North Carolina Fishing Records

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

American Shad 7 lbs 15 oz Tar River R.S. Proctor 4/10/1974

Blue Catfish 85 lbs 0 oz Lake Norman Joel Lineberger 6/19/2004

Bluegill Sunfish 4 lbs 5 oz N/A Danny Case 7/27/1967

Bodie Bass 17 lbs 7 oz Lake Chatuge Michael R. Hogsed 3/15/1996

Bowfin 17 lbs 15 oz Black River Gregory A. Demery Sr. 6/21/1997

Brook Trout 7 lbs 7 oz Raven Fork G.L. Marshall Jr. 5/15/1980

Brown Bullhead 3 lbs 12 oz Buckhall Creek Gregory D. Hughes 4/26/1997

Brown Trout 24 lbs 10 oz Nantahala River Rober L. Dyer 4/17/1998

Carp 48 lbs 0 oz private pond William Houston Jr. 3/11/1986

Chain Pickerel 8 lbs 0 oz Gaston Reservoir John H. Leonard 2/13/1968

Channel Catfish 40 lbs 8 oz Fontana Reservoir P.P. Paine 4/15/1971

Crappie 4 lbs 15 oz Asheboro City Lake #4 Dean Dixon 4/27/1980

Flathead Catfish 78 lbs 0 oz Cape Fear River Brian Newberger 9/17/2005

Flier Sunfish 1 lbs 5 oz private pond Douglas N. McCall 3/17/1990

Freshwater Drum 13 lbs 22 oz Kerr Lake Henry W. Proctor, Sr 10/1/2003

Grass Carp 68 lbs 12 oz Summerlins Pond - Leland David W. Stowell 6/8/1998

Green Sunfish 0 lbs 15 oz Farm Pond Robert Womack 5/18/2005

Hickory Shad 4 lbs 1 oz Pitchkettle Creek Trey Maroules 2/22/2004

Largemouth Bass 15 lbs 14 oz private pond William H. Wofford 3/29/1991

Longnose Gar 15 lbs 6 oz Neuse River Donald R. Creech 3/18/2000

Muskellunge 41 lbs 8 oz Lake Adger Richard W. Dodd 1/23/2001

Northern Pike 11 lbs 13 oz Lake James Keith Gilliam 8/26/1978

Pumpkinseed Sunfish 1 lbs 6 oz Trent River John Koonce 5/21/2003

Rainbow Trout 16 lbs 5 oz N/A Terry L. Gregory 12/20/1989

Redbreast Sunfish 1 lbs 12 oz Big Swamp Ronald Stanley 5/29/1983

Redear Sunfish 4 lbs 6 oz Lookout Shoals Lake Ronald Sweet 6/12/1988

Redeye Bass 1 lbs 14 oz Deep River - Carbonton Robert W. Lytton 4/29/1998

Redfin Pickerel 2 lbs 4 oz Gallberry Swamp Edward C. Davis 6/23/1997

Roanoke Bass 2 lbs 11 oz Fishing Creek Richard E. Evans 4/27/1994

Sauger 5 lbs 15 oz Norman Lake David Shook 7/25/1971

Smallmouth Bass 10 lbs 0 oz Hiwassee Reservoir Archie Lampkin 6/1/1951

Smallmouth Buffalo 88 lbs 0 oz Lake Wylie Tony Crawford 11/14/1993

Spotted Bass 6 lbs 5 oz Lake Norman Eric M. Weir 12/26/2003

Striped Bass 54 lbs 2 oz Hiwassee Reservoir Larry K. Verner 6/7/1991

Tiger Muskellunge 33 lbs 8 oz Lake James Gary D. Nanney 4/3/1988

Walleye 13 lbs 8 oz Lake Chatuge Lamar L. Cofer 8/16/1986

Warmouth 1 lbs 13 oz McLeods Pond Emma Sears 5/7/1976

White Bass 5 lbs 14 oz Kerr Reservoir Jim King 3/15/1986

White Catfish 13 lbs 0 oz Lake James Jerry W. Bentley 5/21/1990

White Perch 2 lbs 15 oz Falls of the Neuse Reservoir Bob G. Williams, Jr. 12/16/2001

Yellow Perch 2 lbs 9 oz Indiantown Creek Evelyn G. Ethridge 2/8/1990