Has anyone on the TFF ever caught one? The reason I ask is because in the marina near the minnow room there is a picture of a woman holding a smallmouth they say she caught at Ray Roberts.

i know there was some caught in tournaments there before.

There are a few there!

I've caught 3 out of Ray Roberts , all of them were under 10" and over the last 8 months. Evidently they have had an effective spawn.

I might be wrong, but I think the smallmouth record was just hit not to long ago.

Agreed, 4 something if I remember right.

Well I'll be thanks for the responses. I'd love to catch one.

From TPWD:
Bass, Smallmouth 6.16 pounds, 21.25 inches

http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/fishboat/fish/conservation/mobile/action/waterecords.php?water=0622

The record smallmouth is 6.16 lbs and was caught in 2011.

TPWD has not stocked smallmouth in Ray Roberts.

I use to work at the BPS in Grapevine, and while working the Ray Roberts record smallmouth was donated to them. Got to feed it a few times, it's a beast of a smallmouth!

I live a mile from the lake, the locals say that some bass clubs brought them down from Texoma.

Well I salute them!

+1

I caught my first small mouth out of Ray Roberts 18 years ago. So they have been there a lot longer than it seems people think.

How would smallie end up in Ray Bob if tp&w didnt stock them