Hello I caught this fish 2 years ago at a water reservoir near Harlingen, Tx. I appreciate any help IDing.

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Looks like a Small Flathead.

Hi Banker, I don't think its a flathead catfish. There is a extra dorsal fin, no barbels, the tail fin is concave and it was a couple of years ago but I remember it having scales.

Saugeye.
http://www.landbigfish.com/fish/fish.cfm?ID=34

Not a sauger they can't grow in that environment. I don't know what it is, I lived in the rgv for a bunch of years and never saw anything like it. My guess would be it was introduced by someone's aquarium

Did it fight?

I think you figured it out sasquatch. This little guy even stumped the aquarium guys at Bass Pro. Thank You

mjmfc, that's disappointing to hear. I thought I finally had an answer. I remember thinking I had a big bass on the line from the way it attacked the bait. I was also wondering if it wasn't to far south for that type of fish.

Saugeye is a sauger x walleye mix. TPWD stocked them in several lakes across the state. Some were successful, some not. They still stock in lake Kirby amongst others.
Live Oak City park was stocked from 1993 until 2002.

I don't know what it is but i don't think its a saugeye. It is too heavily bodied and the and the head is wrong.

I'm not 100% sure but I'm pretty sure that is a Sculpin.

^that

An ugly sculpin.

Was it real slimy? I may have caught some of those.

Sculpin or a goby of some sort