Saltwater Fishing in Texas
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June 10, 2007 08:52 PM
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Jason Parrish

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Travis county
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What are the most common saltwater fish that you enjoy fishing for in Texas?
The first problem with this question is that I have found it near impossible to find a list of saltwater sportfish available in Texas. So, I created one below.
TPWD only lists the fish for which there are rules, limits, etc.
Some lists are written by people who talk about fish they catch for sport (not to eat); while others talk about fish they catch to eat (not sport); and many just don't care about the name of the fish they catch, they just like fishing on the Texas Coast.
Another factor that makes this list so difficult to create is that people have different names for the same fish (Dorado, Mahi Mahi, Dolphin).
Finally, there is some debate as to whether certain fish are "available" on the Texas Coast.
Sooooo.........
Below is a list of fish I have created. It would be very interesting to see people's comments about:
1) This fish doesn't exist in Texas to the best of your knowledge... 2) This fish exists, but no one really fishes for it...(if so, why?) 3) Yes, there are nine types of Grouper, but people only fish for three of those types (I used Grouper, but whether Grouper, Snapper, or other species of fish, please tell us which types of a certain species are most common.
I am really looking forward to hearing people's comments to this post.
Of course, if you know of any great guides that you have used when you mention a certain species, feel free to plug them or link to their site in your response.
Salt Water Fish Amberjack Baracuda Bigeye Bluefish Bonefish Bonito Brotula - Bearded Bumper - Atlantic Burrfish - Striped Chimaera Chub - Bermuda Chub - Yellow Cobia (Ling) Coney Conger - Yellow Crab - Blue Crab - Stone Crevalle Jack Croaker Dogfish - Cuban Dogfish - Smooth Dogfish - Spiny Dorado (Mahi Mahi) Driftfish Drum - Black Drum - Red (Redfish) Eel Filefish - Scrawled Filefish - Unicorn Flounder Gafftop Grouper - Black Grouper - Comb Grouper - Gag Grouper - Goliath Grouper - Marbled Grouper - Snowy Grouper - Warsaw Grouper - Yellowedge Grouper - Yellowmouth Grunt - Barred Grunt - Striped Grunt - White Guaguanche Hake - Carolina Hake - Gulf Hake - Spotted Mackerel - King Mackerel - Spanish Marlin - Blue Marlin - White Sailfish Sand Trout Sea Bass Shark - Blacktip Shark - Bull Shark - Hammerhead Shark - Tiger Sheepshead Silver Perch Snapper - Dog Snapper - Gray Snapper - Lane Snapper - Mutton Snapper - Red Snapper - Vermillion Snapper - Yellowtail Snook Spearfish - Longbill Speckled Trout Stingray Swordfish - Broadbill Tarpon Triple Tail Tuna - Black Fin Tuna - Blue Fin Tuna - Yellow Fin Wahoo
Hunt Hard. Fish Smart. Explore Texas.
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