Freshwater World Records For Fish
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List of World Records For Fish Caught In
Freshwater
" World Record Fish are categorized
alphabetically and in lbs and oz "
| Type of Fish |
Weight of Fish |
Fish Caught By |
Location |
Date |
| Alligator Gar |
279lbs |
Bill Valverde |
Rio Grande, TX |
December 2, 1951 |
| American Shad |
11lbs 4oz |
Bob Thibodo |
Conn. River, S. Hadley, MA |
May 19, 1986 |
| Apache Trout |
5lbs 3oz |
John Baldwin |
White Mountain, AZ |
May 29, 1991 |
| Arctic Char |
32lbs 9oz |
Jeffery Ward |
Tree River, Canada |
July 30, 1981 |
| Arctic Grayling |
5lbs 15oz |
Jeanne P. Branson |
Katseyedie River, N.W.T. |
August 16, 1967 |
| Atlantic Salmon |
79lbs 2oz |
Henrik Henriksen |
Tana River, Norway |
1928 |
| Barramundi |
63lbs 2oz |
Scott Barnsley |
Queensland, Australia |
April 28, 1991 |
| Bigmouth Buffalo |
70lbs 5oz |
Delbert Sisk |
Bussey Brake, Bastrop, LA |
April 21, 1980 |
| Black Buffalo |
55lbs 8oz |
Edward H. McLain |
Cherokee Lake, TN |
May 3, 1984 |
| Black Bullhead |
8lbs |
Kani Evans |
Lake Waccabuc, NY |
August 1, 1951 |
| Black Crappie |
4lbs 8oz |
L. Carl Herring Jr. |
Kerr Lake, VA |
March 1, 1981 |
| Blue Catfish |
111lbs |
William McKinley |
Wheeler's Reservoir, TN |
July 5, 1996 |
| Bluegill |
4lbs 12oz |
T.S. Hudson |
Ketona Lake, AL |
April 9, 1950 |
| Brook Trout |
14lbs 8oz |
Dr. W.J. Cook |
Nipigon River, Ontario |
July, 1916 |
| Bowfin |
21lbs 8oz |
Robert L. Harmon |
Florence, SC |
January 29, 1980 |
| Brown Bullhead |
5lbs 11oz |
Robert Bengis |
Cedar Creek, FL |
March 28, 1995 |
| Brown Trout |
40lbs 4oz |
Rip Collins |
Little Red River, AR |
May 9, 1992 |
| Bull
Trout |
32lbs |
N.L. Higgins |
Lake Pond Orielle, ID |
October 27, 1949 |
| Burbot |
18lbs 11oz |
Margit Agren |
Angenmanelren, Sweden |
October 22, 1996 |
| Butterfly Peacock |
10lbs 8oz |
Larry Larsen |
Raraima, Brazil |
March 21, 1994 |
| Carp |
75lbs 11oz |
Leo van der Gugten |
Lac de St. Cassien, France |
May 21, 1987 |
| Channel Catfish |
58lbs |
W.B. Whaley |
Santee-Cooper Res., SC |
July 7, 1964 |
| Chain Pickerel |
9lbs 6oz |
Baxley McQuaig Jr. |
Homerville, GA |
February 17, 1961 |
| Chinook Salmon |
97lbs 4oz |
Les Anderson |
Kenai River, AK |
May 17, 1985 |
| Chum Salmon |
35lbs |
Todd Johansson |
Edye Pass, Brit. Columbia |
July 11, 1995 |
| Coho Salmon |
33lbs 4oz |
Jerry Lifton |
Salmon River, Pulaski, NY |
September 27, 1989 |
| Cutthroat
Trout |
41lbs |
John Skimmerhorn |
Pyramid Lake, NV |
December, 1925 |
| Dolly Varden |
18lbs 9oz |
Richard B. Evans |
Mashutuk River, AK |
July 13, 1993 |
