Fishing Texas

Barry St. Clair is an avid outdoorsman who has been a farmer, rancher, fisheries technician, outdoor outreach specialist, freelance outdoor writer, columnist for Texas Fish and Game magazine, and outdoor columnist for the Athens Daily Review, Corsicana Daily Sun, and Palestine Herald Press in Texas. He credits his addiction to fishing to his parents who took him on many outdoor family adventures all over the western United States. Barry grew up in Central California and graduated from California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, California with a B.S. degree in Natural Resource Management. He moved to Texas in 1980 and has hunted and fished across the state for the past 28 years. In 1992 he caught the Texas state record largemouth bass that weighed 18.18 pounds from Lake Fork. That record still stands. He particularly enjoys fishing for striped and hybrid striped bass in the many Texas lakes where they have been stocked. Barry and his wife and two children reside in Athens, Texas.

Table of Contents:ContentsAcknowledgementsForewordIntroductionHistoryMajor Fishing ProgramsCatch and ReleaseAngler RecognitionState RecordsWater Body RecordsBig Fish AwardCatch and Release AwardElite Angler AwardOutstanding Angler AwardMajor Species Largemouth Bass Smallmouth Bass Spotted Bass Guadalupe Bass White Bass Striped Bass Hybrid Striped Bass Channel Catfish Blue Catfish Flathead Catfish Black Crappie White Crappie Red Drum Rainbow Trout WalleyeStockingLimiting FactorsWeatherRegulationsAccessFishery ManagementLocating Hot SpotsHow to Use This GuidePrairies and Lake RegionLake AthensCedar Creek LakePurtis Creek LakeMill Creek LakeRichland Chambers ReservoirLake FairfieldLake PalestineLake TawakoniLake Ray HubbardLake LewisvilleLake Ray RobertsLake GrapevineEagle Mountain LakeLake BridgeportLake TexomaCoffee Mill LakePat Mayse LakeGibbons Creek ReservoirLake WhitneyLake AquillaLake SomervilleLake LimestoneLake BenbrookTradinghouse Creek ReservoirLake BeltonPiney Woods RegionLake Bob SandlinCaddo LakeLake Wright PatmanLake O' the PinesLake MonticelloLake ForkLake MurvalLake Toledo BendLake Sam RayburnLake LivingstonLake ConroeLake NacogdochesLake PinkstonHill Country RegionLake AustinLake TravisLake LBJInks LakeLake BuchananCanyon LakeLake GrangerWalter E. Long ReservoirBrady Creek ReservoirGulf Coast RegionColeto Creek LakeLake Corpus ChristiLake HoustonLake TexanaSouth Texas Plains RegionLake BraunigLake CalaverasLake Casa BlancaChoke Canyon ReservoirFalcon International ReservoirBig Bend RegionLake AmistadPanhandle Plains RegionLake Alan HenryChampion Creek ReservoirLake NasworthyLake O. H. IvieLake BrownwoodLake ColemanHubbard Creek ReservoirPossum Kingdom ReservoirMillers Creek ReservoirLake ArrowheadLake MackenzieGreenbelt ReservoirLake MeredithLake Palo Duro