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Water Body Records: Saltwater Rod & Reel

 

Water Body

Minor Bay/Other

Species

Weight (lbs.)

Length (in.)

Date

Angler

Bait

Aransas Bay

 

Drum

Black 

43

44.5 

08/02/96

Martha Bonnet

 

Aransas Bay

 

Drum

Red 

18.8

35 

10/20/04

Nathan Gathright

live shrimp 

Aransas Bay

 

Eel

Shrimp 

0.3

18.5 

11/29/96

Jon McIntyre

 

Aransas Bay

Lydian Channel 

Kingfish

Southern 

1.1

13 

04/16/05

Mariechen Spivey

live shrimp 

Aransas Bay

Aransas 

Ladyfish

 

4.99

28.5 

08/14/05

Clint Smith

piggy perch 

Aransas Bay

 

Perch

Silver 

0.2

7.5 

05/25/98

Duke Fowler

 

Aransas Bay

 

Pigfish

 

3.75

12 

11/08/99

Jon McIntyre

 

Aransas Bay

 

Pinfish

 

1.06

12.99 

12/23/96

Tanner Klemcke

 

Aransas Bay

Lydian Channel 

Seatrout

Sand  

1.3

15.5 

04/16/05

Mariechen Spivey

live shrimp 

Aransas Bay

 

Seatrout

Spotted 

10.31

29.8 

06/10/93

Greg Wagner

 

Aransas Bay

Aransas 

Shark

Blacktip 

14.5

39 

08/02/05

Joey Albin

mullet 

Aransas Bay

 

Shark

Bull 

82.8

70 

07/27/05

Aaron Reed

mullet 

Aransas Bay

Lydian Channel 

Sheepshead

 

4.4

18.75 

04/16/05

Mariechen Spivey

live shrimp 

Aransas Bay

Lydian Channel 

Snapper

Gray 

4.95

20.875 

09/14/05

Raymond Hernandez IV

 

Aransas Bay

 

Toadfish

Leopard 

3.13

16.31 

07/16/91

Tanya Fain

 

Copano Bay

Aransas 

Drum

Red 

11

30.25 

10/01/05

Eric Moeller

cut crab 

Corpus Christi Bay

Nueces 

Catfish

Gafttopsail 

5.31

26 

07/17/04

Andrew Combs

cut bait 

Corpus Christi Bay

 

Catfish

Hardhead 

4.0625

23 

07/14/03

Federico Garcia

sand trout 

Corpus Christi Bay

Nueces 

Cutlassfish

Atlantic 

0.77

31.5 

07/16/04

Andrew Combs

shrimp 

Corpus Christi Bay

 

Jack

Crevalle 

27

44 

06/08/97

Michael Tringali

 

Corpus Christi Bay

Nueces 

Kingfish

Southern 

0.87

12.5 

07/17/04

Andrew Combs

shrimp 

Corpus Christi Bay

Nueces 

Ladyfish

 

1.44

20.625 

01/07/05

Mariechen Spivey

shrimp 

Corpus Christi Bay

Nueces 

Lizardfish

Inshore 

0.14

8.75 

07/17/04

Andrew Combs

shrimp 

Corpus Christi Bay

San Patricio 

Pinfish

 

1.09

13.125 

07/08/05

Matthew Saldana

frozen shrimp 

Corpus Christi Bay

Nueces 

Puffer

Smooth 

0.75

11.5 

10/15/05

Tyler Johnson

shrimp 

Corpus Christi Bay

 

Searobin

Bighead 

1.14

13.25 

08/05/87

Wade Kilpatrick

 

Corpus Christi Bay

Oso Bay 

Seatrout

Spotted 

10.5

30 

12/12/02

Mike Deisch

cut crab 

Corpus Christi Bay

 

Sheepshead

 

7.69

22.25 

03/31/97

Adam Peters

live shrimp 

Corpus Christi Bay

Nueces 

Snook

Common 

4.4375

24.125 

10/22/05

Aaron Reed

Texas trout killer 

Corpus Christi Bay

 

Tripletail

 

13.04

24.875 

06/21/03

David Bujnoch

croaker 

Galveston Bay

Cow Bayou 

Bass

Largemouth 

1.54

15.75 

06/23/00

Eric Stevens

 

