WV State Fishing Records

Bass
Largemouth
2001 25.75 9.62 Dog Run Lake Eli Gain
1994 24.8 12.28 Pond - Grant Co. David W. Heeter
Smallmouth
1976 25.5 7.5 New River Franklin J. Elliott
1971 24.25 9.75 South Branch David Lindsay
Rock 1964 13.8 1.75 Big Sandy Creek Warren Ryan
Spotted
2000 19.0 4.77 R. D. Bailey Lake Kevin Dameron
1988 19.0 3.82 R. D. Bailey Lake Leonard Blankenship
Striped
2000 37.68 29.56 Bluestone Lake Terry Watkins
2007 40.88 21.38 Bluestone Lake Michael Pittman, Jr.
Hybrid Striped
2000 32.1 14.0 Kanawha River Frankie Harris
1985 31.5 16.75 Kanawha River Robert Honaker
White 1985 20.0 4.56 New River Louis Puskas
Bluegill 1986 11.7 2.75 Pond - Randolph Co. Mark Allen Lewis
1964 13.75 2.25 Farm Pond - Fayette Co. Dennis Criss
Bowfin 1994 32.25 7.54 Pond - Berkeley Co. Donald E. Newcomb, III
2006 28.43 9.25 Ohio River backwater Matt Stender
Buffalo 1976 41.0 38.0 Little Kanawha River Hobert Null
Carp
Common
1998 39.3 47.0 Farm Pond - Preston Co. Gary Johnson
1988 41.0 41.5 Stonecoal Lake Charles J. Cook
Grass
2002 47.1 52.5 Farm Pond - Mason Co. Joseph R. Spencer, II
2005 50.75 71.69 Warden Lake William R. Taucher
Catfish
Blue 2009 42.25 29.75 Ohio River Lynn Lange
Bullhead 1977 22.75 6.1 Tygart Lake Headwaters Gary R. Freeman
Channel 2005 40.3 33.42 Patterson Creek Michael Sears
Flathead 1956 52.0 70.0 Little Kanawha River L. L. McCLung
Chain Pickerel 2001 27.75 6.19 Tuckahoe Lake Steven Demma
Crappie 1971 19.75 4.05 Meathouse Fork Leonard Edgell
Eel 1983 44.25 6.27 Elk River Steve Woods
1977 44.0 7.25 Bunker Hill Quarry Arlie R. Ruble
Fallfish 1970 21.25 3.5 North Fork of So. Branch James Blackwell
Freshwater
Drum
1989 35.5 27.0 South Fork of Hughes Charles Mickel Lott
1954 37.0 25.0 Little Kanawha River Bill Dawkins
Gar
Longnose
2006 52.25 16.42 Kanawha River Shelby Searls
1993 50.5 19.08 Kanawha River Michael Shan Casey
Goldeye 1983 18.5 3.0 Ohio River Delbert McWilliams
Muskellunge 2003 52.7 38.5 Stonecoal Lake Glenn Boyd
1997 50.37 49.75 Stonecoal Lake Anna Marsh
Northern Pike 1989 42.6 22.06 Dog Run Lake Boyd O. Pratt, Sr.
Sauger 1985 23.0 4.75 Ohio River Steve Powell
Saugeye 2006 27.68 8.73 East Lynn Lake Everett Chapman
Skipjack 2002 18.4 2.61 Kanawha River Steve Skeens
2008 18.9 2.39 Ohio River Christian Pyles
Tiger Musky 1994 49.25 36.5 Mountwood Lake Clyde E. Beckett
Trout
Brook
2004 22.25 7.64 Shavers Fork Gary M. Chapman
1981 23.5 4.78 Lost River Jack E. Foltz
Brown 1968 32.0 16.0 South Branch Paul Barker
Golden Rainbow
1998 26.4 9.31 Brushy Fork Lake Danny Crider
1987 27.5 8.63 Stonecoal Lake Gerald Estep
Rainbow
2005 30.5 15.65 Pond - Monroe Co. Aaron Propps
1993 31.7 11.74 Stonecoal Lake John P. Arnett
Tiger 1986 26.0 6.68 Greenbrier River John Duncan
Walleye 2004 30.87 18.97 Elk River Jerry Rose
1976 35.0 15.0 Kanawha Falls Fred Cline
Yellow Perch 1985 14.5 1.83 Tygart Lake Charles Mayle
2008 15.25 1.74 Pond - Upshur Co. Joshua D. Carr