Kansas Fishing Records

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

American Eel 4 lbs 7.04 oz 35.25" Kansas River Ralph B. Westerman 6/23/1987

Bigmouth Buffalo 54 lbs 4 oz 45" private pond Randy Lee 5/24/1971

Black Crappie 4 lbs 10 oz 22" Woodson Lake Hazel Fey 10/21/1957

Blue Catfish 94 lbs 0 oz 57" Kansas River James Edmiston 7/14/2000

Bullhead 7 lbs 5.4 oz 24.5" private pond David A. Tremain 5/15/1985

Carp 47 lbs 1.6 oz 40.25" Carey Park Phil McAmis 6/10/1997

Channel Catfish 36 lbs 8 oz 38" Mined Land RickBarnow 6/6/2003

Drum 31 lbs 4 oz 37.5" Verdigris River Arthur C. Hyatt 7/17/1982

Flathead Catfish 123 lbs 0 oz 61" Elk City Reservoir Ken Paulie 5/14/1998

Goldeye 2 lbs 4 oz 17.75" Milford Reservoir Mike Augustine 6/19/1980

Grass Carp 60 lbs 0 oz 48" Sugar Valley Lakes Darrell Lancaster 7/6/2000

Green Sunfish 2 lbs 5.76 oz 11.5" private pond Fae Vaupel 9/26/1982

Largemouth Bass 11 lbs 12 oz 25" private pond Kenneth M. Bingham 3/20/1977

Longnose Gar 31 lbs 8 oz Perry Reservoir reservoir outlet Ray Schroeder 5/21/1974

Northern Pike 24 lbs 12 oz 44" Council Grove Reservoir H.A. Bowman 8/28/1971

Paddlefish 144 lbs 0 oz 54.25" Kansas River Ralph B. Westerman 5/5/2004

Rainbow Trout 9 lbs 5 oz 28.25" Lake Shawnee Raymond Deghand 11/14/1982

Redear Sunfish 1 lbs 0.04 oz 11.75" Finney Wildlife Area Larry Fox 7/4/1995

Sauger 4 lbs 12.8 oz 23.75" Melvern Reservoir Jimmy Barnes 11/29/1996

Saugeye 9 lbs 13 oz 28.5" Sebelius Reservoir Raymond Wait 11/13/1997

Shortnose Gar 5 lbs 15 oz 34.25" Milford Reservoir Jack M. Frost 5/4/1985

Smallmouth Bass 6 lbs 6 oz 21.25" Milford Reservoir Jimmy Gilreath 4/26/1997

Smallmouth Buffalo 51 lbs 0 oz 41" private pond Scott Butler 5/2/1979

Spotted Bass 4 lbs 7 oz 18.5" N/A Clarence E. McCarter 4/16/1977

Spotted Gar 7 lbs 12 oz 33.5" Chetopa dam Charles Harbert 5/13/1983

Striped Bass 43 lbs 8 oz 42.75" Wilson Reservoir Chester Nily 5/18/1988

Sturgeon 5 lbs 3.68 oz 35.5" Lovewell Reservoir Edwin P. Hood 7/4/1999

Walleye 13 lbs 2.56 oz 29" Wilson Reservoir Dustin Ritter 4/17/1996

Warmouth 1 lbs 1.76 oz 10.5" Mined Land WA #7 Vivian A. Bradley 4/30/1988

White Bass 5 lbs 10.72 oz 20 3/8" Rvr. above John Redmond Marvin W. Gary, 4/11/2002

White Crappie 4 lbs 0.25 oz 17.5" private pond Frank Miller 3/30/1964

Wiper (Whiterock) Bass 22 lbs 39 oz 31 1/8" Perry Spillway Chris Wilcox, 7/9/2005

Yellow Perch 1 lbs 1 oz 14" private pond Walker Trimble 5/7/2000