Galveston Bay

Galveston 

Bass

Rock Sea 

0.25

08/30/04

Rick Collard

live shrimp 

Galveston Bay

 

Bass

Striped 

28

33.5 

01/26/91

Calvin Hinderman Jr

 

Galveston Bay

 

Bluefish

 

8.34

29.5 

03/07/94

Tim Burke

 

Galveston Bay

 

Bream

Sea 

1.11

12.5 

11/17/96

John Edel

ling 

Galveston Bay

Sims Bayou Canal 

Carp

Grass 

8.16

26.42 

11/14/92

Andrew Anthony

 

Galveston Bay

Armand Bayou 

Catfish

Blue 

16.66

32 

12/12/05

Ryan McKewen

Black salty 

Galveston Bay

 

Cobia

 

105

71 

05/28/89

John Lodge III

 

Galveston Bay

 

Croaker

Atlantic 

5.13

20.25 

07/10/71

Earl Merendino

 

Galveston Bay

Moses Lake 

Cutlassfish

Atlantic 

4.52

48 

08/05/00

Gary Stanton

 

Galveston Bay

Carancahua Bay 

Drum

Black 

38.25

40.5 

11/19/99

Ken Morris

green/red soft plastic 

Galveston Bay

West Bay 

Drum

Red 

29.3

46.25 

10/16/04

Wade Greene IV

cut bait 

Galveston Bay

East Bay 

Eel

Shrimp 

0.16

16 

05/23/00

Jeff Robbins

shrimp 

Galveston Bay

 

Flounder

Ocellated 

2.63

16.63 

12/06/01

Mark Bond

mullet 

Galveston Bay

 

Flounder

Southern 

9.19

25.75 

10/03/01

Bob Franklin

 

Galveston Bay

 

Gar

Alligator 

186.19

96.25 

10/14/95

Johnny Gilbert

 

Galveston Bay

 

Hind

Rock 

2.7

15.5 

10/15/00

Christopher McKenzie

squid 

Galveston Bay

 

Jack

Crevalle 

30.13

42.25 

07/26/99

Curt Jochen

 

Galveston Bay

 

Killifish

Gulf 

0.13

6.13 

05/20/85

Wesley Hoke

 

Galveston Bay

 

Ladyfish

 

3.94

25.75 

08/28/00

Kevin Bowers

 

Galveston Bay

 

Lizardfish

Inshore 

0.66

14 

11/06/99

Ryan Nokelby

 

Galveston Bay

 

Moray

Blackedge 

0.27

16.75 

07/10/99

Russell Janacek

shrimp 

Galveston Bay

 

Perch

Silver 

0.25

8.5 

07/02/87

Mary Bailey

 

Galveston Bay

West Bay 

Pigfish

 

1.04

12.5 

12/18/98

Scott Moss

plastic clear shrimptail 

Galveston Bay

 

Pinfish

 

2.46

15.91 

01/04/92

Mark Duncan

 

Galveston Bay

 

Puffer

Least 

0.14

01/30/90

Adolf Schulz

 

Galveston Bay

 

Puffer

Smooth 

1.875

14.875 

12/11/04

Jimmy Beall

live shrimp 

Galveston Bay

Galveston 

Searobin

Bighead 

0.5

8.25 

10/13/00

Edward Matthews Jr.

live shrimp 

Galveston Bay

 

Seatrout

Sand 

6.25

23.5 

02/26/72

Dennis Herrick

 

Galveston Bay

 

Seatrout

Spotted 

8.47

28.13 

04/11/00

Greg Spozio

mirrolure 

Galveston Bay

Galveston 

Shark

Blacktip 

8.61

33.75 

07/17/04

Joseph Bonnette

gizzard shad 

Galveston Bay

Galveston 

Shark

Bull 

46.7

55.75 

08/27/05

Bob Franklin

shad 

Galveston Bay

West Bay 

Sheepshead

 

12.92

25.25 

12/04/83

Gary Davis

 

Galveston Bay

 

Snapper

Gray 

1.8

14.38 

09/18/00

Leigh Baxter

 

Galveston Bay

 

Snapper

Red 

3.54

17.88 

10/27/95

Raymond Smith

 

Galveston Bay

Galveston 

Spot

 

0.76

11.75 

06/04/02

Carlos Gonzales

squid 

Galveston Bay

 

