Iowa Fishing Records

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

Blue Catfish 74 lbs 8 oz 53.375" Missouri River Pat Lutz 8/1999

Bluegill Sunfish 3 lbs 2 oz 12.875" private pond Phil Algreen 7/1986

Bowfin 11 lbs 9 oz 31.5" Mississippi River Bill Gretten 5/1994

Brook Trout 7 lbs 0 oz 19.75" Fountain Springs Creek David Kovarik 7/1996

Brown Trout 15 lbs 6 oz 29" North Prairie Lake Gerold Lewis 6/1995

Buffalo 62 lbs 8 oz 48.5" Mississippi River Jim Winters 8/1999

Bullhead 5 lbs 8 oz 22" private pond Michael Hurd 1989

Carp 50 lbs 0 oz 44" Glenwood Lake Fred Hougland 5/1969

Channel Catfish 38 lbs 2 oz 40" Missouri River Dustin Curtis 6/2005

Crappie 4 lbs 9 oz 21.25" Green Castle Lake Ted Trowbridge 5/1981

Flathead Catfish 81 lbs 0 oz 52" Lake Ellis Joe Baze 6/1958

Freshwater Drum 46 lbs 0 oz 38.5" Spirit Lake R.F. Farra 10/1962

Goldeye 2 lbs 4 oz Des Moines River Mark Ikle 6/1992

Grass Carp 61 lbs 8 oz 49.5" Greenfield Lake Tyler Warner 5/1998

Green Sunfish 2 lbs 1 oz 12.5" private pond Ralph Mayer 7/2000

Largemouth Bass 10 lbs 14 oz 23.5" Lake Fisher Patricia Zaerr 5/1984

Longnose Gar 17 lbs 8 oz 51" Mississippi River Kevin Riley 9/1992

Muskellunge 50 lbs 6 oz 52" Spirit Lake Kevin Cardwell 8/2000

Northern Pike 25 lbs 5 oz 45" West Okoboji Lake Allen Forsberg 2/1977

Paddlefish 107 lbs 0 oz 69.5" Missouri River Robert Pranschke 3/1981

Rainbow Trout 19 lbs 8 oz 35" French Creek Jack Renner 7/1984

Rock Bass 1 lbs 8 oz 10.5" Mississippi River Jim Driscoll 6/1973

Sauger 6 lbs 8 oz 25" Missouri River Mrs. W. Buser 10/1976

Saugeye 12 lbs 4 oz 29.5" Des Moines River Don Ostergaard 3/2000

Shortnose Gar 4 lbs 7 oz 28.5" Des Moines River Mark Lindeman 2/1996

Shovelnose Sturgeon 12 lbs 0 oz 33" Des Moines River Randy Hemm 4/1974

Smallmouth Bass 7 lbs 12 oz 22.75" West Okoboji Lake Rick Gray 9/1990

Striped Bass 9 lbs 4 oz 29" Lake Rathbun Richard Pauley 7/1983

Sucker 15 lbs 1 oz 32.25" Missouri River Glen E. Dittman 9/1983

Tiger Muskellunge 27 lbs 2 oz 47" West Okoboji Lake Shannon Green 8/1989

Walleye 14 lbs 8 oz 30.5" Des Moines River Gloria Eoriatti 9/1986

White Bass 3 lbs 14 oz 20" West Okoboji Lake Bill Born 5/1972

Wiper (Whiterock) Bass 18 lbs 15 oz 33.25" Des Moines River Don Ostergaard 9/1997

Yellow Bass 1 lbs 9 oz 14.5" Lake Manawa Bill Campbell 4/1991

Yellow Bass 1 lbs 9 oz 13.5" Lake Anita Michael Gradick 5/2000

Yellow Perch 2 lbs 3 oz 14.75" Morse Lake Daniel Borchardt 3/1994