Mississippi Fishing Records

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

Alligator Gar 215 lbs Mississippi River near Natchez Earl Stafford 5/3/2003

American Eel 5 lbs 1 oz Mississippi River - near Vicksburg Mitch McLendon 7/12/1994

Bighead Carp 66 lbs 12 oz Lower Sardis Lake Al Reed 3/27/1999

Bigmouth Buffalo 42 lbs 8 oz Sardis Reservoir C.B. ODaniel 11/15/1977

Black Bullhead 5 lbs 9 oz Sunrise Lake - near Nesbit Harold B. Alexander 6/12/1988

Black Crappie 4 lbs 4 oz Arkabutla Reservoir Gerald Conlee 3/19/1991

Blue Catfish 93 lbs 0 oz Mississippi River - near Rosedale Carrol Pearson 2/12/1997

Bluegill Sunfish 3 lbs 7.2 oz private pond Gerald E. Thurmond 2/2/1995

Bowfin 18 lbs 14 oz Ross Barnett Reservoir B. H. Toney 11/23/1978

Brown Bullhead 6 lbs 2.08 oz private pond - near Harrisville Bobby L. Gibson Jr. 1/19/1991

Carp 74 lbs 0 oz Pelahatchie Lake Curtis Wade 6/13/1963

Chain Pickerel 6 lbs 4 oz Bay Springs Lake Ronnie Boren 10/4/1986

Channel Catfish 51 lbs 12 oz Lake Tom Bailey Tom Edwards 5/31/1997

Drum 25 lbs 4.32 oz MP&L Lake - near Cleveland George Anderson 3/26/1989

Flathead Catfish 65 lbs 8 oz Pickwick Lake Wade Arnold 3/21/1987

Grass Carp 44 lbs Cameron Plantation Lake Andy Welch 2/29/2004

Green Sunfish 1 lbs 4.16 oz Waltmans Lake Craig Jones 5/21/1986

Hybrid Bass 17 lbs 12.32 oz Lower Sardis Lake Robert F. Fulce 4/15/1991

Hybrid Sunfish 1 lbs 3.68 oz private pond - near Olive Branch Troy M. Wright 4/6/1986

Largemouth Bass 18 lbs 2.4 oz Natchez State Park Lake Anthony Denny 12/31/1992

Longnose Gar 40 lbs 0 oz Grenada Lake Spillway J.E. Bennett 1/16/2004

Paddlefish 65 lbs 0 oz Ross Barnett Reservoir - spillway Randy Pues 6/23/1974

Rainbow Trout 2 lbs 15.36 oz Lake Whittington William Tribble 3/21/2001

Redear Sunfish 3 lbs 5.28 oz Tippah County Lake James K. Martin 11/5/1991

Sauger 2 lbs 8.32 oz Mississippi River Pete Mauceli 8/5/1992

Saugeye 4 lbs 10.56 oz Bay Springs Lake Scott Wood 2/26/2000

Shortnose Gar 5 lbs 13.28 oz Enid Reservoir - spillway Robert Mills 8/22/1999

Smallmouth Bass 7 lbs 15 oz Pickwick Lake - Yellow Creek Arm Thomas Wilbanks 1/24/1987

Smallmouth Buffalo 57 lbs 12 oz Ross Barnett Reservoir Charles M. Cox 11/21/1983

Spotted Bass 8 lbs 2 oz private pond S. Ross Grantham 9/2/1974

Spotted Gar 5 lbs 8 oz Lake Lee Greg Sarringar 5/8/2003

Striped Bass 37 lbs 13.12 oz Bowie River Tony C. Graves 5/13/1993

Walleye 9 lbs 10.56 oz Tennessee River Clayton E. Hobbs 1/19/1985

Warmouth 1 lbs 8 oz Black Creek Lillian Morris 6/17/1979

White Bass 5 lbs 6 oz Grenada Reservoir - spillway William Mulvihill 4/21/1979

White Crappie 5 lbs 3 oz Enid Reservoir Fred Bright 7/31/1957

Yellow Bass 15 lbs 4 oz Lake Cavalier Ford Day 2/21/2002

Yellow Bullhead 2 lbs 13 oz Mossy Lake Robert Cason 5/26/1974