David L. Campbell, a retired employee of Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and long-time manager of TPWD’s ShareLunker program, will be inducted into the National Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame in Hayward, Wis., in recognition of his contributions to the sport and heritage of freshwater fishing.
Campbell worked for TPWD for 46 years, retiring at the end of March 2012. He was inducted into the Texas Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame in 2011.
He was associated with the ShareLunker program since its beginning. He picked up the first fish entered into the program in 1986 and most of the more than 500 entered since.
As manager of the Tyler Fish Hatchery, Campbell was instrumental in the introduction of Florida largemouth bass into Texas and helped stock fish into almost every public reservoir in the state.
Through his years of experience of caring for trophy largemouth bass, Campbell contributed a great deal to the knowledge of how best to care for big fish and communicated this information to the public through countless interviews with media from newspapers, magazines, radio and television.
