North Dakota Fishing Records

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

Bluegill Sunfish 2 lbs 12 oz Strawberry Lake B. Hystad 1963

Brown Trout 31 lbs 11 oz Garrison Tailrace Tim Johansen 2/1/2005

Buffalo 33 lbs 0 oz Lake Tschida Scot Senescall 1994

Bullhead 4 lbs 1 oz Devils lake Riley Zavada 1988

Carp 26 lbs 15 oz Red River Paul Haugen 1995

Channel Catfish 33 lbs 4 oz Red River Bruce Pannkuk 1991

Chinook (King) Salmon 31 lbs 2 oz Garrison Tailrace Tom Schwartz 1986

Cisco 2 lbs 8 oz Lake Sakakawea Scott Borup Jr. 2000

Crappie 3 lbs 4 oz Lake Oahe Don Newcomb 1998

Cutthroat Trout 7 lbs 7 oz Garrison Tailrace Rod Sabot 2001

Drum 26 lbs 2 oz Lake Sakakawea Larry Harris 1988

Flathead Catfish 29 lbs 6 oz Heart River Kenneth Klein 1985

Goldeye 3 lbs 13 oz New Johns Lake Craig Unser 1998

Lake Trout 14 lbs 4 oz Garrison Tailrace Allen Leier 1982

Largemouth Bass 8 lbs 7.5 oz Nelson Lake Leon Rixen 1983

Ling Cod 18 lbs 4 oz Knife River O. Kruckenberg 1984

Muskellunge 33 lbs 12.5 oz McClusky Canal Harley Murray 1996

Northern Pike 37 lbs 8 oz Lake Sakakawea M. Slind 1968

Paddlefish 120 lbs 0 oz Missouri River Brian W. Johnson 1993

Rainbow Trout 21 lbs 4 oz Garrison Tailrace Wade Weltz 1998

Sauger 8 lbs 12 oz Lake Sakakawea M. Fischer 1971

Saugeye 11 lbs 12 oz Lake Sakakawea David Groth 1984

Smallmouth Bass 5 lbs 9 oz Lake Sakakawea Andrew Mark 1999

Striped Bass 20 lbs 12 oz Devils lake Stephen Renault 1993

Tiger Muskellunge 40 lbs 0 oz Gravel Lake Marvin Lee 1975

Walleye 15 lbs 12 oz Wood Lake B. Chapman 1959

White Bass 4 lbs 8 oz Devils lake Jordan Neve 2000

Whitefish 8 lbs 11 oz Garrison Tailrace Bill Mitzel 1984

Yellow Perch 2 lbs 15 oz Devils lake Kyle Smith 1982