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Top 50 Striped Bass

Rank	Water Body	Weight (lb.)	Length (in.)	Date	Angler	State Record	Water Record
1	Brazos River	53	48	05/27/1999	Ron Venerable	X	X
2	Guadalupe River	50	45	11/29/1996	Edward Scott		X
3	Guadalupe River	49	47	10/27/1996	Shane Ouellette
4	Rio Grande	46.5	43.5	05/12/1993	Johnny Freeman		X
5	Guadalupe River	45.81	46.5	02/06/1994	Steven Anzalone
6	Lady Bird Lake	45.5	44.25	03/02/1993	Morris Boyd		X
7	Amistad	45	44	05/14/1990	Tom J. Reavis		X
8	Austin	43.55	43	04/16/1986	Wayne Savoie		X
9	Sabine River	43.31	44	01/27/1990	Ronald G. Kirkland		X
10	Red River	42.7	43	04/02/2002	Edwin Padua		X
11	Brazos River	42.66	44	03/28/1995	Skeet Hooks
12	Red River	40.88	43	04/23/1989	Douglas Norwine
13	Brazos River	40.4	41.5	05/05/1994	Shane Davies
14	Rio Grande	40	44	04/20/1986	Dennis Charlton
15	Guadalupe River	39.9	45.15	02/02/1988	Tod Fulcher
16	Whitney	39.69	43.25	05/14/1989	Mark Turkali		X
17	Austin	38.25	41	03/21/1981	Harry Lamb
18	Lyndon B. Johnson	38.14	42	04/13/1991	Donald Hunziker		X
19	Canyon	38.12	41.5	04/25/1997	Larry Royer Jr.		X
20	Amistad	38	41.5	04/14/1988	David O'Keeffe
21	Austin	37.5	45	04/29/1984	Charlie Meyers
22	Inks	37.05	42	02/27/1992	Ronald Neusch		X
23	Guadalupe River	36.65	43	12/02/2006	John Erskine
24	Austin	36.25	43.5	05/14/2000	Frank Cruz IV
25	McQueeney	36.15	45	07/02/1992	Gonzalo Ramos Jr.		X
26	Austin	36	42	07/13/1990	Frank Cruz IV
26	Red River	36	41	05/03/1982	W. Lowe Jr.
28	E. V. Spence	35.13	41.75	04/21/1988	R. L. Flanagan		X
29	Texoma	35.12	39	04/25/1984	Terry Harber		X
30	Kemp (Baylor County)	35	39.12	05/07/1989	Danny Foix		X
30	Colorado River	35	42	06/24/1988	Robin Whalon		X
32	Inks	34.86	43	04/14/1991	Edward H. Alman, Jr.
33	Austin	34.81	42.5	8/17/2014	Michael Patitucci
34	E. V. Spence	34.62	43	08/11/1986	Tim Deveny
35	E. V. Spence	34.5	42	04/19/1991	Tim J. Paul
36	Red River	34.25	40.5	04/08/2003	Don Lewis
37	Possum Kingdom	34.19	41	06/10/2000	Lisa Taylor		X
38	Brazos River	34.03	42	06/09/19	Derek Bond
39	Austin	34	41.75	06/02/1990	Frank Cruz IV
40	Inks	33.38	42	05/10/1990	James Wood
41	E. V. Spence	33.25	38	12/28/1989	Joe F. Taylor
42	Canyon	33.25	41	03/16/1997	Steven Hinds
43	Toledo Bend	33.22	41	02/08/1980	James Kent Jr		X
44	Inks	33.13	42	02/02/1991	Raymond J. Theis
45	Texoma	32.75	38.25	11/20/1978	David Cole
46	E. V. Spence	32.38	41	04/28/1993	Bruce Brauneck
47	Toledo Bend	32.12	39.5	11/11/1984	Dick Cain
48	Toledo Bend	32	39	07/04/1985	Dick Cain
49	Brazos River	31.75	41	05/28/1993	David Storey
50	Marble Falls	31.75	45	02/14/1997	Charles Henigan		X

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