Texas is blessed with abundant water for swimming, fishing and boating. There are more than 11,000 miles of rivers and streams and a total of 1.2 million surface acres of inland water suitable for recreation.

Swimming is the most popular activity on these waterways, followed by fishing and boating. When it comes to fishing, nearly all Texans have done some angling at one point in their lives.

There are over 600,000 registered motorboats and personal watercraft on Texas waterways and over a million kayakers, canoeists, rafting enthusiasts, sailboarders and sailors.

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