By the Numbers
Hard data and fun facts about your state parks.
Choke Canyon State Park
By Bryan Frazier
$7.76
million generated by Choke Canyon State Park’s Calliham Unit each year in sales tax within McMullen County alone, according to a recent study by Texas A&M University.
102,314
largemouth bass fingerlings were stocked by the TPWD inland fisheries division into Choke Canyon Reservoir in 2005.
14.66
pounds stands as the current lake record weight for largemouth bass, a behemoth fish caught by Sterling Kelly in 1991.
95
feet, the maximum depth of Choke Canyon reservoir, which, when at full capacity, covers 25,670 surface acres.
300
— the occupancy capacity of Calliham Unit’s gymnasium complex, which is available for rent.