Top Ten By Weight

Here is a surprise, the biggest catch by weight is for one of the smallest fish in the lake.  We caught over 160 pounds of anchovies in that record anchovy year, 1997.  One thing to take into consideration is that we don't have total weight of catches in any of the early surveys.

Family

Taxon

Common Name

Total Weight (lbs)

Total Count

Year

Engraulididae

Anchoa mitchilli

bay anchovy

163.96

179965

1997

Clupeidae

Brevoortia patronus

gulf menhaden

88.36

2396

1998

Sparidae

Archosargus probatocephalus

sheepshead

81.54

24

1998

Ictaluridae

Ictalurus furcatus

blue catfish

47.76

281

1997

Lepisosteidae

Lepisosteus spatula

alligator gar

40.71

2

1998

Sciaenidae

Micropogonias undulatus

Atlantic croaker

35.24

1573

1997

Ictaluridae

Ictalurus punctatus

channel catfish

28.53

2011

1997

Engraulididae

Anchoa mitchilli

bay anchovy

27.91

23540

1998

Carcharhinidae

Carcharhinus leucas

bull shark

21.84

4

1998

Clupeidae

Brevoortia patronus

gulf menhaden

13.72

15481

1997

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