State Freshwater Records: Rod and Reel
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| Species | Weight | Length | Date | WaterBody | Angler | Bait/Lure |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bass, Alabama | 5.98 | 22.25 | Jan 9, 2016 | Alan Henry | Timothy J. Helmstetler | jerk bait |
| Bass, Guadalupe | 3.71 | 17.25 | Feb 1, 2014 | Colorado River | Bryan Townsend | crayfish fly |
| Bass, Guadalupe X Smallmouth | 4.69 | 20.39 | Apr 27, 1999 | San Marcos River | Lance Wester | |
| Bass, Guadalupe x Spotted | 3.06 | 17.75 | Feb 17, 2007 | Lady Bird Lake | Robbie Burrow | waterdog |
| Bass, Hybrid Striped | 19.66 | 35.16 | Jun 20, 1984 | Ray Hubbard | John Haney | |
| Bass, Largemouth | 18.18 | 25.50 | Jan 24, 1992 | Lake Fork | Barry StClair | |
| Bass, Largemouth bass x Smallmouth bass | 11.07 | 24.50 | Feb 22, 2022 | O. H. Ivie | Brady Stanford | Swimbait |
| Bass, Largemouth x Spotted | 4.69 | 20.88 | Mar 14, 2021 | Houston County | David Daniel | Worm |
| Bass, Rock | 1.13 | 11.00 | Mar 5, 2013 | San Marcos River | Andrew H. Bland | black and blue football j |
| Bass, Smallmouth | 7.93 | 23.00 | Mar 13, 1998 | Meredith | Timothy Teague | |
| Bass, Smallmouth bass x Spotted bass | 6.42 | 21.50 | Mar 2, 2019 | Ray Roberts | Casey Bowsher | |
| Bass, Spotted | 5.56 | 21.00 | Mar 13, 1966 | Lake O' the Pines | Turner Keith | |
| Bass, Striped | 53.00 | 48.00 | May 27, 1999 | Brazos River | Ron Venerable | |
| Bass, White | 5.56 | 20.75 | Mar 31, 1977 | Colorado River | David Cordill | |
| Bass, White x Yellow | 4.75 | 19.00 | Mar 12, 2005 | Lake Fork | Curtis Campbell | |
| Bass, Yellow | 3.46 | 17.50 | Mar 12, 2009 | Sabine River | Butch Koehler | rat-l-trap |
| Bowfin | 17.65 | 36.50 | Feb 21, 1993 | Lake Fork | Brenda Walsh | |
| Buffalo, Bigmouth | 58.75 | 40.75 | Jan 29, 1994 | Sam Rayburn | Allen Chesney | |
| Buffalo, Black | 34.88 | 39.50 | May 19, 2004 | Texoma | Ricky Stephenson | coho minnow |
| Buffalo, Smallmouth | 82.22 | 43.50 | Jun 13, 1993 | Athens | Randy Collins | |
| Bullhead, Black | 5.15 | 20.25 | Mar 18, 2007 | Brazos River | Larry Feland | jumbo shrimp |
| Bullhead, Yellow | 3.66 | 21.00 | Jun 6, 2023 | Lake Tyler | Sarah Slaton | Cat Blood Catfish Bait |
| Carp, Bighead | 90.00 | 55.50 | Jul 22, 2000 | Kirby | Timothy Conner | cut carp |
| Carp, Common | 44.25 | 41.00 | Mar 28, 2021 | Lady Bird Lake | Kevin Olivier | Tigernut |
| Carp, Grass | 53.50 | 49.00 | Aug 2, 2006 | Toledo Bend | Tontie Pennock | jig |
| Carpsucker, River | 5.10 | 18.25 | Jun 20, 2021 | Denton Creek | John Paul Hays | Algae on Salmon Egg Hook |
| Catfish, Blue | 121.50 | 58.00 | Jan 16, 2004 | Texoma | Cody Mullennix | shad |
| Catfish, Channel | 36.50 | 38.00 | Mar 7, 1965 | Pedernales River | Mrs. Joe Cockrell | |
| Catfish, Flathead | 98.50 | 53.00 | Dec 2, 1998 | Palestine | James Laster | minnow/crappie hook |
| Catfish, Redtail | 1.48 | 14.76 | Jul 27, 2002 | Cal Young Park Lake | Douglas Powell Sr | |
| Catfish, Suckermouth | 3.45 | Jul 12, 2011 | Guadalupe River | Andrew Cumberland | dough bait | |
| Cichlid, Rio Grande | 2.02 | 11.10 | Sep 2, 2011 | Dunlap | Chuck Dewey | worm |
| Corvina, Orangemouth | 16.31 | 36.00 | Nov 16, 1991 | Calaveras | Earl L. Tenpenny | |
| Crappie, Black | 4.00 | 17.00 | Dec 5, 2002 | Toledo Bend | Hazel Bolton | |
| Crappie, White | 4.56 | Feb 14, 1968 | Navarro Mills | G. G. Wooderson | ||
| Drum, Black | 36.63 | 42.50 | Nov 17, 2009 | Nueces River | Filip Spencer | gulp |
| Drum, Freshwater | 44.00 | 38.50 | May 22, 2011 | Conroe | Jesse Ashley | dough bait |
| Drum, Red | 36.83 | 44.00 | May 22, 2001 | Fairfield | Billy Tyus | |
| Eel, American | 6.45 | 42.00 | Sep 5, 2001 | Lady Bird Lake | Bryan Swofford | shrimp |
| Fishes, Amphilophus | 0.54 | 8.25 | Jul 15, 2022 | Granbury | Barry Osborn | Carp Slayer Fly |
