Timothy Conner cut carp 
Carp Common  43.125 38.5  03/30/06 Town Lake Al St Cyr  
Carp Grass  44 46  02/10/98 Bastrop Bayou Jack Singleton cut mullet 
Carpsucker River  2.1 16.25  06/18/96 Trinity River Del Sowders  
Catfish Blue  121.5 58  01/16/04 Texoma Cody Mullenix shad 
Catfish Channel  36.5 38  03/07/65 Pedernales River Mrs Joe Cockrell  
Catfish Flathead  98.5 53  12/02/98 Palestine James Laster minnow/crappie hook 
Catfish Redtail  1.48 14.76  07/27/02 Cal Young Douglas Powell Sr.  
Catfish Suckermouth  1.11 17  07/03/00 San Antonio River Leon Muhlstein  
Cichlid Rio Grande  1.37 11.25  09/20/96 Concho River Paul Mueller  
Corvina Hybrid  20.8 35  04/25/92 Braunig Lake Phillip Mann  
Corvina Orangemouth  16.31 36  11/16/91 Calaveras Lake Earl Tenpenny  
Crappie Black  3.92 18.5  04/27/03 Fork George Ward minnow 
Crappie White  4.56   02/14/68 Navarro Mills Lake G G Wooderson  
Drum Freshwater  34.7 32.25  03/30/95 Texoma Billy Walker  
Drum Red  36.83 44  05/22/01 Fairfield Lake Billy Tyus  
Eel American  6.45 42  09/05/01 Town Lake Bryan Swofford shrimp 
Flounder Southern  11.35 26  10/16/87 Brazoria Reservoir Glenn Comiskey  
Gar Alligator  279   01/01/51 Rio Grande River Bill Valverde  
Gar Longnose  50.31   01/01/54 Trinity River Townsend Miller  
Gar Shortnose  3.9 30  06/03/95 Arrowhead Jody Brown  
Gar Spotted  9.8 36.5  04/07/94 Mexia Rick Rivard  
Goldeye   2.31 17.5  05/28/96 Texoma Mandy Richmond  
Goldfish   5 15.5  05/16/94 Conroe Roy Bishoff  
Herring Skipjack  0.3 9.5  07/01/03 Trinity River Thomas LaBurt minnow 
Ladyfish   0.24 10.5  08/25/00 Trinity River Mark LaBurt minnow 
Logperch   0.0105 3.5  03/16/02 Stillhouse Hollow Lake Robert Maindelle jigging spoon 
Minnow Bullhead  0.01 3.13  03/15/96 Whitney John Hardin  
Muskie Tiger  9.06 32  05/27/79 Nocona Mike Gaines  
Needlefish Atlantic  0.15 14  06/24/05 Trinity River Thomas LaBurt minnow 
Oscar Olive  1.21 11.75  08/29/98 Greenbelt Reservoir Marion Eudey  
Pacu   8.98 23  05/15/05 Main B Canal Chris Fontenot zoom worm 
Pacu Red-bellied  8.95 19  03/14/06 San Marcos River Joni Frazier red wiggler 
Perch Nile  12.06 30.5  02/01/80 Braunig Lake Mike Saldivar  
Perch Yellow  1.04 12.5  05/03/96 Meredith Melvin Vick  
Pickerel Chain  4.75 23.75  02/18/96 Pat Mayse Lake Robert Finch  
Pickerel Grass  0.44 13.75  03/04/95 Sam Rayburn Reservoir Pete Ellis  
Pike Northern  18.28 41  08/29/81 Town Lake Mike Sharpe  
Redhorse Gray  1.18 16.5  06/03/05 Medina River Andrew Combs worm 
Saugeye   7.78 27  01/26/98 Kirby Robert Quintanilla  
Shad Gizzard  2.67 18  04/12/97 Town Lake Darryl Freeman  
Shad Threadfin  0.13 7.63  11/16/98 Richland Chambers Billy Autery critter gitter yellow 
Shiner Blacktail  0.045 4.5  06/28/02 Catfish Creek-Engeling WMA Travis Autery worm 
Shiner Golden  0.52 11  07/10/96 Placid Brian Rankin  
Silverside Inland  0.02 4.25  06/05/94 Benbrook Lake Del Sowders  
Sleeper Bigmouth  2.42 19  05/21/05 Nueces River Dwight Sykora shad 
Sucker Spotted  0.73 11.5  05/13/94 Benbrook Lake Del Sowders  
Sunfish Green  1.3 11  04/19/05 Burke-Crenshaw Lake Billy Oldigs Panther Martin Spinner 
Sunfish Hybrid  1.73 12.5  04/29/04 Bardwell Scot Pekrul splittail spinner 
Sunfish Longear  0.48 7.5  06/01/98 Fork Tyler Russell  
Sunfish Orangespotted  0.18 11/26/05 Fork Alissa Lewis worm 
Sunfish Redbreast  1.63 12  08/30/97 Comal River Alex Labowski  
Sunfish Redear  2.99 14  04/01/97 Town Lake John Runnels  
Sunfish Spotted  0.12 6.25  09/21/93 Onion Creek Artie Hebert  
Tarpon   10.12 37  08/06/86 Braunig Lake Paul Willette  
Tilapia Blue  6.25 19  12/19/95 Gibbons Creek Reservoir Matthew Gross  
Tilapia Hybrid  3.75 15  03/27/93 Gibbons Creek Reservoir Jim Butler  
Topminnow Blackstripe  0.015 3.05  07/31/02 Water Works Lake Billy Autery live worm 
Trout Brook  0.67 12  02/19/84 Guadalupe River Bryan Hendricks  
Trout Brown  7.12 24  02/07/86 Guadalupe River Jeff Delong  
Trout Rainbow  8.24 24.5  09/28/01 Guadalupe River Joel Starling red wiggler 
Walleye   11.88 31.75  02/26/90 Meredith Hank McWilliams Jr.  
Warmouth   1.3 10.5  07/19/91 Town Lake Ralph Manns Jr.