Indiana Fishing Records

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

Atlantic Salmon 14 lbs 4 oz Lake Michigan Gene Tarrant 1979

Bighead Carp 53 lbs 8 oz White River Duane Stafford 2000

Blue Catfish 104 lbs 0 oz Ohio River Bruce Midkiff 1999

Bluegill Sunfish 3 lbs 4 oz private pond Harold L. Catey 1972

Bowfin 16 lbs 0 oz Pine Lake Barry Biederstadt 1988

Brook Trout 3 lbs 15.5 oz Lake Gage Sonny Bashore 1973

Brown Trout 29 lbs 03 oz 39.75" Lake Michigan Glen Duesing 4/2/2006

Buffalo 53 lbs 4 oz Oak Hill Pond Kenneth R. Houchin 2002

Bullhead 4 lbs 14.4 oz Potato Creek Darren Robertson 1994

Burbot 7 lbs 11 oz Lake Michigan Larry Malicki 1990

Carp 43 lbs 4 oz Pine Lake Russell Long 1989

Channel Catfish 37 lbs 8 oz N/A Randy E. Jones 1980

Chinook (King) Salmon 38 lbs 0 oz Trail Creek Rich Baker 1980

Cisco 3 lbs 12 oz Cedar Lake Phillip Wisniewski 1980

Coho Salmon 20 lbs 12 oz Lake Michigan John Beutner 1972

Crappie 4 lbs 11 oz private pond Willis Halcomb 1994

Flathead Catfish 79 lbs 8 oz White River Glen T. Simpson 1966

Flier Sunfish 0 lbs 3.5 oz N/A Harold H. Otte 1983

Freshwater Drum 30 lbs 0 oz White River Garland Fellers 1963

Grass Carp 65 lbs 2 oz private pond David Hughes 2002

Green Sunfish 1 lbs 10 oz private pond Terry Keller 1987

Hybrid Bass 19 lbs 3 oz Tippecanoe River Sam Tracy 2002

Lake Trout 29 lbs 4 oz Lake Michigan Harold Rodriquez 1993

Largemouth Bass 14 lbs 12 oz N/A Jenifer Schultz 1991

Longnose Gar 18 lbs 4 oz White River, Vernon Young, Jr. 2004

Muskellunge 42 lbs 8 oz James Lake Darrin Conley 2002

Northern Pike 30 lbs 2 oz Clear Lake Jack Barnes 1992

Paddlefish 106 lbs 4 oz N/A John Kotter 1996

Pink (Humpback) Salmon 2 lbs 12.5 oz Lake Michigan Richard J. Lisac 1985

Rainbow Trout 18 lbs 8 oz Clear Lake Bill Bigger 1988

Redear Sunfish 3 lbs 10 oz N/A R. Peckman 1974

Rock Bass 3 lbs 0 oz Sugar Creek David Thomas 1969

Sauger 6 lbs 1 oz Tippecanoe River Mark Bigger 1983

Saugeye 8 lbs 2.5 oz Huntingburg Lake Charles Powers 1998

Shovelnose Sturgeon 14 lbs 8 oz Wabash River Mike Latoz 1999

Smallmouth Bass 7 lbs 4 oz Twin Lake Dana Yoder 1992

Spotted Bass 5 lbs 5 oz 20" Pond Larry Hinesley 4/24/2006

Steelhead Trout 26 lbs 10 oz Trail Creek Evan Nicholson 1999

Striped Bass 35 lbs 6 oz Ohio River Tony Campisano 1993

Sucker 2 lbs 3.3 oz White River John Britton 1991

Tiger Muskellunge 24 lbs 0 oz Wolf Lake Michael Senics 1995

Tiger Trout 3 lbs 0 oz Lake Michigan Mike Ratter 1978

Walleye 14 lbs 4 oz Little Kankakee River Leon Richart 1974

Walleye 14 lbs 4 oz Tippecanoe River Donal Tedford 1977

Warmouth 1 lbs 4 oz North Dugger Pit Jack Tolbert 2002

White Bass 4 lbs 3 oz Lake Freeman James Wagner 1965

White Catfish 9 lbs 11.5 oz private pond Melissa Grimes 1985

Yellow Bass 2 lbs 15 oz Morse Reservoir Jim Raymer 2000

Yellow Perch 2 lbs 8 oz N/A Roy W. Burkel Jr. 1981