Washington Fishing Records

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

Albacore Tuna 52 lbs 0 oz Pacific Ocean Kurt Strickland 10/1/1997

American Shad 3 lbs 8 oz Columbia River Tom Magnuson 6/21/2005

Atlantic Salmon 14 lbs 6.08 oz Green River Ron Howard 9/22/1999

Big Skate 130 lbs 0 oz Pacific Ocean - Double Bluff Dan Cartwright 5/18/1986

Black Bullhead 1 lbs 12 oz Mud Lake John E. Moore 6/29/1998

Black Crappie 4 lbs 8 oz Lake Washington John W. Smart 5/1/1956

Black Rockfish 10 lbs 4 oz Pacific Ocean - Tacoma Narros Joseph Eberling 5/20/1980

Blue Catfish 17 lbs 12 oz Columbia River Rangle Hawthorne 7/9/1975

Blue Rockfish 3 lbs 14.56 oz Pacific Ocean - Westport Erik M. Herbig 6/22/1996

Bluegill Sunfish 2 lbs 5.3 oz Tampico Park Pond Ron Hinote 6/10/1984

Bocaccio Rockfish 23 lbs 10 oz Pacific Ocean - Swiftsure Bank Carson Kendall 8/8/1987

Bridgelip Sucker 3 lbs 0.96 oz Palmer Lake John E. Moore 5/27/1999

Brook Trout 9 lbs 0 oz Wobbly Lake George G. Weekes 5/7/1988

Brown Bullhead 11 lbs 0.625 oz unnamed lake Justin E. Andrews 6/3/2000

Brown Trout 22 lbs 0 oz Sullivan Lake R.L. Henry 5/22/1965

Bull Trout 22 lbs 8 oz Tieton River Louis Schott 4/23/1961

Burbot 17 lbs .37 oz Bead Lake Mike Campbell 4/24/2004

Cabezon 23 lbs 0 oz Pacific Ocean - Duneness Spit Wesley S. Hunter 8/4/1990

Canary Rockfish 10 lbs 9 oz Pacific Ocean - Neah Bay Ben Phillips 8/30/1986

Carp 41 lbs 4 oz Long Lake Kevin Wolf 6/21/1980

Channel Catfish 36 lbs 3.2 oz I-82 Pond #6 Ross Kincaid 9/6/1999

China Rockfish 4 lbs 3 oz Pacific Ocean - Duncan Rock Steven Ripley 7/11/1989

Chinook (King) Salmon 68 lbs 4.16 oz Elochoman River Mark Salmon 10/5/1992

Chinook (King) Salmon 70 lbs 8 oz Pacific Ocean - Sekiu Chet Gausta 9/6/1964

Chum Salmon 27 lbs 15.52 oz Satsop River Johnny Wilson 10/19/1997

Chum Salmon 25 lbs 4.16 oz Pacific Ocean - near Grays Harbor Fred Dockendorf 8/7/2001

Coho Salmon 25 lbs 4.32 oz Quinault River Brad Wilson 11/11/2001

Coho Salmon 25 lbs 5.44 oz Pacific Ocean - Sekiu Martin Cooper 9/28/2001

Copper Rockfish 10 lbs 0 oz Pacific Ocean - Point Roberts Reef David Norhtington 8/6/1989

Cutthroat Trout 12 lbs 0 oz Crescent Lake W. Welsh 7/1/1961

Dolly Varden Trout 10 lbs 15 oz White Chuck River Leroy Thompson 8/5/1999

Flathead Catfish 22 lbs 12.8 oz Snake River C.L. McCary 6/28/1981

Golden Trout 3 lbs 12.96 oz N/A Mark S. Morris 8/6/1991

Great Sculpin 4 lbs 9.5 oz Pacific Ocean - Port Angeles Harbor Mark Reynolds 7/29/1999

Green Sunfish 0 lbs 12.64 oz Bailey Lake Mickey Hough 5/29/1994

Greenstripe Rockfish 1 lbs 10 oz Pacific Ocean - Possession Bar David Wedeking 1/19/1985

Kokanee Salmon 6 lbs .25 oz Lake Roosevelt Clarence F. Rief 6/25/2003

Lahontan Trout 18 lbs 0.64 oz Omak Lake Dan Beardslee 7/1/1993

Lake Trout 35 lbs 7.04 oz Lake Chelan John G. Hossack 12/31/2001

Lake Whitefish 6 lbs 10.08 oz Lake Roosevelt - Hanson Harbor Jerry Hamilton 3/31/1997