| Dorado |
51lbs 5oz |
Armando Giudice |
Corrientes, Argentina |
September 27, 1984 |
| Flathead Catfish |
91lbs 4oz |
Mike Rogers |
Lake Lewisville, TX |
March 28, 1982 |
| Flatwhiskered Catfish |
9lbs 4oz |
Cavour Pieranti |
Rio Paraquai, Brazil |
September 11, 1996 |
| Florida Gar |
21lbs 3oz |
Jeff Sabol |
Boca Raton, FL |
June 3, 1981 |
| Freshwater Drum |
54lbs 8oz |
Benny E. Hull |
Nickajack Lake, TN |
April 20, 1972 |
| Giant Tigerfish |
97lbs |
Raymond Houtmans |
Zaire River, Kinshasa, Zaire |
July 9, 1988 |
| Gilded Catfish |
85lbs 8oz |
Gilberto Fernandes |
Amazon River, Brazil |
November 15, 1986 |
| Gizzard Shad |
4lbs 6oz |
Mike Berg |
Lake Michigan, IN |
March 2, 1996 |
| Golden
Trout |
11lbs |
Charles S. Reed |
Cooks Lake, WY |
August 5, 1948 |
| Goldfish |
6lbs 10oz |
Florentino M. Abena |
Lake Hodges, CA |
April 17, 1996 |
| Grass Pickerel |
1lbs |
Mike Berg |
Dewart Lake, IN |
June 9, 1990 |
| Greater Redhorse |
9lbs 3oz |
Jason Wilson |
Salmon River, Pulaski, NY |
May 11, 1985 |
| Guadalupe Bass |
3lbs 11oz |
Allen Christenson Jr. |
Lake Travis, TX |
September 25, 1983 |
| Inconnu |
53lbs |
Lawrence E. Hudnall |
Pah River, AK |
August 20, 1986 |
| Kokanee |
9lbs 6oz |
Norm Kuhn |
Okanagan Lake, British Columbia |
June 18, 1988 |
| Lake Salmon |
18lbs 4oz |
Steve Robinson |
Lake Tanganyika, Zambia |
December 1, 1987 |
| Lake Sturgeon |
168lbs |
Edward Paszkowski |
Georgian Bay, ON, Canada |
May 29, 1982 |
| Lake
Trout |
72lbs |
Lloyd E. Bull |
Great Bear Lake, N.W.T. |
August 19, 1995 |
| Lake
Whitefish |
14lbs 6oz |
Dennis M. Laycock |
Meaford, Ontario |
May 21, 1984 |
| Largemouth Bass |
22lbs 4oz |
George W. Perry |
Montgomery Lake, GA |
June 2, 1932 |
| Longnose Gar |
50lbs 5oz |
Townsend Miller |
Trinity River, TX |
July 30, 1954 |
| Mountain
Whitefish |
5lbs 8oz |
Randy G. Woo |
Elbow River, Alberta |
August 1, 1995 |
| Muskellunge |
67lbs 8oz |
Cal Johnson |
Hayward, WI |
July 24, 1949 |
| Nile Perch |
213lbs 8oz |
Adrian Brayshaw |
Lake Nasser, Egypt |
December 18, 1997 |
| Northern Pike |
55lbs 1oz |
Lothar Louis |
Lake of Grefeern, Germany |
October 16, 1986 |
| Pink Salmon |
13lbs 1oz |
Ray Higaki |
St. Mary's River, Ontario |
September 23, 1992 |
| Rainbow
Trout |
42lbs 2oz |
David Robert White |
Bell Island, AK |
June 22, 1970 |
| Redeye Bass |
8lbs 12oz |
Carl W. Davis |
Apalachicola River, FL |
January 28, 1995 |
| Redfin Pickerel |
2lbs 4oz |
Edward C. Davis |
St. Pauls, NC |
June 27, 1997 |
| Redtail Catfish |
97lbs 7oz |
Gilberto Fernandes |
Amazon River, Brazil |
July 16, 1988 |
| Roanoke Bass |
1lbs 5oz |
Tom Elkins |
