Lake O.H. Ivie Has Five Huge Largemouth Bass in the Top 25

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Take about a one-hour drive over to Lake O.H. Ivie and go fishing. Who knows you could catch a new lake record largemouth bass. Apparently, Lake O. H. Ive is currently home to five of the top 25 lunkers that have been caught there in the last 18 to 20 months.

The newest member to join this exclusive lake record community is a 17.03-pound 27.00-inch largemouth bass that was caught by Jason Conn on February 13th, 2023. There are several others that are in this elite group of lake record holders.

What I think is super impressive is that there are five record holders in the entire state of Texas that were caught in our West Texas lake O. H. Ivie. While Lake Fork just east of the Metroplex seems to be the hot spot for Texas state record largemouth bass, producing 26 record fish.

The biggest largemouth bass ever caught in Texas was back in 1992 and it was an 18.18-pound, 25.50-inch largemouth bass caught by Barry StClair in January of 1992. This is the latest most up-to-date list of lunkers from the Texas Parks and Wildlife's website.

Top 50 Largemouth Bass

Rank - Lake - Weight (lb.) - Length (in.) - Date - Angler

1. Lake Fork - 18.18 - 25.50 - 1/24/1992 - Barry StClair

2. Lake Fork - 17.67 - 27.50 - 11/26/1986 - Mark Stevenson

3. Lake Fork - 17.64 - 28.00 - 4/1/1989 - Stan Moss

4. Lake Fork - 17.63 - 26.25 - 8/28/1990 - Jerry L. New

5. Lake Fork - 17.29 - 2/14/1988 - Larry Barnes

6. Lake Fork - 17.08 - 25.50 - 2/26/1991 - Troy Coates

7. O. H. Ivie - 17.06 - 27.25 - 2/24/2022 - Brodey Davis

8. O. H. Ivie 17.03 27.00 2/13/2023 Jason Conn

9. Pinkston - 16.90 - 27.66 - 2/16/1986 - Earl Crawford

10. Lake Fork - 16.89 - 25.50 - 2/8/1993 - Bryan Turner

11. Sam Rayburn - 16.80 - 28.75 - 5/31/1997 - Tommy Shelton

12. Mill Creek Lake - 16.77 - 3/1/1990 - Herchel Brickey

13. Lake Fork - 16.75 - 25.50 - 3/8/1990 - Stephen R. Trepkus

14. Lake Fork - 16.63 - 27.00 - 2/28/1999 - Flo O'Brain

15. Lake Fork - 16.59 - 26.00 - 5/15/1987 - Guy Witherspoon

16. Lake Fork - 16.54 - 25.00 - 2/27/1991 - Bill Reed

17. Lake Fork - 16.44 - 26.50 - 3/10/1996 - Chris Adams

18. O. H. Ivie - 16.40 - 27.25 - 2/19/2021 - Joe McKay

19. Caddo - 16.17 - 26.50 - 3/20/2010 - Keith Burns

20. Gibbons Creek Reservoir - 16.13 - 26.00 - 1/15/1988 - Troy Johnson

21. Lake Fork - 16.12 - 27.25 - 3/22/2002 - Jim Harrell

22. O. H. Ivie - 16.10 - 26.00 - 3/1/2022 - Kyle Hall

23. O. H. Ivie - 16.08 - 28.00 - 4/30/2010 - Jerry Bales

24. Caddo - 16.07 27.00 - 3/18/2011 - Sean Swank

25. Lake Fork - 16.06 - 27.50 - 3/9/1988 - Tom Hallum

26. Lake Fork - 16.04 - 25.75 - 2/29/1992 - Gasper J. Cardinale
    Lake Fork - 16.04 - 25.75 - 2/2/2013 - Richard Scibek

27. Austin - 16.03 - 28.25 - 1/27/2011 - T.J. Nissen

28. Possum Kingdom - 16.02 - 26.57 - 10/13/1989 - Scott Tongate

29. Caddo - 16.01 - 25.50 - 4/13/1992 - Bobby Shaver

30. Lake Fork - 16.00 - 27.50 - 7/3/1989 - John Stanley

31. Eagle Mountain - 16.00 - 26.00 - 2/27/2022 - Robert Bandy

32. Lake Fork - 15.95 - 25.50 - 3/27/1991 - Wendall R. Atkinson

33. Conroe - 15.93 - 27.00 - 1/30/2009 - Ricky Bearden

34. Lake Fork - 15.87 - 25.50 - 2/17/1990 - Jim Taylor

35. Private Lake - 15.74 - 26.50 - 1/14/1995 - Kenneth Morris

36. Caddo - 15.70 - 25.75 - 3/10/2017 - Ronnie Arnold

37. O. C. Fisher - 15.69 - 27.00 - 9/23/1996 - Charles Sirmons

38. Amistad - 15.68 - 28.30 - 12/28/2005 - Tom Sutherland

39. Daniel - 15.66 - 25.25 - 3/18/2022 - Mike Ybarra

40. Lake Fork - 15.65 - 27.50 - 5/28/1991 - Rex Thompson

41. Lake Fork - 15.65 - 25.25 - 3/22/2002 - Johnny Six

42. Lake Fork - 15.64 - 27.00 - 5/25/1999 - Charles Emich

43. Falcon - 15.63 - 28.00 - 1/7/2011 - Tommy Law

44. Lake Fork - 15.61 - 26.13 - 5/8/1991 - Jim Gore

45. Lake Fork - 15.61 - 25.25 - 3/22/2010 - James Quisenberry

46. Lake Fork - 15.60 - 24.75 - 3/4/1993 - Walt Dosher

47. Amistad - 15.58 - 27.00 - 3/11/1989 - Jay Hiler

48. Lake Fork - 15.54 - 27.00 - 4/19/1987 - Dennis Ray Canada

49. Private Lake - 15.54 - 27.12 - 3/9/2007 - Jesse RobersonSource: Texas Parks and Wildlife Dept.

So, grab your fishing pole, tacklebox, lawn chair, and cooler and we'll see you down by the lake. Good luck I hope to see you catch a real largemouth lunker and get your name in the Texas State record books. Happy fishing y'all.