Largemouth Bass 11 lbs 9 oz Banks Lake Carl Pruitt 4/9/1977

Largescale Sucker 5 lbs 5.44 oz Mason Lake Andrew J. Wallman 4/22/2001

Ling Cod 61 lbs 0 oz Pacific Ocean - San Juan Islands Tom Nelson 7/30/1986

Mountain Whitefish 5 lbs 2 oz Columbia River Steven Becken 11/30/1983

Northern Pike 34 lbs 6 oz Long Lake Bryan McMannis 4/9/2004

Pacific Cod 19 lbs 10 oz Pacific Ocean - Ediz Hook Ralph Bay 3/6/1984

Pacific Halibut 288 lbs 0 oz Pacific Ocean - Swiftsure Bank Vic Stevens 9/9/1989

Pacific Staghorn Sculpin 0 lbs 4.16 oz Pacific Ocean - Padilla Bay John E. Moore 11/6/2000

Peamouth Chub 0 lbs 15.84 oz Columbia River - Hanford Reach Silvia Sanchez 7/18/1995

Petrale Sole 7 lbs 9 oz Pacific Ocean - Jefferson Head John Stone 6/11/1990

Pikeminnow 7 lbs 5.76 oz Mason Lake Andrew Joe Wallman 4/5/2000

Pile Perch Surfperch 3 lbs 9 oz Pacific Ocean - Quartermaster Harbor Steve Urban 3/14/1981

Pink (Humpback) Salmon 14 lbs 13.76 oz Skykomish River Alex Minerich 9/30/2001

Pink (Humpback) Salmon 11 lbs 8.96 oz Pacific Ocean - Possession Point Jeff Bergman 8/25/2001

Pumpkinseed Sunfish 0 lbs 12 oz Hicks Lake Doug Molohon 8/3/1977

Quillback Rockfish 7 lbs 3 oz Pacific Ocean - Middle Bank Bror Hultgren 10/29/1987

Rainbow Trout 25 lbs 11.36 oz Rufus Woods Lake Dick Hill 1/8/2001

Red Irish Lord Sculpin 3 lbs 3 oz Pacific Ocean - Mid-channel Bank Ryan Dicks 7/5/1985

Redtail Surfperch 4 lbs 0.8 oz Pacific Ocean - Kalaloch Chris Maynard 8/4/1996

Rock Bass 1 lbs 6 oz Steilacoom Lake William Jackson 6/28/1981

Rock Sole 4 lbs 3 oz Pacific Ocean - Hein Bank Alan Schram 7/9/1989

Sablefish 30 lbs 0 oz Pacific Ocean - Westport Jeff Rudolph 6/28/1994

Sixgill Shark 220 lbs 0 oz Pacific Ocean - Gedney Island Jim Haines 1/30/1991

Smallmouth Bass 8 lbs 12 oz Columbia River - Hanford Reach Ray Wonacott 4/23/1966

Sockeye Salmon 10 lbs 10 oz Lake Washington Gary Krasselt 7/20/1982

Spiny Dogfish Shark 20 lbs 4 oz Pacific Ocean - Middle Bank Roger Petersen 5/22/1998

Starry Flounder 8 lbs 9.12 oz Pacific Ocean - W. of Sekiu Point Danny Patterson 7/6/1997

Steelhead Trout 35 lbs 1 oz Snake River Gilbert Pierson 11/23/1973

Striped Surfperch 2 lbs 1 oz Pacific Ocean - Quartermaster harbor Chris Urban 6/2/1980

Tiger Muskellunge 31 lbs 4 oz Mayfield Lake John V. Bays 9/22/2001

Tiger Rockfish 7 lbs 8 oz Pacific Ocean - Middle Bank James Wenban 11/30/1989

Vermillion Rockfish 7 lbs 1.12 oz Pacific Ocean - Makah Bay Gordon Thomson 7/25/2000

Walleye 18 lbs 14.4 oz Columbia River - John Day pool Kimo Gabriel 3/30/2001

Warmouth 0 lbs 8.48 oz Silver Lake Linda Hatlelid 5/27/1996

White Crappie 2 lbs 12.8 oz Columbia River - Burbank Slough Don J. Benson 7/21/1988

Yellow Bullhead 1 lbs 10.08 oz Banks Lake Mike Schlueter 5/22/1994

Yellow Perch 2 lbs 12 oz Snelsons Slough Larry Benthien 6/22/1968

Yelloweye Rockfish 27 lbs 12 oz Pacific Ocean - Dallas Bank Jan Tavis 4/15/1989

Yellowtail Rockfish 7 lbs 6 oz Pacific Ocean - Westport Ken Culver 9/15/1992