Nebraska Fishing Records

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

American Eel 5 lbs 0 oz Missouri River George Sweissberger 8/2/1983

Bighead Carp 48 lbs 6 oz 45" OFFUTT AFB LAKE PHIL RAINFORTH 8/7/2000

Bigmouth Buffalo 44 lbs 14.5 oz Johnson Lake Shayne Miller 5/17/1991

Black Buffalo 41 lbs 0 oz Carter Lake Bob Eaton 4/29/1982

Black Crappie 4 lbs 8 oz 19" FARM POND ALLEN PAAP JR. 6/15/2003

Blue Catfish 100 lbs 8 oz Missouri River - near Wynot Raynold Promes 11/29/1970

Blue Sucker 18 lbs 14 oz Missouri River Bob. J. Thoene 11/16/1986

Bluegill Sunfish 2 lbs 13 oz Grove Lake Gary Ralston 4/26/1977

Bowfin 8 lbs 0 oz Dead Timber Lake Ronald Evenson 8/7/1982

Brook Trout 5 lbs 1 oz Pawnee Springs - near North Platte Joe Gray 11/3/1965

Brown Trout 20 lbs 1 oz Snake River Denny Doolittle 7/26/1973

Bullhead 3 lbs 14 oz private pond Dick Dunn 7/22/1974

Burbot 6 lbs 9 oz Missouri River Todd Schmidt 2/7/1998

Carp 33 lbs 12 oz private pond Toni C. Baete 5/12/1983

Channel Catfish 41 lbs 8 oz Merritt Lake John Cunning 7/26/1985

Chinook (King) Salmon 2 lbs 8 oz Lewis & Clark Lake Rick Heppner 9/14/1985

Coho Salmon 5 lbs 12 oz Lake McConaughy Lyle Fry 7/3/1971

Creek Chub 0 lbs 9.12 oz 11.75" MUNSON CREEK- BLAKE ESCHLIMAN 5/31/2001

Cutthroat Trout 5 lbs 7 oz Ogallala Lake Arthur Larsen 9/18/1992

Flathead Catfish 80 lbs 0 oz Loup Power Canal - near Genoa William Swanson 6/14/1988

Freshwater Drum 28 lbs 4 oz Missouri River - below Gavins Point dam Vincent Prazak 10/1/1971

Gizzard Shad 4 lbs 7.75 oz Box Butte Reservoir Joe Ringbauer 3/26/1989

Golden Shiner 0 lbs 14 oz Two Rivers SRA Tom Rosencrans 4/10/1992

Goldeye 3 lbs 15.5 oz Lewis & Clark Lake Gary Kumm 8/13/1988

Grass Carp 64 lbs 0 oz 46.5" WILSON CREEK 2X MALIK SOLUNOVIC 8/29/2004

Grass Pickerel 0 lbs 5.75 oz Cameron Lake Trevor Bailey 12/20/1996

Green Sunfish 1 lbs 4 oz sandpit Jeff Knajdl 7/13/1980

Hybrid Sunfish 1 lbs 15 oz private pond Jane Bottorff-Engh 5/30/1993

Kokanee Salmon 4 lbs 2 oz Lake McConaughy Neal Dunbar 7/11/1971

Largemouth Bass 10 lbs 11 oz sand pit near Columbus Paul Abegglen Sr. 10/2/1965

Longnose Gar 20 lbs 7 oz Wagners Lake John Ernst 7/14/1991

Muskellunge 41 lbs 8 oz Merritt Lake Jared Haddix 8/9/1992

Northern Pike 30 lbs 1 oz Terrys Pit Steve Morris 10/7/1997

Paddlefish 93 lbs 0 oz Gavins Point tailwaters Kathy Reiman 10/28/1998

Pumpkinseed Sunfish 0 lbs 11.25 oz Box Butte Reservoir Jim Johnson 9/23/1987

Pumpkinseed Sunfish 0 lbs 11.25 oz Box Butte Reservoir Mitchell Pebley 3/19/1993

Quillback Carpsucker 13 lbs 10 oz 28" MISSOURI RIVER PATRICK FOX, JR. 6/30/2001

Rainbow Trout 14 lbs 2 oz N/A Frank Aloy 3/18/1975

Redear Sunfish 1 lbs 10 oz Rock Creek Lake Charles I. Jones 6/8/1990

Rock Bass 2 lbs 4 oz private pond Edna Zuege 5/6/1972

Sacramento Perch 2 lbs 8 oz Clear Lake John A. Bush 6/20/1971

Sauger 8 lbs 5 oz Missouri River - near Niobrara Betty Tepner 10/22/1961

Saugeye 8 lbs 14 oz 28" CALAMUS RESERVOIR SHAWN ACKLES 5/26/2003

Shortnose Gar 19 lbs 0 oz N/A Ronald Hardin 6/29/1974

Shovelnose Sturgeon 4 lbs 4 oz Platte River Sean D. Gellatly 5/15/1996

Skipjack Herring 2 lbs 0 oz Gavins Point tailwaters Daniel Kaup 9/20/1992

Smallmouth Bass 7 lbs 4 oz 22" MISSOURI RIVER DENNIS SWANSON 9/16/2000

Smallmouth Buffalo 56 lbs 3 oz Fremont Lake - lake #20 Jeffrey Johnson 6/3/1998

Spotted Bass 3 lbs 12 oz sand pit Jerry R. Miller 3/12/1990

Spotted Sunfish 0 lbs 85 oz sandpit BEN NOSAL 6/2/2001

Stone Catfish 0 lbs 5.12 oz North Fork Elkhorn River Arvid Larsen 6/22/1998

Striped Bass 64 lbs 15.875 oz Sutherland Reservoir Gene Baker 8/17/1993

Tiger Muskellunge 26 lbs 8 oz Oliver Reservoir Steve Keys 5/19/1995

Walleye 16 lbs 2 oz Lake McConaughy Herbert J. Cutshall 7/5/1971

White Bass 5 lbs 0 oz Gavins Point tailwaters Jim Kilcoin 11/12/1983

White Crappie 4 lbs 1 oz Red Willow Reservoir Elsie M. Jensen 5/18/1980

White Perch 2 lbs 2 oz 15.75" CASS CO. SANDPIT KORI CROM 7/20/2000

Wiper (Whiterock) Bass 17 lbs 14 oz Harlan County Reservoir Reggie Bosshamer 6/28/1996

Yellow Bass 1 lbs 7 oz Louisville Lake #2 John Ogle 7/4/1993

Yellow Perch 2 lbs 10.75 oz Hackberry Lake John D. Skrdla 2/11/1984