|
Here are all the known
fishing records for the State of Texas
|
Species |
Weight |
Length |
Location |
Angler |
Date |
|
Alligator Gar |
279 lbs 0 oz |
|
Rio Grande River |
Bill Valverde |
1/10/1951 |
|
American Eel |
1 lbs 8.64 oz |
31" |
Lake Lavon |
Marc Jones |
3/30/2000 |
|
Bighead Carp |
90 lbs 0 oz |
55.5" |
Lake Kirby |
Timothy Conner |
7/22/2000 |
|
Bigmouth Buffalo |
58 lbs 12 oz |
40.75" |
Lake Sam Rayburn |
Allen Chesney |
1/29/1994 |
|
Bigmouth Sleeper |
0 lbs 31.12 oz |
13" |
Nueces River |
Juan Sepulveda |
8/27/1994 |
|
Black Bullhead |
4 lbs 0.32 oz |
18" |
Navarro Mills Lake |
Roy Calame |
6/10/1984 |
|
Black Crappie |
3 lbs 11 oz |
17.75" |
Toledo Bend Reservoir |
Fritz Gowan |
1/17/1985 |
|
Blacktail Shiner |
0 lbs 0.48 oz |
3.98" |
Austin Lake |
Allen Bradford |
8/11/1993 |
|
Blue Catfish |
100 lbs 0 oz |
54" |
Lake Texoma |
Reyes Martinez |
3/11/2000 |
|
Blue Tilapia |
6 lbs 4 oz |
19" |
Gibbons Creek Reservoir |
Matthew Gross |
12/19/1995 |
|
Bluegill Sunfish |
1 lbs 13 oz |
11.5" |
Purtis Creek |
James Sides |
6/12/1993 |
|
Bowfin |
17 lbs 10.4 oz |
36.5" |
Lake Fork |
Brenda Walsh |
2/21/1993 |
|
Brook Trout |
0 lbs 10.72 oz |
12" |
Guadalupe River |
Bryan Hendricks |
2/19/1984 |
|
Brown Trout |
7 lbs 1.92 oz |
24" |
Guadalupe River |
Jeff Delong |
2/7/1986 |
|
Carp |
25 lbs 10.08 oz |
37" |
Lake Houston |
Lois Christensen |
6/15/1994 |
|
Chain Pickerel |
4 lbs 12 oz |
23.75" |
Pat Mayse Lake |
Robert Finch |
2/18/1996 |
|
Channel Catfish |
36 lbs 8 oz |
38" |
Pedernales River |
Mrs. Joe Cockrell |
3/7/1965 |
|
Flathead Catfish |
98 lbs 8 oz |
53" |
Lake Palestine |
James Laster |
12/2/1998 |
|
Freshwater Drum |
34 lbs 11.2 oz |
32.25" |
Lake Texoma |
Billy Walker |
3/30/1995 |
|
Gizzard Shad |
2 lbs 10.72 oz |
18" |
Town Lake |
Darryl Freeman |
4/12/1997 |
|
Golden Shiner |
0 lbs 8.32 oz |
11" |
Lake Placid |
Brian Rankin |
7/10/1996 |
|
Goldeye |
2 lbs 5 oz |
17.5" |
Lake Texoma |
Mandy Richmond |
5/28/1996 |
|
Goldfish |
5 lbs 0 oz |
15.5" |
Lake Conroe |
Roy Bishoff |
5/16/1994 |
|
Grass Carp |
44 lbs 0 oz |
46" |
Bastrop Bayou |
Jack Singleton |
2/10/1998 |
|
Grass Pickerel |
0 lbs 7.04 oz |
13.75" |
Lake Sam Rayburn |
Pete Ellis |
3/4/1995 |
|
Green Sunfish |
1 lbs 3.52 oz |
9.29" |
Tehuacana Creek |
Rickie Rivard |
4/21/1995 |
|
Guadalupe Bass |
3 lbs 11 oz |
18.25" |
Lake Travis |
Allen Christenson Jr. |
9/25/1983 |
|
Hybrid Bass |
4 lbs 11 oz |
20.39" |
San Marcos River |
Lance Wester |
4/27/1999 |
|
Hybrid Bass |
19 lbs 10.56 oz |
35.16" |
Ray Hubbard Lake |
John Haney |
6/20/1984 |
|
Hybrid Corvina |
20 lbs 12.8 oz |
35" |
Lake Braunig |
Phillip Mann |
4/16/1992 |
|
Hybrid Sunfish |
0 lbs 15.84 oz |
11" |
Austin Lake |
Dwayne Kinley |
10/19/1997 |
|
Hybrid Tilapia |
3 lbs 12 oz |
15" |
Gibbons Creek Reservoir |
Jim Butler |
3/27/1993 |
|
Inland Silverside |
0 lbs 0.32 oz |
4.25" |
Lake Benbrook |
Del Sowders |
6/5/1994 |
|
Ladyfish |
0 lbs 3.84 oz |
10.5" |
Trinity River |
Mark LaBurt |
8/25/2000 |
|
Largemouth Bass |
