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Saltwater Fishing Records
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State Saltwater Records: Rod & Reel
Updated 10/18/2004
| Species |
Weight (lbs.) |
Length (in.) |
Date |
Water Body |
Minor Bay/Other |
Angler |
Bait/Lure |
| Amberjack |
Greater |
115 |
66.5 |
06/18/94 |
Gulf of Mexico |
|
Urmas Riig |
|
| Angelfish |
Blue |
5.64 |
18.75 |
05/19/93 |
Gulf of Mexico |
|
Kirk Zuch |
|
| Angelfish |
French |
8.7 |
18.5 |
09/11/94 |
Gulf of Mexico |
|
Dennis Daye |
|
| Barbier |
Red |
1.81 |
16.5 |
07/08/86 |
Gulf of Mexico |
|
Ricky Preddy |
|
| Barracuda |
Great |
52.81 |
63.43 |
09/04/93 |
Gulf of Mexico |
|
Kim Calzada |
|
| Bass |
Hybrid Striped |
8.75 |
25 |
04/14/93 |
San Antonio Bay |
Mission Lake |
James Potts |
|
| Bass |
Longtail |
2.56 |
19.25 |
07/02/04 |
Gulf of Mexico |
Matagorda |
Alan Starling |
squid |
| Bass |
Rock Sea |
0.38 |
9.52 |
09/11/94 |
Gulf of Mexico |
|
Red Childers |
|
| Bass |
Striped |
28 |
33.5 |
01/26/91 |
Galveston Bay |
|
Calvin Hinderman Jr |
|
| Beardfish |
|
4.09 |
20 |
08/20/04 |
Gulf of Mexico |
|
Gary Kaiser |
|
| Bigeye |
|
2.4 |
17.25 |
03/20/89 |
Gulf of Mexico |
|
Suzannah Creech |
|
| Bigeye |
Short |
1 |
11 |
10/16/91 |
Gulf of Mexico |
|
Luis Gomez |
|
| Blenny |
Hairy |
0.26 |
7.5 |
03/17/93 |
Gulf of Mexico |
|
Louis Kusey |
|
| Bluefish |
|
16.62 |
36.63 |
01/11/87 |
Gulf of Mexico |
|
Alex Koumonduros |
|
| Bonefish |
|
3.75 |
23.25 |
11/19/77 |
Gulf of Mexico |
|
C W Morris |
|
| Bonnethead |
|
24.3 |
50.1181 |
08/18/04 |
Gulf of Mexico |
Galveston |
Pamela Joseph |
|
| Bream |
Sea |
1.11 |
12.5 |
11/17/96 |
Galveston Bay |
|
John Edel |
ling |
| Brotula |
Bearded |
9.2 |
28.35 |
08/18/94 |
Gulf of Mexico |
|
Bill Scates |
|
| Bumper |
Atlantic |
0.02 |
7.5 |
07/12/00 |
Gulf of Mexico |
|
Jason Danks |
squid |
| Burrfish |
Striped |
0.86 |
8.5 |
01/16/95 |
Gulf of Mexico |
|
Robert Pope |
|
| Carp |
Grass |
8.16 |
26.42 |
11/14/92 |
Galveston Bay |
Sims Bayou Canal |
Andrew Anthony |
|
| Catfish |
Blue |
40.81 |
43.5 |
02/04/02 |
Sabine Lake |
|
Harvey Day |
|
| Catfish |
Flathead |
23.32 |
38.5 |
09/06/04 |
Sabine Lake |
Cow Bayou |
Bobby Hutchison |
live mullet |
| Catfish |
Gafftopsail |
13.33 |
34 |
12/13/81 |
Gulf of Mexico |
|
Herman Koehne Jr |
|
| Catfish |
Hardhead |
4.0625 |
23 |
07/14/03 |
Corpus Christi Bay |
|
