Minnesota Fishing Records

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

American Eel 6 lbs 9 oz 36" Saint Croix River - Stillwater Matthew R. Brown 8/8/1997

Atlantic Salmon 12 lbs 13 oz 35.5" Baptism River Matt Bauer 10/12/1991

Bigmouth Buffalo 41 lbs 11 oz 38.5" Mississippi River Robert Koplin 3/7/1991

Black Buffalo 20 lbs 0.5 oz 34.2" Minnesota River Kevin Tauer 6/26/1997

Black Bullhead 3 lbs 13.12 oz 17.17" Reno Lake Keith Hvezda 6/8/1997

Black Crappie 5 lbs 0 oz 21" Vermillion River Tom Christenson 1940

Blue Catfish 52 lbs 8 oz 48" Minnesota River Steven J. Ness 5/22/2002

Blue Sucker 14 lbs 3 oz 30.4" Mississippi River - near Alma Bruce Edwards 2/28/1987

Bluegill Sunfish 2 lbs 13 oz Alice Lake Bob Parker 1948

Bowfin 10 lbs 15 oz 32" Mary Lake Jack B. Chesney 7/15/1983

Bowfin 10 lbs 15 oz 31" French Lake Joe Engelmeyer 8/26/1992

Brook Trout 6 lbs 5.6 oz 24" Pigeon River Charles A. Pederson 9/2/2000

Brown Bullhead 7 lbs 1 oz 24.4" Shallow Lake William Meyer 5/21/1974

Brown Trout 16 lbs 12 oz 31.4" Lake Superior W. Landis Bullock 6/23/1989

Burbot 19 lbs 3 oz 36.25" Lake of the Woods - Baudette John Galles 2/17/2001

Carp 55 lbs 5 oz 42" Clearwater Lake Frank Ledwein 7/10/1952

Channel Catfish 38 lbs 0 oz 44" Mississippi River Terrence Fussy 1/10/1975

Chinook (King) Salmon 33 lbs 4 oz 44.75" Poplar River Dave Anderson 9/23/1989

Chinook (King) Salmon 33 lbs 4 oz 42.25" Lake Superior Jeffrey Gulbranson 10/12/1989

Coho Salmon 10 lbs 6.5 oz 27.3" Lake Superior - near Baptism River Louis Rhode 11/7/1970

Flathead Catfish 70 lbs 0 oz Saint Croix River John L. Robert 1970

Freshwater Drum 35 lbs 3.2 oz 36" Mississippi River - near Winona Richard L. Rolbiecki 10/5/1999

Golden Redhorse 3 lbs 20" Bigfork River N/A 4/26/2003

Goldeye 2 lbs 13.1 oz 20.1" Root River - near Hokah Jamie Borowiak 6/10/2001

Greater Redhorse 11 lbs 13 oz 29" Upper South Long Lake Mitch Kunde 5/18/1995

Green Sunfish 1 lbs 4.8 oz 11.4" North Arbor Lake N/A 6/14/2005

Hybrid Sunfish 1 lbs 12 oz 11.5" Middle Fork Zumbro River Daniel Ahlquist 7/9/1994

Kokanee Salmon 2 lbs 15 oz 20" Caribou Lake Lars Kindem 8/6/1971

Lake Sturgeon 94 lbs 4 oz 70" Kettle River Kim Bengston 9/5/1994

Lake Trout 43 lbs 8 oz Lake Superior - near Hovland G. H. Nelson 5/30/1955

Lake Whitefish 12 lbs 4.5 oz 28.5" Leech Lake - near Walker Darryl L. Peterson 3/21/1999

Largemouth Bass 8 lbs 12.75 oz 13.5" Tetonka Lake Joseph Johanns 10/22/1994

Longnose Gar 16 lbs 12 oz 53" Saint Croix River - Prescott Doug Fullerton 2/4/1982

Longnose Sucker 3 lbs 10.6 oz 21" Brule River N/A 5/19/2005

Menominee (Round) Whitefish 2 lbs 7.5 oz 21" Lake Superior Jon Kettunen 4/27/1987

Mooneye 1 lbs 15 oz 16.5" Minnesota River Scott Neudecker 6/18/1980

Muskellunge 54 lbs 0 oz 56" Lake Winnibigoshish Art Lyons 1957

Northern Hogsucker 1 lbs 15 oz 14.25" Sunrise River - near Sunrise Brian Humble 8/16/1982

Northern Pike 45 lbs 12 oz Basswood Lake J. V. Schanken 5/16/2002

Pink (Humpback) Salmon 4 lbs 8 oz 23.5" Cascade River Eugene E. Troyna 9/9/1989

Pumpkinseed Sunfish 1 lbs 5.6 oz 10.1" Leech Lake John Svihel 6/6/1999

Quillback Rockfish 6 lbs 14.4 oz 23" Mississippi River James Loude 4/6/1991

Rainbow Trout 16 lbs 6 oz 33" Devil Track River 4/27/1980

River Carpsucker 3 lbs 15 oz 19.5" Mississippi River Stephen Cook 3/9/1991

River Redhorse 12 lbs 28.78" Kettle River Brent LaPierre 5/20/2005

Rock Bass 2 lbs 0 oz 13.5" Lake Osakis Paul Kern 5/10/1998

Sauger 6 lbs 2.75 oz 23.88" Mississippi River - near Red Wing Don Kizer 5/23/1988

Sauger Hybrid Walleye 9 lbs 13.4 oz 27" Mississippi River - near Red Wing Ron Goodmanson 3/20/1999

Shorthead Redhorse 7 lbs 15 oz 27" Rum River - near Ramsey Robert G. Litke 8/5/1983

Shortnose Gar 4 lbs 9.6 oz 34.6" Mississippi River Matthew Ocel 7/22/1984

Shovelnose Sturgeon 5 lbs 5 oz 34" Mississippi River Joe Yankovec 4/13/1998

Silver Redhorse 9 lbs 15 oz 26.6" Big Fork River N/A 4/16/2004

Smallmouth Bass 8 lbs 0 oz West Battle Lake John Creighton 1948

Smallmouth Buffalo 20 lbs 0 oz 32" Big Sandy N/A 9/20/2003

Splake 13 lbs 5.44 oz 33.5" Larson Lake Michael Birdsall 2/11/2001

Tiger Muskellunge 34 lbs 12 oz 51" Lake Elmo Josh Stevenson 7/7/1999

Tiger Trout 2 lbs 9.12 oz 20" Mill Creek Chris Nelson 8/7/1999

Tullibee 5 lbs 11.8 oz 20.45" Little Long Lake Terry J. Gfeller 4/16/2002

Walleye 17 lbs 8 oz 35.8" Seagull River Leroy Chiovitte 5/13/1979

White Bass 4 lbs 18.5" Mississippi River Pool 5 N/A 5/4/2004

White Bass 4 lbs 0 oz 18" Genoa fishing barge Richard Zehrt 5/14/1974

White Crappie 3 lbs 15 oz 18" Constance Lake Michael J. Woodward 7/28/2002

White Sucker 9 lbs 1 oz 24.25" Big Fish Lake Thomas Waibel 5/1/1983

Yellow Bullhead 3 lbs 10.5 oz 17.875" Lake Osakis Dick Ellingsworth 8/5/2002

Yellow Perch 3 lbs 4 oz Lake Plantaganette Merle Johnson 1945