State Record Freshwater Fish
Mississippi Official State Record Freshwater Fish |
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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 |
131 lbs |
Eugene Cronley |
MS River (Natchez) |
4/11/2022 |
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 |
Redfin Pickerel |
0.16 lbs. |
Eric Mayo |
Black Creek |
10/6/2022 |
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 13.5 oz |
Tom Wimberly III |
Private Pond |
4/6/2021 |
Yellow Perch |
1.46 lbs |
Wesley Cummins |
Pickwick Lake |
3/21/2016 |