Federico Garcia |
sand trout |
| Chub |
Bermuda |
7.5 |
23 |
07/04/01 |
Gulf of Mexico |
|
Lloyd Rodriguez |
|
| Chub |
Yellow |
8.97 |
24 |
06/26/94 |
Gulf of Mexico |
|
Christopher McSwain |
|
| Cobia |
|
108.44 |
71 |
05/09/98 |
Gulf of Mexico |
|
Michael Albanese |
|
| Coney |
|
3.43 |
17.5 |
06/17/86 |
Gulf of Mexico |
|
Adolf Schulz |
|
| Conger |
Yellow |
21 |
71 |
06/17/96 |
Gulf of Mexico |
|
Bradley Poulsen |
|
| Cottonwick |
|
2.3 |
16 |
03/22/98 |
Gulf of Mexico |
|
Travis McNeil |
|
| Creole-fish |
|
1.56 |
14 |
03/21/04 |
Gulf of Mexico |
|
Robby Gillis |
|
| Croaker |
Atlantic |
5.47 |
29 |
04/24/02 |
Gulf of Mexico |
|
Paul Straw |
squid |
| Cubbyu |
|
1 |
11.13 |
04/16/87 |
Gulf of Mexico |
|
Steve Qualia |
|
| Cutlassfish |
Atlantic |
4.52 |
48 |
08/05/00 |
Galveston Bay |
Moses Lake |
Gary Stanton |
|
| Cutlassfish |
Atlantic |
0.54 |
21.875 |
08/19/04 |
Gulf of Mexico |
Brazoria |
Forrest Walker |
Rattle Trap |
| Damselfish |
Dusky |
0.09 |
4.5 |
09/25/94 |
Gulf of Mexico |
|
Patrick Lemire |
|
| Doctorfish |
|
1.26 |
11.62 |
04/14/97 |
Gulf of Mexico |
|
Jerry McCullin |
|
| Dogfish |
Cuban |
1.84 |
21.25 |
09/06/00 |
Gulf of Mexico |
|
Robert Steber |
|
| Dogfish |
Smooth |
26.5 |
50.88 |
03/02/98 |
Gulf of Mexico |
|
George Flores |
|
| Dogfish |
Spiny |
21 |
50.75 |
10/26/86 |
Gulf of Mexico |
|
Vicki Kusey |
|
| Dolphin |
|
65.6 |
67.25 |
07/04/89 |
Gulf of Mexico |
|
Robby DeLeon |
|
| Dolphin |
Pompano |
4.1 |
25.88 |
08/03/90 |
Gulf of Mexico |
|
Tommy Gueldner |
|
| Driftfish |
Black |
12.25 |
27.75 |
08/20/01 |
Gulf of Mexico |
|
Randy Zaleski |
|
| Drum |
Black |
81 |
51.18 |
06/19/88 |
Gulf of Mexico |
|
Wally Escobar Jr. |
|
| Drum |
Freshwater |
33.62 |
33 |
02/20/95 |
Sabine Lake |
River |
Michael McKinney |
|
| Drum |
Red |
59.5 |
54.25 |
01/30/00 |
Gulf of Mexico |
Sabine Jetty |
Artie Longron |
|
| Durgon |
Black |
2.38 |
14 |
06/20/86 |
Gulf of Mexico |
|
Adolf Schulz |
|
| Eel |
King snake |
52 |
86.5 |
02/11/97 |
Gulf of Mexico |
|
Patrick Lemire |
|
| Eel |
Shrimp |
11.13 |
24.5 |
08/03/90 |
Gulf of Mexico |
|
Megan Gower |
|
| Eel |
Snapper |
2.5 |
39.25 |
08/29/93 |
Gulf of Mexico |
|
Louis Kusey III |
|
| Eel |
Stippled spoon-nose |
16.8 |
67 |
08/28/04 |
Gulf of Mexico |
|
Taylor Walker |
dead mullet |
| Escolar |
|
5.6 |
25.5 |
11/22/02 |
Gulf of Mexico |
|
Matt Haworth |
Jig lure |
| Filefish |
