Kentucky Fishing Records

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

Bighead Carp 43 lbs 0 oz Green River Onis W. Davis 7/20/2000

Blue Catfish 104 lbs 0 oz Ohio River - Cannelton Dam tailwaters Bruce W. Midkiff 8/28/1999

Blue Sucker 4 lbs 12 oz Green River Howard Hillard 4/25/20041

Bluegill Sunfish 4 lbs 3 oz Strip mine lake Phil Conyers 8/5/1980

Bowfin 15 lbs 1.28 oz Green River Norman Moran 5/30/1999

Brook Trout 1 lbs 5 oz Martins Fork R. James 8/21/1982

Brown Trout 21 lbs 0 oz Cumberland River - Lake Cumberland tailwaters Thomas Malone 4/30/2000

Bullhead 5 lbs 3 oz Guist Creek Lake Harry Case 10/18/1992

Carp 54 lbs 14 oz South Fork Licking River Ricky Vance 3/13/1971

Chain Pickerel 5 lbs 6 oz Forked Lake Tommy Thompson 7/8/1983

Channel Catfish 28 lbs 4.8 oz private pond Hope Tinsley 5/29/1994

Crappie 4 lbs 14 oz Watershed Lake Penny Hopper 5/8/2005

Flathead Catfish 97 lbs 0 oz Green River Esker Carroll 6/6/1956

Freshwater Drum 38 lbs 0 oz Green River Larry Cardwell 6/5/1980

Golden Redhorse 4 lbs 5 oz Red River Leif Meadows 4/22/1998

Goldeye 2 lbs 6.4 oz Kentucky River Mark Smith 4/21/2001

Grass Carp 55 lbs 8 oz private pond Daniel Nally 3/14/2001

Grass Pickerel 0 lbs 10.08 oz Wilson Creek Gerald Gallagher 7/17/1989

Green Sunfish 1 lbs 5 oz private pond Raymond Peyton 6/13/2000

Hybrid Bass 20 lbs 8 oz Barren River Mark Wilson 4/27/1991

Lake Trout 5 lbs 5 oz Cumberland River John McDonogh 4/4/1983

Largemouth Bass 13 lbs 10.4 oz Wood Creek Lake Dale Wilson 4/14/1984

Longear Sunfish 13 lbs 4.48 oz Strip mine lake Anthony Lynch 6/23/1994

Longnose Gar 40 lbs 0 oz Ohio River Kelsie Travis Jr. 8/8/1956

Muskellunge 44 lbs 6.08 oz Cave Run Lake Scott A. Flatt 5/9/1998

Northern Pike 9 lbs 8 oz strip mine lake Howard F. Renfro 10/15/1981

Paddlefish 82 lbs 0 oz Parrish Lake Standley Shelton 6/12/1982

Rainbow Trout 14 lbs 6 oz Cumberland River - Lake Cumberland tailwaters Jim Mattingly 9/10/1972

Redbreast Sunfish 0 lbs 14.08 oz Marsh Creek Tim King 9/1/1997

Redear Sunfish 3 lbs 1 oz private pond Betty Truax 5/24/1982

River Redhorse 7 lbs 13 oz North Fork Kentucky River Darrell W. Sparkman 3/10/2000

Rock Bass 1 lbs 10 oz Casey Creek H.S. White 5/26/1975

Sauger 7 lbs 7 oz Lake Cumberland Rastie Andrew 4/28/1983

Saugeye 6 lbs 9.28 oz Ohio River Chuck Kouns 2/19/1998

Skipjack Herring 2 lbs 13 oz Cumberland River Greg Cary 5/19/2001

Smallmouth Bass 8 lbs 7.36 oz Laurel River Lake Coolie Williams 5/16/1998

Smallmouth Buffalo 55 lbs 0 oz Kentucky Lake Clinton Roby 3/23/2000

Spotted Bass 7 lbs 10 oz N/A A.E. Sellers 6/13/1970

Striped Bass 58 lbs 4 oz Beaver Creek Roger Foster 12/11/1985

Sturgeon 36 lbs 8 oz Lake Cumberland Barney Frazier 10/3/1954

Tiger Muskellunge 13 lbs 12 oz Dewey Lake James Mollet 5/5/1981

Walleye 21 lbs 8 oz Lake Cumberland Abe Black 10/1/1958

Warmouth 1 lbs 6.2 oz Farm Pond Jon Hoover 7/21/2003

White Bass 5 lbs 0 oz Kentucky Lake Lorne E. Dawson 7/11/1943

White Bass 5 lbs 0 oz Herrington Lake B.B. Hardin 6/3/1957

White Sucker 1 lbs 10 oz Slate Creek Larry S. Salchli 3/19/1998

Yellow Bass 1 lbs 1 oz Lake Barkley DeWayne West 3/10/1991

Yellow Perch 1 lbs 0.72 oz Kentucky Lake Greg Barker 4/4/2000