West Virginia Fishing Records
Fish - Weight - Place - Name of Record Holder - Date
Bluegill Sunfish 2 lbs 12 oz 11.7" unknown pond Mark A. Lewis 1986
Bowfin 7 lbs 10.56 oz 29.38" unknown pond Carl A. Jaeger III 1994
Brook Trout 7 lbs 62 oz 21.75" Cheat River Robert Anthony Starkey 1/14/2004
Brown Trout 16 lbs 0 oz 32" South Branch Paul Barker 1968
Buffalo 38 lbs 0 oz 41" Little Kanawha River Hobert Null 1976
Bullhead 6 lbs 1.6 oz 22.75" Tygart Lake Headwaters Gary R. Freeman 1977
Carp 47 lbs 0 oz 39.3" unknown pond Gary Johnson 1998
Chain Pickerel 6 lbs 3.04 oz 27.75" Tuckahoe Lake Steven Demma 2001
Channel Catfish 33 lbs 6.08 oz 38" Patterson Creek Johnny J. Weatherholtz Jr. 1993
Crappie 4 lbs 0.8 oz 19.75" Meathouse Fork Leonard Edgell 1971
Eel 7 lbs 4 oz 44" Bunker Hill Quarry Arlie R. Ruble 1977
Fallfish 3 lbs 8 oz 21.25" North Fork South Branch Potomac River James Blackwell 1970
Flathead Catfish 70 lbs 0 oz 52" Little Kanawha River L.L. McClung 1956
Freshwater Drum 27 lbs 0 oz 35.5" South Fork Hughes River Charles M. Lott 1989
Golden Trout 9 lbs 4.96 oz 26.4" Brushy Fork Lake Danny Crider 1998
Goldeye 3 lbs 0 oz 18.5" Ohio River Delbert McWilliams 1983
Grass Carp 43 lbs 0 oz 45" South Fork South Branch Potomac River Chad Porter 1996
Hybrid Bass 14 lbs 0 oz 32.1" Kanawha River Frankie Harris 2000
Largemouth Bass 9 lbs 9.92 oz 25.75" Dog Run Lake Eli Gain 2001
Longnose Gar 19 lbs 1.28 oz 50.5" Kanawha River Michael S. Casey 1993
Muskellunge 49 lbs 12 oz 50.37" Stonecoal Lake Anna Marsh 1997
Northern Pike 22 lbs 0.96 oz 42.6" Dog Run Lake Boyd O. Pratt Sr. 1989
Rainbow Trout 11 lbs 11.84 oz 31.7" Stonecoal Lake John P. Arnett 1993
Rock Bass 1 lbs 12 oz 13.8" Big Sandy Creek Warren Ryan 1964
Sauger 4 lbs 12 oz 23" Ohio River Steve Powell 1985
Saugeye 6 lbs 15.04 oz 25.75" East Lynn Lake Ferrel Mills 1996
Skipjack Herring 2 lbs 8.32 oz 18.37" Kanawha River Mark Neff 2000
Smallmouth Bass 9 lbs 12 oz 24.25" South Branch David Lindsay 1971
Spotted Bass 4 lbs 12.32 oz 19" RD Bailey Lake Kevin Dameron 2000
Striped Bass 29 lbs 8.96 oz 37.68" Bluestone Lake Terry Watkins 2000
Sturgeon 12 lbs 8 oz 40" Ohio River Emmett Wheeler 1949
Tiger Muskellunge 36 lbs 8 oz 49.25" Mountwood Lake Clyde E. Beckett 1994
Tiger Trout 6 lbs 10.88 oz 26" Greenbrier River John Duncan 1986
Walleye 17 lbs .82 oz 32" Kanawha River Steve Skeens 2003
White Bass 4 lbs 8.96 oz 20" New River Louis Puskas 1985
Yellow Perch 1 lbs 13.28 oz 14.5" Tygart Lake Charles Mayle 1985