Scrawled |
3.86 |
25.5 |
11/08/94 |
Gulf of Mexico |
|
Rod Spivey |
|
| Filefish |
Unicorn |
5 |
21.63 |
09/25/87 |
Gulf of Mexico |
|
Eugene Foreman Jr |
|
| Flounder |
Ocellated |
2.63 |
16.63 |
12/06/01 |
Galveston Bay |
|
Mark Bond |
mullet |
| Flounder |
Southern |
13 |
28 |
02/18/76 |
Sabine Lake |
|
Herbert Endicott |
|
| Flyingfish |
Margined |
0.79 |
14.5 |
06/21/86 |
Gulf of Mexico |
|
Adolf Schulz |
|
| Gag |
|
69.4 |
51 |
10/05/03 |
Gulf of Mexico |
|
Tommy Angel |
Live Blue Runner |
| Gar |
Alligator |
186.19 |
96.25 |
10/14/95 |
Galveston Bay |
|
Johnny Gilbert |
|
| Graysby |
|
2.31 |
14.75 |
03/02/98 |
Gulf of Mexico |
|
George Flores |
|
| Grouper |
Black |
124 |
63 |
01/11/03 |
Gulf of Mexico |
|
Tim Oestreich II |
|
| Grouper |
Comb |
3.18 |
19.5 |
03/01/03 |
Gulf of Mexico |
|
Robt Hendricks |
squid |
| Grouper |
Goliath |
551 |
0 |
06/29/37 |
Gulf of Mexico |
|
Gus Pangarakis |
|
| Grouper |
Marbled |
23.4375 |
33.75 |
09/04/04 |
Gulf of Mexico |
|
Johnny White |
sardine minnows |
| Grouper |
Scamp |
26 |
38 |
03/09/03 |
Gulf of Mexico |
|
Ed Richer |
|
| Grouper |
Snowy |
49.81 |
43.25 |
09/10/93 |
Gulf of Mexico |
|
Steve Cole |
|
| Grouper |
Warsaw |
277 |
72.5 |
10/26/89 |
Gulf of Mexico |
|
Aubrey Eastwood |
|
| Grouper |
Yellowedge |
24 |
35.75 |
05/03/98 |
Gulf of Mexico |
|
Alan Miller |
Pacific mackerel |
| Grouper |
Yellowfin |
40.75 |
38.5 |
11/15/95 |
Gulf of Mexico |
|
Karl Loessin |
|
| Grouper |
Yellowmouth |
24.5 |
39.75 |
03/31/04 |
Gulf of Mexico |
|
Diane Howe |
squid |
| Grunt |
Barred |
1.24 |
13.25 |
07/27/04 |
Gulf of Mexico |
|
Ronald Lovett |
|
| Grunt |
Striped |
0.4 |
9.25 |
07/18/98 |
Gulf of Mexico |
|
Bryant Harris |
cigar minnow |
| Grunt |
White |
3.75 |
18 |
07/05/97 |
Gulf of Mexico |
|
Dan Schmidt |
|
| Guaguanche |
|
4.83 |
31.75 |
11/25/95 |
Gulf of Mexico |
|
Ewalt Schneider |
|
| Guitarfish |
Atlantic |
4.44 |
31.5 |
05/25/98 |
Gulf of Mexico |
|
Byron Noles Jr. |
|
| Hake |
Carolina |
1.6 |
16 |
01/31/96 |
Gulf of Mexico |
|
Tony Langston |
|
| Hake |
Gulf |
5.79 |
26.75 |
04/16/96 |
Gulf of Mexico |
|
Patrick Lemire |
|
| Hake |
Spotted |
1.68 |
18 |
04/26/96 |
Gulf of Mexico |
|
Leonard Maartens Jr. |
|
| Halfbeak |
|
0.14 |
7 |
09/13/95 |
Gulf of Mexico |
|
John Hardin |
|
| Hammerhead |
Great |
871 |
163.8 |
07/04/80 |
Gulf of Mexico |
|
Mark Johnson |
|
| Hammerhead |
Smalleye |
