Fishing Texas

This book provides anglers with a useful reference for the best places to fish in Texas, describing the necessary particulars that give each site its own character and reputation as well as the dominate species and ecological zones where they are found. The book is based on the author's in-depth and vast fishing experience in Texas as well as from interviews with friends, the many guides he knows who fish their respective lakes nearly every day, and with fisheries biologists from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.

Barry St.Clair has been a farmer, rancher, fisheries technician, columnist for Texas Fish and Game magazine, and outdoor columnist for the Athens Daily Review, Corsicana Daily Sun, and Palestine Herald Press. In 1992 at Lake Fork he caught the Texas State record largemouth bass, that weighed in at 18.18 pounds, a record that still stands.

Table of Contents: Contents Acknowledgements Foreword Introduction History Major Fishing Programs Catch and Release Angler Recognition State Records Water Body Records Big Fish Award Catch and Release Award Elite Angler Award Outstanding Angler Award Major 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             Walleye Stocking Limiting Factors Weather Regulations Access Fishery Management Locating Hot Spots How to Use This Guide Prairies and Lake Region Lake 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 Belton Piney Woods Region Lake Bob SandlinCaddo LakeLake Wright PatmanLake O’ the PinesLake MonticelloLake ForkLake MurvalLake Toledo BendLake Sam RayburnLake LivingstonLake ConroeLake NacogdochesLake Pinkston Hill Country Region Lake AustinLake TravisLake LBJInks LakeLake BuchananCanyon LakeLake GrangerWalter E. Long ReservoirBrady Creek Reservoir Gulf Coast Region Coleto Creek LakeLake Corpus ChristiLake HoustonLake Texana South Texas Plains Region Lake BraunigLake CalaverasLake Casa BlancaChoke Canyon ReservoirFalcon International Reservoir Big Bend Region Lake Amistad Panhandle Plains Region Lake Alan HenryChampion Creek ReservoirLake NasworthyLake O. H. IvieLake BrownwoodLake ColemanHubbard Creek ReservoirPossum Kingdom ReservoirMillers Creek ReservoirLake ArrowheadLake MackenzieGreenbelt ReservoirLake MeredithLake Palo Duro