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State Saltwater Records: Rod & Reel

 

Species

Weight (lbs.)

Length (in.)

Date

Water Body

Minor Bay/Other

Angler

Bait/Lure

Amberjack

Greater 

121

64.9 

08/20/05

Gulf of Mexico

 

John Stout

jig/cigar minnow 

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 

0.46

12.13 

10/13/04

Gulf of Mexico

 

George Saxon III

 

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

 

Bonito

Atlantic 

10.13

26 

07/30/05

Gulf of Mexico

Willacy 

Taylor Walker

bally hoo 

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 

0.25

9.75 

05/19/05

Gulf of Mexico

Galveston 

Kenneth Thyssen

shrimp 

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 

42.78

42.5 

05/12/05

Sabine Lake

Cow Bayou 

Bobby Hutchinson

cut mullet 

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

 

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 

17

31 

09/04/05

Gulf of Mexico

 

Richard Owens II

octopus 

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 

5.98

23.25 

11/09/05

Gulf of Mexico

 

Mark Longoria

sumo Jr 

Grouper

Goliath 

551

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

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

 

Houndfish

 

2.6875

37.5 

07/09/05

Lower Laguna Madre

Cameron 

David Sweeney

bally hoo 

Jack

Almaco 

50.3

49 

07/05/96

Gulf of Mexico

 

Billy Winkler

 

Jack

Black 

21.57

32 

09/21/04

Gulf of Mexico

Aransas 

Roy Aimone

mullet 

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

 

4.99

28.5 

08/14/05

Aransas Bay

Aransas 

Clint Smith

piggy perch 

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 

0.98

13.625 

07/30/05

Sabine Lake

Jefferson 

Richard Constantine, Jr.

live mullet 

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

Fishbites "Fishn' Strip 

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

01/30/90

Galveston Bay

 

Adolf Schulz

 

Puffer

Smooth 

10.75

30 

04/08/01

Gulf of Mexico

 

Daniel Nassiff

 

Ray

Butterfly 

15.42

28.5 

07/03/04

Lower Laguna Madre

Cameron 

Tom Aubrey

 

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 

9.57

28.38 

10/03/01

Gulf of Mexico

 

Patrick Lemire

 

Runner

Rainbow 

28.1

47.937 

04/07/04

Gulf of Mexico

 

Keith Banks

 

Sailfish

 

95

97.5 

07/12/72

Gulf of Mexico

 

Morton Cohn

 

Sandfish

Belted 

0.05

3.75 

06/08/97

Gulf of Mexico

 

John Zapata

 

Sardine

Scaled 

0.15

11.75 

09/13/95

Gulf of Mexico

 

John Hardin

 

Sawfish

 

736

01/01/39

Gulf of Mexico

 

Gus Pangarakis

 

Scorpionfish

Spinycheek 

2.9

15.25 

01/13/96

Gulf of Mexico

 

Robert Combest

 

Scorpionfish

Spotted 

2.3

14.25 

04/16/96

Gulf of Mexico

 

Robert Sloan

 

Searobin

Bighead 

1.14

13.25 

08/05/87

Corpus Christi Bay

 

Wade Kilpatrick

 

Searobin

Blackwing 

0.58

10.75 

01/16/95

Gulf of Mexico

 

Robert Pope

 

Searobin

Bluespotted 

0.38

7.38 

11/02/95

Sabine Lake

 

Joe Robnett

 

Searobin

Leopard 

0.36

8.88 

10/06/93

Gulf of Mexico

 

Robert Pope

 

Seatrout

Sand 

6.25

23.5 

02/26/72

Galveston Bay

 

Dennis Herrick

 

Seatrout

Silver 

6.91

24 

02/28/92

Gulf of Mexico

 

Gerry Tompkins

 

Seatrout

Spotted 

13.69

33.13 

02/06/96

Upper Laguna Madre

Baffin Bay 

James Wallace

 

Shark

Atlantic Sharpnose 

17.14

43.5 

04/05/00

Gulf of Mexico

 

Debra Fowler

 

Shark

Bigeye Sixgill 

8.36

40 

04/17/96

Gulf of Mexico

 

Christopher Gonzales Jr.

 

Shark

Blacknose 

45

57 

04/29/93

Gulf of Mexico

 

Charles Gillispie

 

Shark

Blacktip 

190

97 

05/31/03

Gulf of Mexico

 

Davey Wright

whole bonita 

Shark

Bull 

508

141.2 

07/03/94

Gulf of Mexico

 

Jimmy Hart

 

Shark

Dusky 

530

129 

03/01/75

Gulf of Mexico

 

Raymond Hein

 

Shark

Finetooth 

100.5

80.25 

06/03/79

Gulf of Mexico

 

Richard Hensley

 

Shark

Lemon 

470

122 

08/28/87

Gulf of Mexico

 

Jim Blackburn

 

Shark

Nurse 

83.88

74 

09/10/97

Gulf of Mexico

 

Hans Hodell

 