Stingray

Atlantic 

10.75

41.5 

07/03/94

David Anderson

 

Galveston Bay

West Bay 

Stingray

Bluntnose 

36.66

 

05/26/03

Richard Olszak Jr.

squid 

Galveston Bay

 

Stingray

Southern 

246

96 

06/30/98

Carissa Egger

mullet 

Galveston Bay

 

Whiting

Gulf 

1.54

14 

07/05/03

Justin Kinder

live shrimp 

Galveston Island St Pk Lake

 

Bass

Largemouth 

8.01

24.5 

01/07/94

Roy Morgan

 

Gulf of Mexico

 

Amberjack

Greater 

121

64.9 

08/20/05

John Stout

jig/cigar minnow 

Gulf of Mexico

 

Angelfish

Blue 

5.64

18.75 

05/19/93

Kirk Zuch

 

Gulf of Mexico

 

Angelfish

French 

8.7

18.5 

09/11/94

Dennis Daye

 

Gulf of Mexico

 

Barracuda

Great 

52.81

63.43 

09/04/93

Kim Calzada

 

Gulf of Mexico

Matagorda 

Bass

Longtail 

2.56

19.25 

07/02/04

Alan Starling

squid 

Gulf of Mexico

 

Bass

Rock Sea 

0.46

12.13 

10/13/04

George Saxon III

 

Gulf of Mexico

 

Beardfish

 

4.09

20 

08/20/04

Gary Kaiser

 

Gulf of Mexico

 

Bigeye

 

2.4

17.25 

03/20/89

Suzannah Creech

 

Gulf of Mexico

 

Bigeye

Short 

1

11 

10/16/91

Luis Gomez

 

Gulf of Mexico

 

Blenny

Hairy 

0.26

7.5 

03/17/93

Louis Kusey

 

Gulf of Mexico

 

Bluefish

 

16.62

36.63 

01/11/87

Alex Koumonduros

 

Gulf of Mexico

 

Bonefish

 

3.75

23.25 

11/19/77

C W Morris

 

Gulf of Mexico

Willacy 

Bonito

Atlantic 

10.13

26 

07/30/05

Taylor Walker

bally hoo 

Gulf of Mexico

Galveston 

Bonnethead

 

24.3

50.1181 

08/18/04

Pamela Joseph

 

Gulf of Mexico

Galveston 

Bumper

Atlantic 

0.25

9.75 

05/19/05

Kenneth Thyssen

shrimp 

Gulf of Mexico

 

Burrfish

Striped 

0.86

8.5 

01/16/95

Robert Pope

 

Gulf of Mexico

 

Catfish

Gafftopsail 

13.33

34 

12/13/81

Herman Koehne Jr

 

Gulf of Mexico

 

Catfish

Hardhead 

3.31

19 

09/18/97

William Cuneo

 

Gulf of Mexico

 

Chub

Bermuda 

7.5

23 

07/04/01

Lloyd Rodriguez

 

Gulf of Mexico

 

Chub

Yellow 

8.97

24 

06/26/94

Christopher McSwain

 

Gulf of Mexico

 

Cobia

 

108.44

71 

05/09/98

Michael Albanese

 

Gulf of Mexico

 

Coney

 

3.43

17.5 

06/17/86

Adolf Schulz

 

Gulf of Mexico

 

Conger

Yellow 

21

71 

06/17/96

Bradley Poulsen

 

Gulf of Mexico

 

Cottonwick

 

2.3

16 

03/22/98

Travis McNeil

 

Gulf of Mexico

 

Creole-fish

 

1.56

14 

03/21/04

Robby Gillis

 

Gulf of Mexico

 

Cubbyu

 

1

11.13 

04/16/87

Steve Qualia

 

Gulf of Mexico

 

Cutlassfish

Atlantic 

3.5

48.5 

05/24/00

Robert Redgrave

 

Gulf of Mexico

Brazoria 

Cutlassfish

Atlantic 

0.54

21.875 

08/19/04

Forrest Walker

Rattle Trap 

Gulf of Mexico

 

Damselfish

Dusky 

0.09

4.5 

09/25/94

Patrick Lemire

 

Gulf of Mexico

 

Doctorfish

 

1.26

11.62 

04/14/97

Jerry McCullin

 

