Arkansas Fishing Records

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

Alligator Gar 240 lbs 0 oz 8'2"" White River John Stortz 7/28/2004

American Eel 4 lbs 12 oz Arkansas River Gregg Armstrong 5/26/2002

Bighead Carp 85 lbs 8 oz Arkansas River Mark Matthews 5/17/2002

Bigmouth Buffalo 35 lbs 2 oz Lake Conway John Bales 12/2/1998

Black Buffalo 92 lbs 8 oz Lake Maumelle Kenny DeLuca 2/26/2001

Black Bullhead 4 lbs 12 oz Point Remove Creek Janet Story 4/11/1986

Black Crappie 4 lbs 9 oz Oladale Lake Danny Burfield 3/29/1976

Blue Catfish 116 lbs 12 oz Mississippi River W. Memphis Charles Ashley Jr. 8/3/2001

Bluegill Sunfish 3 lbs 4 oz N/A Albert Sharp 8/7/1998

Bowfin 17 lbs 5 oz N/A Doug Smith 2/21/1977

Brook Trout 5 lbs 0 oz North Fork River Billy J. Meeks 6/3/2002

Brown Trout 40 lbs 4 oz Little Red River Howard Rip Collins 5/2/1992

Carp 53 lbs 0 oz Hamilton Lake Lynn Bradley 3/23/1985

Chain Pickerel 7 lbs 10 oz Little Red River Ave Vogel 1/6/1979

Channel Catfish 38 lbs 0 oz Lake Ouachita Joe Holleman 6/3/1989

Cutthroat Trout 9 lbs 9 oz White River Scott Rudolph 10/6/1985

Flathead Catfish 80 lbs 0 oz Arkansas River Wesley White 10/28/1989

Flier Sunfish 0 lbs 14 oz Saline River Harvey Jones 7/10/1985

Freshwater Drum 45 lbs 6 oz Lake Wilson Brake Chuck Piker 7/11/2004

Gizzard Shad 2 lbs 14 oz White River Charles Jordan 5/9/1992

Grass Carp 65 lbs 14 oz Horseshoe Lake Gary Brewer 4/28/1995

Green Sunfish 1 lbs 11 oz Dierks Pond Keith McCullough 4/12/1976

Hybrid Bass 27 lbs 5 oz Greers Ferry Lake Jerald C. Shaum 4/24/1997

Lake Trout 11 lbs 5 oz Greers Ferry Lake Clark Stevenson 12/15/1997

Largemouth Bass 16 lbs 4 oz Mallard Lake Aaron Mardis 3/2/1976

Longear Sunfish 1 lbs 2 oz Table Rock Lake Carl Bohannan 4/22/1991

Longnose Gar 35 lbs 12 oz Taylor Old River Lake Tommy Cantrell 6/28/2005

Northern Pike 16 lbs 1 oz DeGray lake Dick Cooley 12/27/1973

Ozark Bass 1 lbs 8 oz Lake Norfork Jerry Heard 8/2/1982

Pacu 7 lbs 1 oz Lakewood Lake #1 Gerald H. Kennedy 7/22/1995

Paddlefish 98 lbs 8 oz Ouachita River Michael Langley 7/19/1994

Rainbow Trout 19 lbs 1 oz White River Jim Miller 3/14/1981

Redear Sunfish 2 lbs 14 oz Lake Bois dArc Glenda Tatom 5/4/1985

Sauger 6 lbs 12 oz Arkansas River Claude Eubanks 12/15/1976

Saugeye 6 lbs 1 oz Crown Lake Cleveland Henderson 2/5/1993

Shadow Bass 1 lbs 12 oz Spring River James E. Baker 7/5/1999

Shovelnose Sturgeon 1 lbs 7 oz Arkansas River Ricky Ozment 5/1/2000

Silver Carp 39 lbs 4 oz Arkansas River Ryan McKim 5/11/1995

Skipjack Herring 2 lbs 13 oz Ouachita River Monte Pascoe 4/4/1997

Smallmouth Bass 7 lbs 5 oz Bull Shoals Lake Acie Dickerson 4/1/1969

Smallmouth Buffalo 68 lbs 8 oz Hamilton Lake Jerry Dolezal 5/15/1984

Spotted Bass 7 lbs 15 oz Bull Shoals Lake Mike Heilich 3/26/1983

Spotted Gar 6 lbs 12 oz Mellwood Old River Vernon Neal 10/3/1995

Striped Bass 64 lbs 8 oz White River Jeff Fletcher 4/28/2000

Tiger Muskellunge 23 lbs 12 oz Spring River Randy Wyatt 6/27/1995

Tilapia 1 lbs 12 oz Lake Hogue Sheila Easterly 9/11/2004

Walleye 22 lbs 11 oz Greers Ferry Lake Al Nelson 3/12/1982

Warmouth 1 lbs 8 oz Black Bayou Michael Curtis 5/28/1998

White Bass 5 lbs 4 oz Bull Shoals Lake William Wilson 4/23/1984

White Crappie 4 lbs 7 oz Big Mingo Creek Shelby D. Cooper 4/12/1993

Yellow Bass 1 lbs 13 oz N/A Bill Kennedy 8/29/1989