Shark

Oceanic Whitetip 

106

84 

04/24/80

Gulf of Mexico

 

Joe Surovik

 

Shark

Sandbar 

226

92 

03/21/75

Gulf of Mexico

 

James Wilson

 

Shark

Scalloped Hammerhead 

253

115 

06/05/04

Gulf of Mexico

 

Davey Wright

bonita 

Shark

Silky 

556

140 

07/23/73

Gulf of Mexico

 

Wolfgang Bushang

 

Shark

Spinner 

212.6

89.75 

04/29/00

Gulf of Mexico

 

Howell Kines

 

Shark

Thresher 

333

158.5 

05/02/02

Gulf of Mexico

 

Robert Robinson

bonita 

Shark

Tiger 

1129

162 

05/24/92

Gulf of Mexico

 

Chap Cain III

 

Sharksucker

 

4.5

30.5 

08/08/04

Gulf of Mexico

Nueces 

Mariechen Spivey

perch 

Sheepshead

 

15.25

26.5 

10/17/02

Lower Laguna Madre

 

Wayne Gilstrap

live shrimp 

Sleeper

Bigmouth 

1.88

16.75 

08/18/96

Lower Laguna Madre

East Rio Hondo 

Ben Cowan

 

Snapper

Black 

11.1

26.5 

07/27/87

Gulf of Mexico

 

Adolf Schulz

 

Snapper

Cubera 

131

56 

08/08/83

Gulf of Mexico

 

Ricky Preddy

15 mi north Port Mansfiel 

Snapper

Dog 

14.4

26 

07/17/04

Gulf of Mexico

Brazoria 

Alton Berg

live pinfish 

Snapper

Gray 

18.67

28.5 

05/31/98

Gulf of Mexico

 

Steve Pumilia

 

Snapper

Lane 

8.2

25 

08/17/04

Gulf of Mexico

 

Rickey Ramirez

live pinfish 

Snapper

Mutton 

18

32 

11/09/04

Gulf of Mexico

 

Roy O'Brian

cut bait 

Snapper

Red 

38.13

37.5 

06/14/98

Gulf of Mexico

 

Jack Brumby

 

Snapper

Silk 

6.8125

23.75 

08/06/05

Gulf of Mexico

 

Larry Cannon

cut bait 

Snapper

Vermilion 

5.6

22.5 

01/13/96

Gulf of Mexico

 

Robert Combest

 

Snapper

Yellowtail 

9.87

29.5 

10/10/92

Gulf of Mexico

 

Steve Kinzel

 

Snook

 

57.5

01/01/37

Gulf of Mexico

 

Louis Rawalt

 

Soapfish

Whitespotted 

0.36

8.63 

07/29/99

Gulf of Mexico

 

Jerry Johnston

 

Spadefish

Atlantic 

12.94

22.5 

08/17/02

Gulf of Mexico

 

Edgar Artecona

 

Spearfish

Longbill 

60

86.5 

08/10/90

Gulf of Mexico

 

Kari Alberthal

 

Spot

 

0.76

11.75 

06/04/02

Galveston Bay

Galveston 

Carlos Gonzales

squid 

Squirrelfish

 

1.1

12.5 

09/11/02

Gulf of Mexico

 

Robert Stebner

 

Stargazer

Southern 

3.3

15.75 

01/29/93

Gulf of Mexico

 

Julian Sanchez

 

Stingray

Atlantic 

10.75

41.5 

07/03/94

Galveston Bay

 

David Anderson

 

Stingray

Bluntnose 

36.66

 

05/26/03

Galveston Bay

West Bay 

Richard Olszak Jr.

squid 

Stingray

Roughtail 

241

84 

09/02/91

Gulf of Mexico

 

Rick Jansky

 

Stingray

Southern 

246

96 

06/30/98

Galveston Bay

 

Carissa Egger

mullet 

Swordfish

 

317

142 

07/21/79

Gulf of Mexico

 

J.P. Bryan Jr.

 

Tarpon

 

210

86.25 

11/13/73

Gulf of Mexico

 

Thomas Gibson Jr.

 

Tattler

 

0.2

6.5 

09/28/94

Gulf of Mexico

 

Louis Kusey III

 

Threadfin

Atlantic 

0.16

7.75 

09/10/92

Gulf of Mexico

 

John Zapata

 

Tiger

Sand 

520

119 

04/04/76

Gulf of Mexico

 

Joey Vermuelem

 

Tilefish

 

23.1875

39.25 

08/21/05

Gulf of Mexico

 

Brian Burden

cut bait 

Toadfish

Gulf 

3

15.88 

06/17/89

Gulf of Mexico

 

Gay Landry

 

Toadfish

Leopard 

3.13

16.31 

07/16/91

Aransas Bay

 

Tanya Fain

 

Tomtate

 

2.03

15.75 

03/03/90

Gulf of Mexico

 

Donald McCarty

 

Triggerfish

Gray 

12.46

27.5 

06/19/96

Gulf of Mexico

 

Jason Waligura

 

Triggerfish