World Record Freshwater Fish
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Species |
Lbs-Oz | Where Caught |
Date |
Angler |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barramundi | 63-2 | Queensland, Australia | Apr. 28, 1991 | Scott Barnsley |
| Bass, Guadalupe | 3-11 | Lake Travis, TX | Sept. 25, 1983 | Allen Christenson Jr. |
| Bass, largemouth | 22-4 | Montgomery Lake, GA | June 2, 1932 | George W. Perry |
| Bass, redeye | 8-12 | Apalachicola River, FL | Jan. 28, 1995 | Carl W. Davis |
| Bass, Roanoke | 1-5 | Nottoway River, VA | Nov. 11, 1991 | Tom Elkins |
| Bass, rock | 3-0 | York River, Ontario | Aug. 1, 1974 | Peter Gulgin |
| Bass, smallmouth | 10-14 | Dale Hollow, TN | Apr. 24, 1969 | John T. Gorman |
| Bass, spotted | 9-9 | Pine Flat Lake, CA | Oct. 12, 1996 | Kirk Sakamoto |
| Bass, striped (landlocked) | 67-8 | O'Neill Forebay, San Luis, CA | May 7, 1992 | Hank Ferguson |
| Bass, Suwannee | 3-14 | Suwannee River, FL | Mar. 2, 1985 | Ronnie Everett |
| Bass, white | 6-13 | Lake Orange, VA | July 31, 1989 | Ronald L. Sprouse |
| Bass, whiterock | 27-5 | Greers Ferry Lake, AR | Apr. 24, 1997 | Jerald C. Shaum |
| Bass, yellow | 2-4 | Lake Monroe, IN | Mar. 27, 1977 | Donald L. Stalker |
| Bass, yellow hybrid | 2-5 | Kiamichi River, OK | Mar. 26, 1991 | George Edwards |
| Bluegill | 4-12 | Ketona Lake, AL | Apr. 9, 1950 | T.S. Hudson |
| Bowfin | 21-8 | Florence, SC | Jan. 29, 1980 | Robert L. Harmon |
| Buffalo, bigmouth | 70-5 | Bussey Brake, Bastrop, LA | Apr. 21, 1980 | Delbert Sisk |
| Buffalo, black | 55-8 | Cherokee Lake, TN | May 3, 1984 | Edward H. McLain |
| Buffalo, smallmouth | 82-3 | Athens Lake, TX | June 6, 1993 | Randy Collins |
| Bullhead, black | 8-0 | Lake Waccabuc, NY | Aug. 1, 1951 | Kani Evans |
| Bullhead, brown | 5-11 | Cedar Creek, FL | Mar. 28, 1995 | Robert Bengis |
| Bullhead, yellow | 4-4 | Mormon Lake, AZ | May 11, 1984 | Emily Williams |
| Burbot | 18-11 | Angenmanelren, Sweden | Oct. 22, 1996 | Margit Agren |
| Carp | 75-11 | Lac de St. Cassien, France | May 21, 1987 | Leo van der Gugten |
| Catfish, blue | 111-0 | Wheeler's Reservoir, TN | July 5, 1996 | William McKinley |
| Catfish, channel | 58-0 | Santee-Cooper Res., SC | July 7, 1964 | W.B. Whaley |
| Catfish, flathead | 91-4 | Lake Lewisville, TX | Mar. 28, 1982 | Mike Rogers |
| Catfish, flatwhiskered | 9-4 | Rio Paraquai, Brazil | Sept. 11, 1996 | Cavour Pieranti |
| Catfish, gilded | 85-8 | Amazon River, Brazil | Nov. 15, 1986 | Gilberto Fernandes |
| Catfish, redtail | 97-7 | Amazon River, Brazil | July 16, 1988 | Gilberto Fernandes |
| Catfish, sharptoothed | 79-5 | Orange River, S. Africa | Dec. 5, 1992 | Hennie Moller |
| Catfish, white | 18-14 | Inverness, FL | Sept. 21, 1991 | Jim Miller |
| Char, Arctic | 32-9 | Tree River, Canada | July 30, 1981 | Jeffery Ward |
| Crappie, black | 4-8 | Kerr Lake, VA | Mar. 1, 1981 | L. Carl Herring Jr. |
| Crappie, white | 5-3 | Enid Dam, MS | July 31, 1957 | Fred L. Bright |
| Dolly Varden | 18-9 | Mashutuk River, AK | July 13, 1993 | Richard B. Evans |
| Dorado | 51-5 | Corrientes, Argentina | Sept. 27, 1984 | Armando Giudice |
| Drum, freshwater | 54-8 | Nickajack Lake, TN | Apr. 20, 1972 | Benny E. Hull |
| Gar, alligator | 279-0 | Rio Grande, TX | Dec. 2, 1951 | Bill Valverde |
| Gar, Florida | 21-3 | Boca Raton, FL | June 3, 1981 | Jeff Sabol |
| Gar, longnose | 50-5 | Trinity River, TX | July 30, 1954 | Townsend Miller |
| Gar, shortnose | 5-12 | Rend Lake, Ill. | July 16, 1995 | Donna K. Willmart |
| Gar, spotted | 9-12 | Lake Mevia, TX | Apr. 7, 1994 | Rick Rivard |
| Goldfish | 6-10 | Lake Hodges, CA | Apr. 17, 1996 | Florentino M. Abena |
