Mississippi Official State Record Freshwater Fish (Rod and Reel Division) |
Species | Weight | Angler | Location Caught | Date |
Alligator Gar | 215 lbs | Earl Stafford | MS River (Natchez) | 5/3/2003 |
American Eel | 5 lbs 1 oz | Mitch McLendon | MS River (Vicksburg) | 7/12/1994 |
Bighead Carp | 67 lbs 12 oz | Ron Maxwell | Sardis Lower Lake | 4/3/2007 |
Bigmouth Buffalo | 46 lbs 3 oz | Willie Hearn | Private Pond | 10/24/2007 |
Black Bass Hybrid | 11 lbs 4.5 oz | Hunter Yarborough | Private Pond | 9/26/1964 |
Black Bullhead | 5.56 lbs | Harold B. Alexander | Sunrise Lake | 6/12/1988 |
Black Crappie | 4 lbs 4 oz | Gerald Conlee | Arkabutla Reservoir | 3/19/1991 |
Blue Catfish | 95 lbs | Dakota Hinson | MS River (Natchez) | 3/16/2009 |
Bluegill | 3.45 lbs | Gerald E. Thurmond | Farm Pond | 2/2/1995 |
Bowfin | 18 lbs 14 oz | B.H. Toney | Ross Barnett Reservoir | 11/23/1978 |
Brown Bullhead | 6.13 lbs | Bobby L. Gibson | Farm Pond | 1/19/1991 |
Chain Pickerel | 6 lbs 4 oz | Ronnie Boren | Bay Springs Lake | 10/4/1986 |
Channel Catfish | 51 lbs 12 oz | Tom Edwards | Lake Tom Bailey | 5/31/1997 |
Common Carp | 74 lbs | Curtis Wade | Pelahatchie Lake | 6/13/1963 |
Flathead Catfish | 77.7 lbs | Matt Bingham | MS River (Tunica) | 5/8/2012 |
Freshwater Drum | 30.63 lbs | John Smith | Eagle Lake | 1/7/2016 |
Grass Carp | 53.2 lbs | Melvin Murphy | Prairie Waters | 4/16/2008 |
Green Sunfish | 1.26 lbs | Craig Jones | Waltman’s Lake (Canton) | 5/21/1986 |
Green Sunfish Hybrid | 1.23 lbs | Troy M. Wright | Private Pond | 4/6/1986 |
Largemouth Bass | 18.15 lbs | Anthony Denny | Natchez State Park Lake | 12/31/1992 |
Longear Sunfish | 0.39 lbs | John Merritt | Black Creek | 5/10/2020 |
Longnose Gar | 48 lbs 1 oz | Don Henson | Sardis Reservoir Spillway | 9/10/2016 |
Magnolia Crappie | 3.46 lbs | Tom Box | Lake Charlie Capps | 3/24/2004 |
Paddlefish | 65 lbs | Randy Pues | Ross Barnett Reservoir Spillway | 6/23/1974 |
Rainbow Trout | 5.03 lbs | Cyrus Manning | Private Pond | 1/5/2015 |
Redspotted Sunfish | 2.3 oz | Caleb Hinton | Thompson Creek | 9/29/2014 |
Redear | 3.33 lbs | James K. Martin | Tippah County Lake | 11/5/1991 |
Sauger | 2.52 lbs | Pete Mauceli | MS River (Greenville) | 8/5/1992 |
Saugeye | 4.66 lbs | Scott Wood | Bay Springs lake | 2/26/2000 |
Shadow Bass | 0.83 lbs | Allen Smith | Red Creek | 5/11/2020 |
Shortnose Gar | 5.83 lbs | Robert Mills | Enid Spillway | 8/22/1999 |
Silver Carp | 27.25 lbs | Andrew Vinson | Sardis Lower Lake | 8/1/2019 |
Smallmouth Bass | 7 lbs 15 oz | Thomas Wilbanks | Yellow Creek Arm (Pickwick Lake) | 1/24/1987 |
Smallmouth Buffalo | 57 lbs 12 oz | Charles M. Cox | Ross Barnett Reservoir | 11/21/1983 |
Spotted Bass | 8 lbs 2 oz | S . Ross Gratham | Farm Pond | 9/2/1975 |
Spotted Gar | 8.1 lbs | Chuck Herring | Enid Spillway | 8/13/2012 |
Striped Bass | 39.6 lbs | Rocky Rawls | Pascagoula River | 2/7/2016 |
Striped Bass Hybrid | 17.77 lbs | Robert F. Fulce | Lower Sardis Lake | 4/15/1991 |
Walleye | 9.66 lbs | Clayton E. Hobbs | TN River (Iuka) | 1/19/1985 |
Warmouth | 1 lb 8 oz | Lilliam Morris | Black Creek | 6/17/1979 |
White Bass | 5 lbs 6 oz | William Mulvhill | Grenada Reservoir Spillway | 4/21/1979 |
White Crappie | 5 lbs 3 oz | Fred Bright | Enid Reservoir | 7/31/1957 |
Yellow Bass | 2.24 lbs | Zach Lipford | Pickwick Lake | 3/2/2017 |
Yellow Bullhead | 2 lbs 13 oz | Robert Cason | Mossy Lake | 5/26/1974 |
Yellow Perch | 1.46 lbs | Wesley Cummins | Pickwick Lake | 3/21/2016 |