| Flounder, Southern | 11.35 | 26.00 | Oct 16, 1987 | Brazoria Reservoir | Glenn Comiskey | |
| Gar, Alligator | 283.00 | 72.00 | Sep 2, 2023 | Sam Rayburn | Arthur Weston | Cut-Bait on J-Hook |
| Gar, Hybrid | 70.22 | 75.00 | Jun 27, 2018 | Trinity River | Shelton Shoemake | live mullet |
| Gar, Longnose | 44.50 | May 7, 2017 | Trinity River | Rock Shaw | Cut Carp | |
| Gar, Shortnose | 13.56 | 39.00 | Aug 4, 2010 | Lavon | Jack Moldenhauer | |
| Gar, Spotted | 7.66 | 34.75 | Apr 25, 2017 | Junemann Bayou | Colton Carner | cut mullet |
| Goldeye | 2.31 | 17.50 | May 28, 1996 | Texoma | Mandy Richmond | |
| Goldfish | 8.80 | 26.00 | Oct 9, 2020 | Richland College Upper (Dallas) | Finley Miller | Hair Rig, Corn |
| Herring, Skipjack | 0.55 | 11.63 | Jul 23, 2010 | Trinity River | Danny Eddins | Bass assasin |
| Mullet, Striped | 2.20 | 16.31 | Apr 20, 2008 | Brazos River | Kim Hunter | live nightcrawler |
| Mullet, White | 1.16 | 13.00 | Jul 11, 1998 | Brays Bayou | Mark Marmon | green bead-eye nymph |
| Oscar | 1.21 | 11.75 | Aug 29, 1998 | Greenbelt | Marion Eudey | |
| Pacu, Red-bellied | 8.95 | 19.00 | Mar 14, 2006 | San Marcos River | Joni Frazier | red wiggler |
| Perch, Nile | 12.06 | 30.50 | Feb 1, 1980 | Victor Braunig | Mike Saldivar | |
| Perch, Yellow | 1.04 | 12.50 | May 3, 1996 | Meredith | Melvin Vick | |
| Pickerel, Chain | 4.75 | 23.75 | Feb 18, 1996 | Pat Mayse | Robert Finch | |
| Pickerel, Redfin | 0.66 | 13.00 | Feb 10, 2009 | Toledo Bend | Bill Ritzell | zoom 6" lizard |
| Pike, Northern | 18.28 | 41.00 | Aug 29, 1981 | Lady Bird Lake | Mike Sharpe | |
| Redhorse, Gray | 4.75 | 22.25 | May 3, 2014 | Lady Bird Lake | Scott Ferguson | Splashbaits |
| Saugeye | 7.78 | 27.00 | Jan 26, 1998 | Kirby | Robert Quintanilla | |
| Seatrout, Spotted | 8.31 | 28.50 | Nov 17, 2009 | Nueces River | Filip Spencer | bass assasin |
| Shad, Gizzard | 2.67 | 18.00 | Apr 12, 1997 | Lady Bird Lake | J. Darryl Freeman | |
| Shiner, Golden | 0.52 | 11.00 | Jul 10, 1996 | Placid | Brian Rankin | |
| Sleeper, Bigmouth | 2.42 | 19.00 | May 21, 2005 | Nueces River | Dwight Sykora | shad |
| Spotted Seatrout X Corvina | 20.80 | 35.00 | Apr 25, 1992 | Victor Braunig | Phillip Mann | |
| Sucker, Spotted | 1.41 | 14.50 | Jul 2, 2002 | Catfish Creek | Billy Autery | Hare's Ear #18 |
| Sunfish, Bluegill | 2.02 | 12.50 | Nov 21, 1999 | Lampasas River | Gibbs Milliken | #6 Copper Clouser minnow |
| Sunfish, Green | 1.30 | 11.00 | Apr 19, 2005 | Burke-Crenshaw Lake | Billy Oldigs | Panther Martin Spinner |
| Sunfish, Hybrid Green | 0.79 | 9.00 | Feb 28, 2017 | Dunlap | Clayton P. Lacina | corn |
| Sunfish, Longear | 0.84 | 9.25 | Jul 6, 2009 | San Marcos River | John Brownlee | plastic crawfish |
| Sunfish, Other Hybrid | 1.73 | 12.50 | Apr 29, 2004 | Bardwell | Scott Pekrul | splittail spinner |
| Sunfish, Redbreast | 1.75 | 12.50 | May 31, 2020 | Wheeler Branch Reservoir | Cher Coen | finesse jig |
| Sunfish, Redear | 2.99 | 14.00 | Apr 1, 1997 | Lady Bird Lake | John Runnels | |
| Sunfish, Warmouth | 1.30 | 10.50 | Jul 19, 1991 | Lady Bird Lake | Ralph Manns | |
| Tarpon | 10.12 | 37.00 | Aug 6, 1986 | Victor Braunig | Paul Willette | |
| Tiger Muskellunge | 9.06 | 32.00 | May 27, 1979 | Nocona | Mike Gaines | |
| Tilapia, Blue | 7.75 | 21.50 | Jan 31, 2010 | Houston | Michael Sample | jig |
| Tilapia, Hybrid | 5.78 | 19.50 | May 25, 2021 | Travis | Keller Colton Shaw | Sinko on Wacky Rig |
| Trout, Brook | 0.67 | 12.00 | Feb 19, 1984 | Guadalupe River | Bryan Hendricks | |
| Trout, Brown | 7.12 | 24.00 | Feb 7, 1986 | Guadalupe River | Jeff Delong | |
| Trout, Rainbow | 12.38 | 25.00 | Oct 15, 2023 | Guadalupe River | Christine Saathoff | Crankbait |
| Walleye | 11.88 | 31.75 | Feb 26, 1990 | Meredith | Hank McWilliams Jr. |