| Grayling, Arctic | 5-15 | Katseyedie River, N.W.T. | Aug. 16, 1967 | Jeanne P. Branson |
| Inconnu | 53-0 | Pah River, AK | Aug. 20, 1986 | Lawrence E. Hudnall |
| Kokanee | 9-6 | Okanagan Lake, Brit. Columbia | June 18, 1988 | Norm Kuhn |
| Muskellunge | 67-8 | Hayward, WI | July 24, 1949 | Cal Johnson |
| Muskellunge, tiger | 51-3 | Lac Vieux-Desert, WI-MI | July 16, 1919 | John A. Knobla |
| Peacock, butterfly | 10-8 | Raraima, Brazil | Mar. 21, 1994 | Larry Larsen |
| Peacock, speckled | 27-0 | Rio Negro, Brazil | Dec. 4, 1994 | Gerald (Doc) Lawson |
| Perch, Nile | 213-8 | Lake Nasser, Egypt | Dec. 18, 1997 | Adrian Brayshaw |
| Perch, white | 4-12 | Messalonskee Lake, ME | June 4, 1949 | Mrs. Earl Small |
| Perch, yellow | 4-3 | Bordentown, NJ | May, 1865 | Dr. C.C. Abbot |
| Pickerel, chain | 9-6 | Homerville, GA | Feb. 17, 1961 | Baxley McQuaig Jr. |
| Pickerel, grass | 1-0 | Dewart Lake, IN | June 9, 1990 | Mike Berg |
| Pickerel, redfin | 2-4 | St. Pauls, NC | June 27, 1997 | Edward C. Davis |
| Pike, northern | 55-1 | Lake of Grefeern, Germany | Oct. 16, 1986 | Lothar Louis |
| Redhorse, greater | 9-3 | Salmon River, Pulaski, NY | May 11, 1985 | Jason Wilson |
| Redhorse, silver | 11-7 | Plum Creek, WI | May 29, 1985 | Neal D.G. Long |
| Salmon, Atlantic | 79-2 | Tana River, Norway | 1928 | Henrik Henriksen |
| Salmon, chinook | 97-4 | Kenai River, AK | May 17, 1985 | Les Anderson |
| Salmon, chum | 35-0 | Edye Pass, Brit. Columbia | July 11, 1995 | Todd Johansson |
| Salmon, coho | 33-4 | Salmon River, Pulaski, NY | Sept. 27, 1989 | Jerry Lifton |
| Salmon, lake | 18-4 | Lake Tanganyika, Zambia | Dec. 1, 1987 | Steve Robinson |
| Salmon, pink | 13-1 | St. Mary's River, Ontario | Sept. 23, 1992 | Ray Higaki |
| Salmon, sockeye | 15-3 | Kenai River, AK | Aug. 9, 1987 | Stan Roach |
| Sauger | 8-12 | Lake Sakakawea, ND | Oct. 6, 1971 | Mike Fischer |
| Shad, American | 11-4 | Conn. River, S. Hadley, MA | May 19, 1986 | Bob Thibodo |
| Shad, gizzard | 4-6 | Lake Michigan, IN | Mar. 2, 1996 | Mike Berg |
| Sturgeon, lake | 168-0 | Georgian Bay, Canada | May 29, 1982 | Edward Paszkowski |
| Sturgeon, white | 468-0 | Benicia, CA | July 9, 1983 | Joey Pallotta 3rd |
| Tigerfish, giant | 97-0 | Zaire River, Kinshasa, Zaire | July 9, 1988 | Raymond Houtmans |
| Tilapia | 6-5 | Lake Arsenal, Costa Rica | Feb. 10, 1995 | Marvin C. Smith |
| Trout, Apache | 5-3 | White Mountain, AZ | May 29, 1991 | John Baldwin |
| Trout, brook | 14-8 | Nipigon River, Ontario | July, 1916 | Dr. W.J. Cook |
| Trout, brown | 40-4 | Little Red River, AR | May 9, 1992 | Rip Collins |
| Trout, bull | 32-0 | Lake Pond Orielle, ID | Oct. 27, 1949 | N.L. Higgins |
| Trout, cutthroat | 41-0 | Pyramid Lake, NV | Dec., 1925 | John Skimmerhorn |
| Trout, golden | 11-0 | Cooks Lake, WY | Aug. 5, 1948 | Charles S. Reed |
| Trout, lake | 72-0 | Great Bear Lake, N.W.T. | Aug. 19, 1995 | Lloyd E. Bull |
| Trout, rainbow | 42-2 | Bell Island, AK | June 22, 1970 | David Robert White |
| Trout, tiger | 20-13 | Lake Michigan, WI | Aug. 12, 1978 | Peter M. Friedland |
| Walleye | 25-0 | Old Hickory Lake, TN | Aug. 2, 1960 | Mabry Harper |
| Warmouth | 2-7 | Guess Lake, Holt, FL | Oct. 19, 1985 | Tony D. Dempsey |
| Whitefish, lake | 14-6 | Meaford, Ontario | May 21, 1984 | Dennis M. Laycock |
| Whitefish, mountain | 5-8 | Elbow River, Alberta | Aug. 1, 1995 | Randy G. Woo |
| Whitefish, round | 6-0 | Putahow River, Manitoba | June 14, 1984 | Allan J. Ristori |
| Zander | 25-2 | Trosa, Sweden | June 12, 1986 | Harry Lee Tennison |
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