2025 Fish Art Contest Winners
The Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center in Athens is the official host for the Texas Fish Art Contest. Texas entries are judged there, and state contest winners are displayed in the visitor center. Winning Texas entries are forwarded to Wildlife Forever's headquarters in White Bear Lake, Minnesota, to compete for national awards
Toyota Bassmaster Texas Fest sponsors state contest winning prizes and state contest winners are invited to attend an awards ceremony each summer at Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center.
First, second and third place winners from each age division, the Mighty Minnow Award and the Special Species Award are displayed on this page. In addition to these, 28 entries received honorable mentions. Print-quality images of Texas winners can be found in the TPWD Flickr gallery.
All images © Wildlife Forever
First Place
Grades 10-12
Joshua Washington
Redfish
Grades 7-9
Rachel Shen
Whale Shark
Grades 4-6
Kenneth Ge
Rainbow Trout
Grades K-3
Jessica Ding
Hogfish
Second Place
Grades 10-12
Dalia Morales
Longear Sunfish
Grades 7-9
Ziheng Wang
Red Lionfish
Grades 4-6
Regina Du
Largemouth Bass
Grades K-3
Candice Chen
Swordfish
Third Place
Grades 10-12
Brett Baker
Flathead Catfish
Grades 7-9
Paxton Grigsby
Largemouth Bass
Grades 4-6
Alice Xie
Goatfish
Grades K-3
Jeremiah Lee
Redfish
Mighty Minnow
Rishan Patri
Rainbow Trout
Special Species Award
Alyssa Trevino
Guadalupe Bass