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Top 50 Largemouth Bass

RankWater BodyWeight (lb.)Length (in.)DateAnglerState RecordWater Record
1 Lake Fork 18.18 25.5  1/24/1992 Barry StClair X  X  
2 Lake Fork 17.67 27.5  11/26/1986 Mark Stevenson    
3 Lake Fork 17.64 28  4/1/1989 Stan Moss    
4 Lake Fork 17.63 26.25  8/29/1990 Jerry L. New    
5 Lake Fork 17.29   2/14/1988 Larry Barnes    
6 Lake Fork 17.08 25.5  2/26/1991 Troy Coates    
7 Pinkston 16.9 27.66  2/16/1986 Earl Crawford   X  
8 Lake Fork 16.89 25.5  2/8/1993 Bryan Turner    
9 Sam Rayburn 16.8 28.75  5/31/1997 Tommy Shelton   X  
10 Mill Creek Lake 16.77   3/1/1990 Herchel Brickey   X  
11 Lake Fork 16.75 25.5  3/8/1990 Stephen R. Trepkus    
12 Lake Fork 16.63 27  2/28/1999 Flo O'Brain    
13 Lake Fork 16.59 26  5/15/1987 Guy Weatherspoon    
14 Lake Fork 16.54 25  2/27/1991 Bill Reed    
15 Lake Fork 16.44 26.5  3/10/1996 Chris Adams    
16 Caddo 16.17 26.5  3/20/2010 Keith Burns   X  
17 Gibbons Creek Reservoir 16.13 26  1/15/1988 Troy Johnson   X  
18 Lake Fork 16.12 27.25  3/22/2002 Jim Harrell    
19 O. H. Ivie 16.08 28  4/30/2010 Jerry Bales   X  
20 Caddo 16.07 27  3/18/2011 Sean Swank    
21 Lake Fork 16.06 25.5  3/9/1988 Tom Hallum    
22 Lake Fork 16.04 25.75  2/29/1992 Gasper J. Cardinale    
22 Lake Fork 16.04 25.75  2/2/2013 Richard Scibek    
24 Austin 16.03 28.25  1/27/2011 T.J. Nissen   X  
25 Possum Kingdom 16.02 26.75  10/13/1989 Scott Tongate   X  
26 Caddo 16.01 25.5  4/13/1992 Bobby Shaver    
27 Lake Fork 16 27.5  7/3/1989 John Stanley    
28 Lake Fork 15.95 25.5  3/27/1991 Wendall R. Atkinson    
29 Conroe 15.93 27  1/30/2009 Ricky Bearden   X  
30 Lake Fork 15.88 25.5  2/17/1990 Jim Taylor    
31 Merritt (Private) 15.74 26.5  1/14/1995 Kenneth Morris X   
32 O. C. Fisher 15.69 27  9/23/1996 Charles Sirmons   X  
33 Amistad 15.68 28.3  12/28/2005 Tom Sutherland   X  
34 Lake Fork 15.65 25.25  3/22/2002 Johnny Six    
34 Lake Fork 15.65 27.5  5/28/1991 Rex Thompson    
36 Lake Fork 15.64 27  5/25/1999 Charles Emich    
37 Falcon 15.63 28  1/7/2011 Tommy Law   X  
38 Lake Fork 15.61 26.13  5/8/1991 Jim Gore    
39 Lake Fork 15.61 25.25  3/22/2010 James Quisenberry    
40 Lake Fork 15.6 24.75  3/4/1993 Walt Dosher    
41 Amistad 15.58 27  3/11/1989 Jay Hiler    
42 Merritt (Private) 15.54 27.12  3/9/2007 Jesse Roberson    
43 Lake Fork 15.53 27  4/19/1987 Dennis Ray Canada    
44 Lake Fork 15.51 25  9/23/1991 Boyd Walker    
45 Private Lake 15.5 25.75  2/7/1981 John Alexander Jr.    
45 Lake Fork 15.5 25.25  2/21/2006 Billy Pfeil    
47 Lake Fork 15.46 25  2/27/1992 Bob Lancaster    
48 Choke Canyon Reservoir 15.45 26.25  1/21/2009 Brad Bookmyer   X  
49 Lake Fork 15.41 25  2/27/1991 Dennis Bassinger    
50 Lake Fork 15.38 28.5  3/17/1989 Harold Stanley    
50 Possum Kingdom 15.38 26.25  2/14/1991 Don Allison    
50 Lake Fork 15.38 26  8/18/1990 Bill Howell    
50 Lake Fork 15.38 24.5  4/25/1992 Randy Carroll    

Contact:

Ron Smith–Inland Fisheries • (512) 389-8302 • anglers@tpwd.texas.gov
Texas Parks & Wildlife Department • 4200 Smith School Road • Austin, Texas 78744