Gulf of Mexico

 

Dogfish

Cuban 

1.84

21.25 

09/06/00

Robert Steber

 

Gulf of Mexico

 

Dogfish

Smooth 

26.5

50.88 

03/02/98

George Flores

 

Gulf of Mexico

 

Dogfish

Spiny 

21

50.75 

10/26/86

Vicki Kusey

 

Gulf of Mexico

 

Dolphin

 

65.6

67.25 

07/04/89

Robby DeLeon

 

Gulf of Mexico

 

Dolphin

Pompano 

4.1

25.88 

08/03/90

Tommy Gueldner

 

Gulf of Mexico

 

Driftfish

Black 

17

31 

09/04/05

Richard Owens II

octopus 

Gulf of Mexico

 

Drum

Black 

81

51.18 

06/19/88

Wally Escobar Jr.

 

Gulf of Mexico

Sabine Jetty 

Drum

Red 

59.5

54.25 

01/30/00

Artie Longron

 

Gulf of Mexico

 

Durgon

Black 

2.38

14 

06/20/86

Adolf Schulz

 

Gulf of Mexico

 

Eel

King snake 

52

86.5 

02/11/97

Patrick Lemire

 

Gulf of Mexico

 

Eel

Shrimp 

11.13

24.5 

08/03/90

Megan Gower

 

Gulf of Mexico

 

Eel

Snapper 

2.5

39.25 

08/29/93

Louis Kusey III

 

Gulf of Mexico

 

Eel

Stippled spoon-nose 

16.8

67 

08/28/04

Taylor Walker

dead mullet 

Gulf of Mexico

 

Escolar

 

5.6

25.5 

11/22/02

Matt Haworth

Jig lure 

Gulf of Mexico

 

Filefish

Unicorn 

5

21.63 

09/25/87

Eugene Foreman Jr

 

Gulf of Mexico

 

Flounder

 

8.88

26 

11/28/93

Roy Howell

 

Gulf of Mexico

 

Flyingfish

Margined 

0.79

14.5 

06/21/86

Adolf Schulz

 

Gulf of Mexico

 

Gag

 

69.4

51 

10/05/03

Tommy Angel

Live Blue Runner 

Gulf of Mexico

 

Graysby

 

2.31

14.75 

03/02/98

George Flores

 

Gulf of Mexico

 

Grouper

Black 

124

63 

01/11/03

Tim Oestreich II

 

Gulf of Mexico

 

Grouper

Comb 

5.98

23.25 

11/09/05

Mark Longoria

sumo Jr 

Gulf of Mexico

 

Grouper

Marbled 

23.4375

33.75 

09/04/04

Johnny White

sardine minnows 

Gulf of Mexico

 

Grouper

Scamp 

26

38 

03/09/03

Ed Richer

 

Gulf of Mexico

 

Grouper

Snowy 

49.81

43.25 

09/10/93

Steve Cole

 

Gulf of Mexico

 

Grouper

Warsaw 

277

72.5 

10/26/89

Aubrey Eastwood

 

Gulf of Mexico

 

Grouper

Yellowedge 

24

35.75 

05/03/98

Alan Miller

Pacific mackerel 

Gulf of Mexico

 

Grouper

Yellowfin 

40.75

38.5 

11/15/95

Karl Loessin

 

Gulf of Mexico

 

Grouper

Yellowmouth 

24.5

39.75 

03/31/04

Diane Howe

squid 

Gulf of Mexico

 

Grunt

Barred 

1.24

13.25 

07/27/04

Ronald Lovett

 

Gulf of Mexico

 

Grunt

Striped 

0.4

9.25 

07/18/98

Bryant Harris

cigar minnow 

Gulf of Mexico

 

Grunt

White 

3.75

18 

07/05/97

Dan Schmidt

 

Gulf of Mexico

 

Guaguanche

 

4.83

31.75 

11/25/95

Ewalt Schneider

 

Gulf of Mexico

 

Guitarfish

Atlantic 

4.44

31.5 

05/25/98

Byron Noles Jr.