151 |
95 |
10/26/86 |
Gulf of Mexico |
|
Louis Kusey III |
|
| Herring |
Skipjack |
2.43 |
15.67 |
01/20/87 |
Sabine Lake |
|
Paul Jorgenson |
|
| Hind |
Red |
8.96 |
24.25 |
07/22/87 |
Gulf of Mexico |
|
Adolf Schulz |
|
| Hind |
Rock |
4.24 |
18.75 |
06/24/95 |
Gulf of Mexico |
|
Dorothy McCullin |
|
| Hind |
Speckled |
7.68 |
25.25 |
07/06/04 |
Gulf of Mexico |
Cameron |
Walter Schofield |
squid |
| Hogfish |
Spanish |
2.25 |
15.88 |
03/25/00 |
Gulf of Mexico |
|
Casey Cundieff |
|
| Hogfish |
Spotfin |
1.07 |
12.5 |
06/24/99 |
Gulf of Mexico |
|
Jim Vuichard |
|
| Jack |
Almaco |
50.3 |
49 |
07/05/96 |
Gulf of Mexico |
|
Billy Winkler |
|
| Jack |
Black |
17.25 |
34 |
08/05/78 |
Gulf of Mexico |
|
Dedra Sheldon |
|
| Jack |
Cottomouth |
1.25 |
12.5 |
07/14/84 |
Gulf of Mexico |
|
Frank Fuller |
|
| Jack |
Crevalle |
50.25 |
52.25 |
06/26/76 |
Gulf of Mexico |
|
Francis Lyon |
|
| Jack |
Horse-Eye |
29.25 |
42 |
08/14/03 |
Gulf of Mexico |
Aransas |
Michael Breland |
pinfish |
| Killifish |
Gulf |
0.13 |
6.13 |
05/20/85 |
Galveston Bay |
|
Wesley Hoke |
|
| Kingfish |
Gulf |
2.38 |
19.5 |
03/18/95 |
Gulf of Mexico |
|
James Mulhern |
|
| Kingfish |
Southern |
3.62 |
22 |
03/07/92 |
Gulf of Mexico |
|
Gilbert Perez |
|
| Ladyfish |
|
4.88 |
27.38 |
09/22/94 |
Gulf of Mexico |
|
David Gordon |
|
| Leatherjacket |
|
0.15 |
8.375 |
08/04/02 |
Gulf of Mexico |
|
Kenneth Thyssen |
bare gold hook |
| Lizardfish |
Inshore |
1.85 |
20 |
10/20/91 |
Gulf of Mexico |
|
Winnie Poff |
|
| Lookdown |
|
3.69 |
20.75 |
05/12/87 |
Gulf of Mexico |
|
Donald Combs |
|
| Mackerel |
King |
71.5 |
66.5 |
05/27/77 |
Gulf of Mexico |
|
L F Higdon |
|
| Mackerel |
Snake |
0.63 |
26.88 |
08/09/86 |
Gulf of Mexico |
|
Mike Mathis |
|
| Mackerel |
Spanish |
8.74 |
34.5 |
08/15/76 |
Gulf of Mexico |
|
Bobby Tarter |
|
| Mako |
Longfin |
664 |
128.5 |
05/04/86 |
Gulf of Mexico |
|
Donald Ewing |
|
| Mako |
Shortfin |
707.5 |
128 |
01/27/02 |
Gulf of Mexico |
|
Jeff Shindle |
|
| Margate |
Black |
12.8 |
27 |
06/24/00 |
Gulf of Mexico |
|
Charles Botello |
squid |
| Marlin |
Blue |
876.5 |
158 |
08/20/88 |
Gulf of Mexico |
|
James Farrow |
|
| Marlin |
White |
111.5 |
93 |
08/05/79 |
Gulf of Mexico |
|
Geo Taggart |
|
| Menhaden |
Gulf |
0.9 |
10.75 |
07/12/95 |
Matagorda Bay |
|
Jacob Coffey |
|
| Mojarra |
|
0.88 |
12.25 |
08/01/81 |
Lower Laguna Madre |
|
