Freshwater Fish
Updated August 28, 2020 |
Infoplease Staff
| Species | Lbs-Oz | Where Caught | Date | Angler |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barramundi | 83-7 | N. Queensland, Australia | Sept. 23, 1999 | David Powell |
| 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, Roanoke | 1-5 | Nottoway River, VA | Nov. 11, 1991 | Tom Elkins |
| Bass, rock | 3-0 | York River, Ontario | Aug. 1, 1974 | Peter Gulgin |
| 3-0 | Lake Erie, PA | June 18, 1998 | Herbert G. Ratner Jr. | |
| Bass, shoal | 8-12 | Apalachicola River, FL | Jan. 28, 1995 | Carl W. Davis |
| Bass, smallmouth | 10-14 | Dale Hollow, TN | Apr. 24, 1969 | John T. Gorman |
| Bass, spotted | 10-4 | Pine Flat Lake, CA | Apr. 21, 2001 | Bryan Shishido |
| 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 | 2-9 | Duck River, TN | Feb. 27, 1998 | John T. Chappell |
| Bass, yellow (hybrid) | 3-5 | Big Cypress Bayou, TX | Mar. 27, 1991 | Patrick Collin Myers |
| 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 | 63-6 | Mississippi River, IA | Aug. 14, 1999 | Jim Winters |
| Buffalo, smallmouth | 82-3 | Athens Lake, AL | June 6, 1993 | Randy Collins |
| Bullhead, black | 7-7 | Mill Pond, NY | Aug. 25, 1993 | Kevin Kelly |
| Bullhead, brown | 6-1 | Waterford, NY | Apr. 26, 1998 | Bobby Triplett |
| Bullhead, yellow | 4-4 | Mormon Lake, AZ | May 11, 1984 | Emily Williams |
| Burbot | 18-11 | Angenmanelren, Sweden | Oct. 22, 1996 | Margit Agren |
| Carp, bighead | 61-15 | Old Hickory Lake, TN | Mar. 27, 2002 | Rick Richard |
| Carp, black | 40-12 | Chiba, Japan | Apr. 1, 2000 | Kenichi Hosoi |
| Carp, common | 75-11 | St. Cassien, France | May 21, 1987 | Leo van der Gugten |
| Carp, crucian | 5-1 | Kalterersee, Italy | July 16, 1997 | Jorg Marquand |
| Catfish, blue | 116-12 | Mississippi River, AR | Aug. 3, 2001 | Charles Ashley Jr. |
| Catfish, channel | 58-0 | Santee-Cooper Res., SC | July 7, 1964 | W.B. Whaley |
| Catfish, flathead | 123-0 | Elk City Reservoir, KS | Mar. 14, 1998 | Ken Paulie |
| Catfish, flatwhiskered | 16-15 | Xingu River, Brazil | Aug. 7, 2001 | Ian-Arthur de Sulocki |
| 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, South Africa | Dec. 5, 1992 | Hennie Moller |
| Catfish, white | 21-8 | East Lyme, CT | Apr. 22, 2001 | Thomas Urquahart |
| 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 | 20-14 | Wulik River, AK | July 7, 2001 | Raz Reid |
| 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 | 10-0 | The Everglades, FL | Jan. 28, 2002 | Herbert G. Ratner Jr. |
| Gar, longnose | 50-5 | Trinity River, TX | July 30, 1954 | Townsend Miller |
| Gar, shortnose | 5-12 | Rend Lake, IL | July 16, 1995 | Donna K. Willmart |
| Gar, spotted | 9-12 | Lake Mexia, 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 | 12-9 | Chiguao River, Venezuela | Jan. 6, 2000 | Antonio Campa G. |
| Peacock, speckled | 27-0 | Rio Negro, Brazil | Dec. 4, 1994 | Gerald (Doc) Lawson |
| Perch, Nile | 230-0 | Lake Nasser, Egypt | Dec. 20, 2000 | William Toth |
| Perch, white | 3-1 | Forest Hill Park, NJ | May 6, 1989 | Edward Tango |
| 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 | Gall Berry Swamp, 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, pink | 14-13 | Monroe, WA | Sept. 30, 2001 | Alexander Minerich |
| 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, spotted | 3-0 | Pembroke Pines, FL | Mar. 20, 1999 | Jay Wright Jr. |
| 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 Pend 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, Manitoba | 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 |
| IGFA All-Tackle World Records | Saltwater Fish |
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