 

Gulf of Mexico

 

Hake

Carolina 

1.6

16 

01/31/96

Tony Langston

 

Gulf of Mexico

 

Hake

Gulf 

5.79

26.75 

04/16/96

Patrick Lemire

 

Gulf of Mexico

 

Halfbeak

 

0.14

09/13/95

John Hardin

 

Gulf of Mexico

 

Hammerhead

Great 

871

163.8 

07/04/80

Mark Johnson

 

Gulf of Mexico

 

Hammerhead

Smalleye 

151

95 

10/26/86

Louis Kusey III

 

Gulf of Mexico

 

Hind

Red 

8.96

24.25 

07/22/87

Adolf Schulz

 

Gulf of Mexico

 

Hind

Rock 

4.24

18.75 

06/24/95

Dorothy McCullin

 

Gulf of Mexico

Cameron 

Hind

Speckled 

7.68

25.25 

07/06/04

Walter Schofield

squid 

Gulf of Mexico

 

Hogfish

Spanish 

2.25

15.88 

03/25/00

Casey Cundieff

 

Gulf of Mexico

 

Hogfish

Spotfin 

1.07

12.5 

06/24/99

Jim Vuichard

 

Gulf of Mexico

 

Jack

Almaco 

50.3

49 

07/05/96

Billy Winkler

 

Gulf of Mexico

Aransas 

Jack

Black 

21.57

32 

09/21/04

Roy Aimone

mullet 

Gulf of Mexico

 

Jack

Cottomouth 

1.25

12.5 

07/14/84

Frank Fuller

 

Gulf of Mexico

 

Jack

Crevalle 

50.25

52.25 

06/26/76

Francis Lyon

 

Gulf of Mexico

Aransas 

Jack

Horse-Eye 

29.25

42 

08/14/03

Michael Breland

pinfish 

Gulf of Mexico

 

Kingfish

Gulf 

2.38

19.5 

03/18/95

James Mulhern

 

Gulf of Mexico

 

Kingfish

Southern 

3.62

22 

03/07/92

Gilbert Perez

 

Gulf of Mexico

 

Ladyfish

 

4.88

27.38 

09/22/94

David Gordon

 

Gulf of Mexico

 

Leatherjacket

 

0.15

8.375 

08/04/02

Kenneth Thyssen

bare gold hook 

Gulf of Mexico

 

Lizardfish

Inshore 

1.85

20 

10/20/91

Winnie Poff

 

Gulf of Mexico

 

Lookdown

 

3.69

20.75 

05/12/87

Donald Combs

 

Gulf of Mexico

 

Mackerel

King 

71.5

66.5 

05/27/77

L F Higdon

 

Gulf of Mexico

 

Mackerel

Snake 

0.63

26.88 

08/09/86

Mike Mathis

 

Gulf of Mexico

 

Mackerel

Spanish 

8.74

34.5 

08/15/76

Bobby Tarter

 

Gulf of Mexico

 

Mako

Longfin 

664

128.5 

05/04/86

Donald Ewing

 

Gulf of Mexico

 

Mako

Shortfin 

707.5

128 

01/27/02

Jeff Shindle

 

Gulf of Mexico

 

Margate

Black 

12.8

27 

06/24/00

Charles Botello

squid 

Gulf of Mexico

 

Marlin

Blue 

876.5

158 

08/20/88

James Farrow

 

Gulf of Mexico

 

Marlin

White 

111.5

93 

08/05/79

Geo Taggart

 

Gulf of Mexico

 

Moray

Blackedge 

3.1

39 

05/30/99

Ronald Vaughn

 

Gulf of Mexico

 

Moray

Blacktail 

2.42

36 

03/24/98

George Flores

 

Gulf of Mexico

 

Moray

Green 

7.7

48 

08/01/98

George Flores

 

Gulf of Mexico

 

Moray

Honey Comb 

0.42

17.75 

01/16/95

Robert Pope

 

Gulf of Mexico

 

Moray

Spotted 

8.5

50 

03/05/94

Louis Kusey III

 

Gulf of Mexico

 

Needlefish

Atlantic 

9

28.75 

08/03/90

Koy Kelley

 

Gulf of Mexico

 

Needlefish

Flat 

2.75

38.94 

07/03/94

Robin Dunn

 

Gulf of Mexico

 

Oilfish

 

61.38

60.75 

03/18/95

Keith Johnson

 

Gulf of Mexico

Klegberg 

Palometa

 

