Virginia Fishing Records

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

Blue Catfish 92 lbs 4 oz Buggs Island Lake William Zost 6/29/2004

Bowfin 16 lbs 8 oz Lake Cahoon John Plyler, Jr. 10/17/2004

Brook Trout 5 lbs 10 oz Stony Creek Greg Orndorff 10/22/1987

Brown Trout 14 lbs 12 oz South Fork Holston River Mike Perkins 5/24/1990

Carp 49 lbs 4 oz Lake Prince Jeff Graham 6/25/1986

Chain Pickerel 7 lbs 10 oz Lake Shawnee R.L. White 12/31/1996

Channel Catfish 31 lbs 8 oz Rappahannock River Sue Stanley 10/2/1992

Crappie 4 lbs 10 oz private pond Justin Elliott 4/24/1994

Flathead Catfish 66 lbs 4 oz Occoquan Reservoir Mike Willems 5/6/1994

Gar 25 lbs 2 oz Lake Prince Roger Beaver 5/28/1987

Largemouth Bass 16 lbs 4 oz Connor Lake Richard Tate 4/16/1985

Muskellunge 45 lbs 0 oz New River R.A. Underwood 7/30/1989

Northern Pike 31 lbs 4 oz Motts Run Reservoir George Wood 7/24/1994

Rainbow Trout 14 lbs 7 oz Greers Pond Michael Lowe 6/28/1993

Roanoke Bass 2 lbs 9 oz Western Br. Res. Harry G. Swauger 5/28/2005

Rock Bass 2 lbs 2 oz Laurel Bed Lake Larry Ball 5/17/1986

Sauger 2 lbs 12 oz Clinch River Freland Eugene Maxfield 10/21/2005

Smallmouth Bass 8 lbs 1 oz New River Donald S. Eaton, Jr 3/12/2003

Spotted Bass 3 lbs 10 oz Claytor Lake Mike Ritter 7/2/1993

Striped Bass 53 lbs 7 oz Leesville Reservoir James B. Davis 3/16/2000

Sunfish 4 lbs 12 oz private pond Michael Mills 4/27/1986

Walleye 15 lbs 15 oz New River Anthony P. Duncan 12/15/2000

White Bass 6 lbs 3 oz Lake Orange Ron Sprouse 7/31/1981

White Catfish 7 lbs 6 oz Western Branch Reservoir Thomas Elkins 3/24/1992

White Perch 2 lbs 8 oz Lake Prince Jimmy A. Roper 4/30/1995

Yellow Perch 2 lbs 7 oz Lake Moomaw Tim Austin 3/20/1999