18 lbs 2.88 oz |
25.5" |
Lake Fork |
Barry StClair |
1/24/1992 |
|
Longear Sunfish |
0 lbs 7.68 oz |
7.5" |
Lake Fork |
Tyler Russell |
6/1/1998 |
|
Longnose Gar |
50 lbs 5 oz |
|
Trinity River |
Townsend Miller |
1954 |
|
Nile Perch |
12 lbs 1 oz |
30.5" |
Lake Braunig |
Mike Saldiver |
2/1/1980 |
|
Northern Pike |
18 lbs 4.48 oz |
41" |
Town Lake |
Mike Sharpe |
8/29/1981 |
|
Olive Oscar |
1 lbs 3.36 oz |
11.75" |
Greenbelt Reservoir |
Marion Eudey |
8/29/1998 |
|
Orangemouth Corvina |
16 lbs 5 oz |
36" |
Calaveras Lake |
Earl Tenpenny |
11/15/1991 |
|
Pacu |
1 lbs 12.32 oz |
13.5" |
Claiborne West Pond |
Richard Zerko |
10/28/1995 |
|
Rainbow Trout |
7 lbs 12.32 oz |
24" |
Guadalupe River |
Rex Ludwick |
2/19/1995 |
|
Red Drum |
36 lbs 13.28 oz |
44" |
Fairfield Lake |
Billy Tyus |
5/22/2001 |
|
Red-bellied Pacu |
6 lbs 0 oz |
19.5" |
Nooks Lake |
James Tant |
12/5/1998 |
|
Redbreast Sunfish |
1 lbs 10.08 oz |
12" |
Comal River |
Alex Labowski |
8/30/1997 |
|
Redear Sunfish |
2 lbs 15.84 oz |
14" |
Town Lake |
John Runnels |
4/1/1997 |
|
Rio Grande Cichlid |
1 lbs 5.92 oz |
11.25" |
Concho River |
Paul Mueller |
9/20/1996 |
|
River Carpsucker |
2 lbs 1.6 oz |
16.25" |
Trinity River |
Del Sowders |
6/18/1996 |
|
Rock Bass |
0 lbs 13.28 oz |
10.25" |
San Marcos River |
Chad Thomas |
10/9/1997 |
|
Saugeye |
7 lbs 12.5 oz |
27" |
Lake Kirby |
Robert Quintanilla |
1/26/1998 |
|
Smallmouth Bass |
7 lbs 14.88 oz |
23" |
Lake Meredith |
Timothy Teague |
3/13/1998 |
|
Smallmouth Buffalo |
82 lbs 3.52 oz |
43.5" |
Lake Athens |
Randy Collins |
6/13/1993 |
|
Southern Flounder |
11 lbs 5.6 oz |
26" |
Brazoria Reservoir |
Glenn Comiskey |
10/16/1987 |
|
Spotted Bass |
5 lbs 8.96 oz |
21" |
Lake O The Pines |
Turner Keith |
3/13/1966 |
|
Spotted Gar |
9 lbs 12.8 oz |
36.5" |
Lake Mexia |
Rick Rivard |
4/4/1994 |
|
Spotted Sucker |
0 lbs 11.68 oz |
11.5" |
Lake Benbrook |
Del Sowders |
5/13/1994 |
|
Spotted Sunfish |
0 lbs 1.92 oz |
6.25" |
Onion Creek |
Artie Hebert |
9/21/1993 |
|
Striped Bass |
53 lbs 0 oz |
48" |
Brazos River |
Ron Venerable |
5/27/1999 |
|
Suckermouth Catfish |
1 lbs 1.76 oz |
17" |
San Antonio River |
Leon Muhlstein |
7/3/2000 |
|
Tarpon |
10 lbs 1.92 oz |
37" |
Lake Braunig |
Paul Willette |
8/6/1986 |
|
Threadfin Shad |
0 lbs 2.08 oz |
7.63" |
Richland Chambers Reservoir |
Billy Autery |
11/16/1998 |
|
Tiger Muskellunge |
9 lbs 1 oz |
32" |
Lake Nocona |
Mike Gaines |
5/27/1979 |
|
Walleye |
11 lbs 14.08 oz |
31.75" |
Lake Meredith |
Hank McWilliams Jr. |
2/26/1990 |
|
Warmouth |
1 lbs 4.8 oz |
10.5" |
Town Lake |
Ralph Manns Jr. |
7/19/1991 |
|
White Bass |
5 lbs 8.96 oz |
20.75" |
Colorado River |
David Cordill |
3/31/1977 |
|
White Crappie |
4 lbs 9 oz |
|
Navarro Mills Lake |
G.G. Wooderson |
2/14/1968 |
|
Yellow Bass |
1 lbs 5.92 oz |
12.25" |
Lake Fork |
Mickey Wheatley |
11/19/1997 |
|
Yellow Bullhead |
3 lbs 3.2 oz |
16.25" |
Lake Fork |
Herschell Spears |
3/22/1997 |
|
Yellow Perch |
1 lbs 0.64 oz |
12.5" |
Lake Meredith |
Melvin Vick |
5/3/1996 |
|