0.687

11.75 

06/22/02

Phyllis Krause

dead shrimp 

Gulf of Mexico

 

Perch

Sand 

0.59

10.67 

12/31/93

Robert Lathrop

 

Gulf of Mexico

 

Permit

 

1.5

14.75 

08/30/93

Jared Guinn

 

Gulf of Mexico

 

Pinfish

 

1.62

14.9 

07/08/00

Conrad Preston

 

Gulf of Mexico

 

Pompano

African 

43.1

52 

02/01/03

Hank Cram

 

Gulf of Mexico

 

Pompano

Florida 

6.25

23.25 

01/01/89

Wilbert Hettinger

 

Gulf of Mexico

Kennedy 

Pompano

Irish 

1

12.875 

09/06/04

Johnny French

Fishbites "Fishn' Strip 

Gulf of Mexico

 

Porgy

Knobbed 

5.8

19.75 

02/21/00

Stanley Sweet

 

Gulf of Mexico

 

Porgy

Whitebone 

4.48

18.75 

03/12/96

Stan Oftelie

 

Gulf of Mexico

 

Puddingwife

 

4.29

19.5 

09/06/96

Adolf Schulz

 

Gulf of Mexico

 

Puffer

Smooth 

10.75

30 

04/08/01

Daniel Nassiff

 

Gulf of Mexico

 

Ray

Cownose 

50.5

52 

05/27/86

Freeman Gage Jr.

 

Gulf of Mexico

 

Ray

Lesser Electric 

0.88

13 

10/12/98

Byron Noles Jr.

cut mullet 

Gulf of Mexico

 

Runner

Blue 

9.57

28.38 

10/03/01

Patrick Lemire

 

Gulf of Mexico

 

Runner

Rainbow 

28.1

47.937 

04/07/04

Keith Banks

 

Gulf of Mexico

 

Sailfish

 

95

97.5 

07/12/72

Morton Cohn

 

Gulf of Mexico

 

Sandfish

Belted 

0.05

3.75 

06/08/97

John Zapata

 

Gulf of Mexico

 

Sardine

Scaled 

0.15

11.75 

09/13/95

John Hardin

 

Gulf of Mexico

 

Sawfish

 

736

01/01/39

Gus Pangarakis

 

Gulf of Mexico

 

Scorpionfish

Spotted 

2.3

14.25 

04/16/96

Robert Sloan

 

Gulf of Mexico

 

Searobin

Blackwing 

0.58

10.75 

01/16/95

Robert Pope

 

Gulf of Mexico

 

Searobin

Leopard 

0.36

8.88 

10/06/93

Robert Pope

 

Gulf of Mexico

 

Seatrout

Silver 

6.91

24 

02/28/92

Gerry Tompkins

 

Gulf of Mexico

 

Seatrout

Spotted 

13.13

31.5 

05/25/69

Lanny Myers

 

Gulf of Mexico

 

Shark

Atlantic Sharpnose 

17.14

43.5 

04/05/00

Debra Fowler

 

Gulf of Mexico

 

Shark

Bigeye Sixgill 

8.36

40 

04/17/96

Christopher Gonzales Jr.

 

Gulf of Mexico

 

Shark

Blacknose 

45

57 

04/29/93

Charles Gillispie

 

Gulf of Mexico

 

Shark

Blacktip 

190

97 

05/31/03

Davey Wright

whole bonita 

Gulf of Mexico

 

Shark

Bull 

508

141.2 

07/03/94

Jimmy Hart

 

Gulf of Mexico

 

Shark

Dusky 

530

129 

03/01/75

Raymond Hein

 

Gulf of Mexico

 

Shark

Finetooth 

100.5

80.25 

06/03/79

Richard Hensley

 

Gulf of Mexico

 

Shark

Lemon 

470

122 

08/28/87

Jim Blackburn

 

Gulf of Mexico

 

Shark

Oceanic Whitetip 

106

84 

04/24/80

Joe Surovik

 

Gulf of Mexico

 

Shark

Sandbar 

226

92 

03/21/75

James Wilson

 

Gulf of Mexico

 

Shark

Scalloped Hammerhead 

253

115 

06/05/04

Davey Wright

bonita 

Gulf of Mexico

 

Shark

Silky 

556

140 

07/23/73

Wolfgang Bushang