Natalie Woods |
|
| Moray |
Blackedge |
3.1 |
39 |
05/30/99 |
Gulf of Mexico |
|
Ronald Vaughn |
|
| Moray |
Blacktail |
2.42 |
36 |
03/24/98 |
Gulf of Mexico |
|
George Flores |
|
| Moray |
Green |
7.7 |
48 |
08/01/98 |
Gulf of Mexico |
|
George Flores |
|
| Moray |
Honey Comb |
0.42 |
17.75 |
01/16/95 |
Gulf of Mexico |
|
Robert Pope |
|
| Moray |
Spotted |
8.5 |
50 |
03/05/94 |
Gulf of Mexico |
|
Louis Kusey III |
|
| Mullet |
Striped |
7.19 |
24.88 |
06/19/99 |
Lower Laguna Madre |
|
Michael Domanski |
|
| Needlefish |
Atlantic |
9 |
28.75 |
08/03/90 |
Gulf of Mexico |
|
Koy Kelley |
|
| Needlefish |
Flat |
2.75 |
38.94 |
07/03/94 |
Gulf of Mexico |
|
Robin Dunn |
|
| Oilfish |
|
61.38 |
60.75 |
03/18/95 |
Gulf of Mexico |
|
Keith Johnson |
|
| Palometa |
|
0.687 |
11.75 |
06/22/02 |
Gulf of Mexico |
Klegberg |
Phyllis Krause |
dead shrimp |
| Perch |
Sand |
0.59 |
10.67 |
12/31/93 |
Gulf of Mexico |
|
Robert Lathrop |
|
| Perch |
Silver |
0.25 |
8.5 |
07/02/87 |
Galveston Bay |
|
Mary Bailey |
|
| Permit |
|
1.5 |
14.75 |
08/30/93 |
Gulf of Mexico |
|
Jared Guinn |
|
| Pigfish |
|
1.04 |
12.5 |
12/18/98 |
Galveston Bay |
West Bay |
Scott Moss |
plastic clear shrimptail |
| Pinfish |
|
2.81 |
16.5 |
11/24/00 |
Upper Laguna Madre |
Nueces |
Gove Clifton III |
|
| Pompano |
African |
43.1 |
52 |
02/01/03 |
Gulf of Mexico |
|
Hank Cram |
|
| Pompano |
Florida |
6.25 |
23.25 |
01/01/89 |
Gulf of Mexico |
|
Wilbert Hettinger |
|
| Pompano |
Irish |
1 |
12.875 |
09/06/04 |
Gulf of Mexico |
Kennedy |
Johnny French |
cut fish & shrimp |
| Porgy |
Knobbed |
5.8 |
19.75 |
02/21/00 |
Gulf of Mexico |
|
Stanley Sweet |
|
| Porgy |
Red |
3.89 |
20 |
08/10/96 |
Gulf of Mexico |
|
Michael Capilo |
|
| Porgy |
Whitebone |
4.48 |
18.75 |
03/12/96 |
Gulf of Mexico |
|
Stan Oftelie |
|
| Puddingwife |
|
4.29 |
19.5 |
09/06/96 |
Gulf of Mexico |
|
Adolf Schulz |
|
| Puffer |
Least |
0.14 |
6 |
01/30/90 |
Galveston Bay |
|
Adolf Schulz |
|
| Puffer |
Smooth |
10.75 |
30 |
04/08/01 |
Gulf of Mexico |
|
Daniel Nassiff |
|
| Ray |
Butterfly |
10.95 |
23.25 |
08/02/03 |
Lower Laguna Madre |
|
William Roundtree IV |
|
| Ray |
Cownose |
50.5 |
52 |
05/27/86 |
Gulf of Mexico |
|
Freeman Gage Jr. |
|
| Ray |
Lesser Electric |
0.88 |
13 |
10/12/98 |
Gulf of Mexico |
|
Byron Noles Jr. |
cut mullet |
| Runner |
Blue |
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