Alabama Fishing Records

Fish - Weight - Place - Name of Record Holder - Date

Alligator Gar - 151 lbs 5 oz - Tensaw River - Michael Houseknecht - 8/13/2004

American Eel - 5 lbs 8 oz - Lake Shechi - Tod A. Groover - 5/11/1989

Black Crappie - 4 lbs 5 oz - private pond - William D. Webb - 6/2/1997

Blue Catfish - 111 lbs 0 oz - Wheeler Reservoir - William P. McKinley - 7/5/1996

Bluegill Sunfish - 4 - lbs 12 oz Ketona Lakes - Birmingham T.S. Hudson - 4/9/1950

Bowfin - 18 lbs 6 oz - Lake Tuscaloosa - Nelson Ray Sansing - 7/31/2005

Buffalo - 57 lbs 0 oz - Guntersville Reservoir - Ralph B. Lowery - 4/13/1990

Bullhead - 3 lbs 13 oz - private pond - Charles A. Lane - 4/8/1984

Carp - 35 lbs 0 oz - Bear Creek - Darrin Jackson - 4/19/1980

Chain Pickerel - 6 lbs 5 oz - Dyas Creek - Michael P. Ryan - 6/24/1976

Channel Catfish - 40 lbs 0 oz - Inland Lake - Donald R. Cox - 6/17/1967

Flathead Catfish - 80 lbs 0 oz - Alabama River near Selma - Rick Conner - 6/22/1986

Freshwater Drum - 41 lbs 8 oz - Wilson Reservoir - Wilson Brock - 7/24/1949

Grass Carp - 70 lbs 0 oz - Martin Lake - Michael White Jr. - 4/12/1999

Green Sunfish - 1 lbs 9 oz - McLamore Pond - Caleb Miller - 8/10/2005

Hybrid Bass - 25 lbs 15 oz - Sipsey Fork - E.H. Hodges - 9/13/1996

Largemouth Bass - 16 lbs 8 oz - Mountain View Lake - Thomas Burgin - 11/3/1987

Longear Sunfish - 0 lbs 8 oz - Yellow River - Jerry Jones - 5/12/1990

Longnose Gar - 32 lbs 14 oz - Jordan Reservoir - Gary Smyth - 4/18/1985

Muskellunge - 19 lbs 8 oz - Wilson Dam Tailwater - Steve Leatherwood - 12/31/1972

Paddlefish - 52 lbs 12 oz - Wilson Reservoir - Susan Holland - 3/18/1982

Rainbow Trout - 7 lbs 4 oz - Juniper Spring - Gene Louis - 6/5/2004

Redbreast Sunfish - 0 lbs 13 oz - Pea River - Ronnie E. Carnley - 6/15/1996

Redear Sunfish - 4 lbs 4 oz - Chattahoochee State Park - Jeff Lashley - 5/5/1962

Redeye Bass - 3 lbs 2 oz - Choccolocco Creek - Terry Johnson - 3/8/2000

Redfin Pickerel - 0 lbs 6 oz - Copeland Creek - Michael Merig - 8/31/1997

Rock Bass - 1 lbs 6 oz - Paint Rock River - James R. Stewart - 5/6/1995

Sauger - 5 lbs 2 oz - Wilson Dam Tailwater - William F. Huntley - 5/5/1972

Shoal Bass - 6 lbs 11 oz - Hallawakee Creek - Darrell Trawick - 2/25/1996

Silver Redhorse - 14 lbs 14 oz - Wilson Dam Tailwater - Chris Stephenson - 4/24/1995

Smallmouth Bass - 10 lbs 8 oz - Wheeler Dam Tailwater - Owen F. Smith - 10/8/1950

Spotted Bass - 8 lbs 15 oz - Lewis Smith Reservoir - Phillip C. Terry - 3/18/1978

Spotted Gar - 8 lbs 12 oz - Cotaco Creek - Winston Baker - 8/26/1987

Striped Bass - 55 lbs 0 oz - Tallapoosa River - Charles Totty - 1955

Walleye - 10 lbs 14 oz - Weiss Reservoir - Julia Hurley - 6/24/1980

Warmouth - 1 lbs 12 oz - private pond - Jimmy A. Barfield - 4/25/1986

White Bass - 4 lbs 9 oz - Warrior River - Ben DeMott - 2/14/1987

White Catfish - 10 lbs 5 oz - N/A Roy T. - Britton - 4/3/1981

White Crappie - 4 lbs 9 oz - Martin Lake - Jeremy S. White - 5/8/2000

Yellow Bass - 2 lbs 8 oz - Guntersville Reservoir - Dennis M. Woebbeking - 4/12/2000

Yellow Perch - 1 lbs 15 oz - Wheeler Reservoir - Matthew K. Patterson - 2/26/2000