Nottoway River, VA |
November 11, 1991 |
| Rock Bass |
3lbs |
Peter Gulgin |
York River, Ontario |
August 1, 1974 |
| Round
Whitefish |
6lbs |
Allan J. Ristori |
Putahow River, Manitoba |
June 14, 1984 |
| Sauger |
8lbs 12oz |
Mike Fischer |
Lake Sakakawea, ND |
October 6, 1971 |
| Sharptoothed Catfish |
79lbs 5oz |
Hennie Moller |
Orange River, S. Africa |
December 5, 1992 |
| Shortnose Gar |
5lbs 12oz |
Donna K. Willmart |
Rend Lake, Ill |
July 16, 1995 |
| Silver Redhorse |
11lbs 7oz |
Neal D.G. Long |
Plum Creek, WI |
May 29, 1985 |
| Smallmouth Bass |
10lbs 14oz |
John T. Gorman |
Dale Hollow, TN |
April 24, 1969 |
| Smallmouth Buffalo |
82lbs 3oz |
Randy Collins |
Athens Lake, TX |
June 6, 1993 |
| Sockeye Salmon |
15lbs 3oz |
Stan Roach |
Kenai River, AK |
August 9, 1987 |
| Speckled Peacock |
27lbs |
Gerald (Doc) Lawson |
Rio Negro, Brazil |
December 4, 1994 |
| Spotted Bass |
9lbs 9oz |
Kirk Sakamoto |
Pine Flat Lake, CA |
October 12, 1996 |
| Spotted Gar |
9lbs 12oz |
Rick Rivard |
Lake Mevia, TX |
April 7, 1994 |
| Striped Bass (landlocked) |
67lbs 8oz |
Hank Ferguson |
O'Neill Forebay, San Luis, CA |
May 7, 1992 |
| Suwannee Bass |
3lbs 14oz |
Ronnie Everett |
Suwannee River, FL |
March 2, 1985 |
| Tiger Muskellunge |
51lbs 3oz |
John A. Knobla |
Lac Vieux-Desert, WI-MI |
July 16, 1919 |
| Tiger
Trout |
20lbs 13oz |
Peter M. Friedland |
Lake Michigan, WI |
August 12, 1978 |
| Tilapia |
6lbs 5oz |
Marvin C. Smith |
Lake Arsenal, Costa Rica |
February 10, 1995 |
| Walleye |
25lbs |
Mabry Harper |
Old Hickory Lake, TN |
August 2, 1960 |
| Warmouth |
2lbs 7oz |
Tony D. Dempsey |
Guess Lake, Holt, FL |
October 19, 1985 |
| White Bass |
6lbs 13oz |
Ronald L. Sprouse |
Lake Orange, VA |
July 31, 1989 |
| White Catfish |
18lbs 14oz |
Jim Miller |
Inverness, FL |
September 21, 1991 |
| White Crappie |
5lbs 3oz |
Fred L. Bright |
Enid Dam, MS |
July 31, 1957 |
| White Perch |
4lbs 12oz |
Mrs. Earl Small |
Messalonskee Lake, ME |
June 4, 1949 |
| White Sturgeon |
468lbs |
Joey Pallotta III |
Benicia, CA |
July 9, 1983 |
| Whiterock Bass |
27lbs 5oz |
Jerald C. Shaum |
Greers Ferry Lake, AR |
April 24, 1997 |
| Yellow Bass |
2lbs 4oz |
Donald L. Stalker |
Lake Monroe, IN |
March 27, 1977 |
| Yellow Bullhead |
4lbs 4oz |
Emily Williams |
Mormon Lake, AZ |
May 11, 1984 |
| Yellow Hybrid Bass |
2lbs 5oz |
George Edwards |
Kiamichi River, OK |
March 26, 1991 |
| Yellow Perch |
4lbs 3oz |
Dr. C.C. Abbot |
Bordentown, NJ |
May, 1865 |
| Zander |
25lbs 2oz |
Harry Lee Tennison |
Trosa, Sweden |
June 12, 1986 |
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