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