Maryland Fishing Records

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

Albacore Tuna 74 lbs oz Baltimore Canyon Victor W. Gardner II 7/17/2005

Atlantic Spadefish 11 lbs 6.5 oz Triple Wrecks Noel Lohr 9/2/2005

Bigeye Tuna 375 lbs 8 oz Atlantic Ocean - Ocean City Cecil Browne 8/26/1977

Black Drum 103 lbs 8 oz Atlantic Ocean - Chesapeake Bay - Buoy #16 Robert Messik Jr. 9/23/1973

Black Sea Bass 8 lbs 0 oz Atlantic Ocean - Jackspot Hayward Madison 1978

Blackfin Tuna 32 lbs 0 oz Atlantic Ocean - 30 Fathom Line Bob Zang 9/20/1998

Blacktip Shark 193 lbs 0 oz Atlantic Ocean - Ocean City Brian Zysk 8/4/1991

Blue Catfish 53 lbs 0 oz Potomac River at Greenway Flats Michael Kingree 12/6/2001

Blue Marlin 942 lbs 0 oz Atlantic Ocean - Poormans Canyon Jim Daniel 8/9/1989

Blue Shark 280 lbs 0 oz Atlantic Ocean - Ocean City Martin Waltman 9/13/1997

Bluefin Tuna 625 lbs 0 oz Atlantic Ocean - 45 miles East of Ocean City James Daniels IV 8/30/1975

Bluefish 23 lbs 8 oz Atlantic Ocean - Assateague Island Lillian Morris 10/30/1974

Bluegill Sunfish 3 lbs 7 oz Deep Creek Lake Sarah Brenneman 8/9/1998

Brook Trout 6 lbs 1.75 oz North Branch Potomac River - below Randolph Dam Mike Fiorita Jr. 4/10/1999

Brown Trout 18 lbs 3 oz North Branch Potomac River - at Barnum Gary Kuhn 8/3/2001

Carp 47 lbs 8 oz private pond Wayne Longenecker 6/11/1997

Chain Pickerel 7 lbs 4 oz Johnson Pond Roy Molick Sr. 11/27/1976

Channel Catfish 27 lbs 92 oz Upper Potomac River Steven Trent Abell 7/5/2004

Crappie 0 lbs N/A 0

Cutthroat Trout 7 lbs 9 oz North Branch Potomac River - at Barnum David G. Martin 5/20/2000

Dogfish Shark 15 lbs 5 oz Atlantic Ocean - Ocean City Gregg Bacchien 5/22/1993

Dolphin 67 lbs 8 oz Atlantic Ocean - 53 miles off Ocean City Kim Lawson 7/21/1985

Dusky Shark 469 lbs 0 oz Atlantic Ocean - Ocean City Jim Liberto 7/1/1982

False Albacore 22 lbs 8 oz Atlantic Ocean - Third Lump Kevin Sheckells 6/25/1995

Great White Shark 467 lbs 0 oz Atlantic Ocean - Ocean City Jack Holmes 6/11/1992

Hammerhead Shark 165 lbs 0 oz Atlantic Ocean - Ocean City Gary King 8/5/1993

Hickory Shad 4 lbs 0 oz Susquehanna River John Schaeffer Jr. 7/23/1971

King Mackerel 2 lbs 8 oz Atlantic Ocean - Assateague Island Grace Walker 10/1/1975

King Mackerel 47 lbs 0 oz Atlantic Ocean - Big Gulf Gerald Kauffman 10/18/1985

Largemouth Bass 11 lbs 2 oz private pond Rodney Cockrell 10/4/1983

Mako Shark 766 lbs 0 oz Atlantic Ocean - First Lump Frank Gaither 5/25/1984

Northern Pike 24 lbs 12 oz Deep Creek Lake Shawn Jacobsen 10/16/1999

Porgy 6 lbs 3 oz Atlantic Ocean - Fenwick Shoal Pearl Hopple 7/4/1966

Rainbow Trout 14 lbs 3 oz Savage River Reservoir Dave Schroyer 10/21/1987

Redear Sunfish 2 lbs 5 oz Gilbert Run Vittie Alkocius 6/4/1985

Rock Bass 1 lbs 3 oz Liberty Reservoir Andy Grosko 10/26/1998

Sand Tiger Shark 334 lbs 0 oz Atlantic Ocean - Ocean City Billy Leidner 9/8/1983

Sandbar (brown) Shark 235 lbs 0 oz Atlantic Ocean - Ocean City Mark Sampson 7/8/1983

Scalloped Hammerhead Shark 194 lbs 0 oz Poorman's Canyon Gregory S. Garman 6/19/2004

Sheepshead 6 lbs 5.92 oz Middle Grounds Tom Horan 9/25/1999

Smallmouth Bass 8 lbs 4 oz Liberty Reservoir Gary Peters 10/4/1974

Spiny Dogfish Shark 11 lbs 8 oz Atlantic Ocean - Ocean City Meyels Sampson 5/17/1993

Striped Bass 47 lbs 2 oz Liberty Reservoir Robert Bruce 9/14/2000

Tautog 19 lbs 8 oz Atlantic Ocean - Jackspot Noah King 5/10/1980

Thresher Shark 585 lbs 0 oz Atlantic Ocean - Ocean City Donnie Simon 6/4/1999

Tiger Muskellunge 29 lbs 4.75 oz Potomac River - dam #5 Kevin Conner 2/14/1997

Tiger Shark 1210 lbs 0 oz Atlantic Ocean - Ocean City Grace Czerniak 7/9/1983

Wahoo 111 lbs 0 oz Atlantic Ocean - Poor Man's Canyon Christian Tiller 10/8/2003

Walleye 14 lbs 4 oz Jennings Randolph Reservoir John McCarley 5/16/1998

Weakfish 16 lbs 8 oz Nanticoke River Wayne Lappe 5/8/1979

White Marlin 135 lbs 0 oz Atlantic Ocean - Poormans Canyon George Pierson 8/29/1980

White Perch 1 lbs 7 oz Gunpowder River near Phoenix Trail Daniel Wells 4/16/2003

White Shad 8 lbs 2 oz Wicomico River Vance Carter 5/3/1975

Yellow Perch 2 lbs 6.75 oz Deep Creek Lake Kevin Gladhill 3/13/2003