SPECIES

WEIGHT

CAUGHT BY

LOCATION

DATE

Ancient Fish

Bowfin

15.08 lbs.

Norman Moran

Lexington, KY

Green River

05/31/99

Longnose Gar

40 lbs.

Kelsie Travis, Jr.

Paducah, KY

Ohio River

08/08/56

Paddlefish

(Spoonbill)

106 lbs.

William Chumbler

Calvert City, KY

Ohio River

03/23/2004

Sturgeon

36 lbs., 8 ozs.

Barney Frazier

Corbin, KY

Lake Cumberland

10/03/54

Bass, Black

Coosa Bass

0.53 lbs.

Floyd Wayne Howard

Cawood, KY

Martin’s Fork Creek

07/06/2005

Kentucky Bass

(Spotted Bass)

7 lbs., 10 ozs.

A.E. Sellers

Louisville, KY                   

Nelson County

06/13/70

Largemouth Bass

13 lbs., 10.4 ozs.

Dale Wilson

London, KY

Wood Creek Lake

04/14/84

Smallmouth Bass

11 lbs., 15 ozs.*

David L. Hayes

Leitchfield, KY

Dale Hollow Lake

07/09/55

Bass, Temperate

Striped Bass

(Rockfish)

58 lbs., 4 ozs.

Roger Foster,

Somerset, KY

Beaver Creek,

Lake Cumberland

12/11/85

Hybrid Striped Bass

20 lbs., 8 ozs.

Mark Wilson

Louisville, KY

Barren River Lake,

Tailwaters

04/27/91

White Bass

5 lbs.

Lorne Eli

Dawson Springs, KY

---TIE---

B.B. Hardin

Mt. Eden, KY

Kentucky Lake

Herrington Lake

07/11/43

06/03/57

Yellow Bass

1 lb., 6.4 ozs.

William Hinton

Central City, KY             

Cumberland River,

Lake Barkley Tailwaters

03/19/2009

Carp/Sucker

Bighead Carp

58 lbs.

David Simpson

Alliance, OH

Blood River,

Kentucky Lake

06/16/2009

Creek Chub

0.59 lbs.

Joshua Scott

Louisville, KY

Otter Creek,

Hardin County

03/26/2006

Golden Shiner

0.29 lbs.

Robert Loebig, Jr.

Elizabethtown, KY

Private Pond

Larue County

03/04/06

Blue Sucker

8.34 lbs.

Stacy L. Boik

Ohio River

11/22/2009

Northern Hog Sucker

1 lbs., 12 ozs.

Larry Salchli

Stanton, KY

Slate Creek

Bath County

04/07/2005

Buffalo

(Smallmouth)

55 lbs.

Clinton Roby

Waddy, KY

Kentucky Lake

03/23/2000

Common Carp

54 lbs., 14 ozs.

Ricky Vance

Paris, KY

South Fork,

Licking River

03/13/71

Golden Redhorse

4 lbs., 5 ozs.

Leif Meadows

Stanton, KY

Red River

04/22/98

Grass Carp

58 lbs., 8ozs.

Robert Marsh

Erlanger, KY

Forest Lawn Lake

Kenton County

06/17/2009

River Redhorse

9 lbs., 1 oz.

Denny Hatfield.

London, KY

Rockcastle River

Laurel County

09/20/2003

White Sucker

1.63 lbs.

Larry S. Salachi

Stanton, KY

Slate Creek,

Montgomery County

03/19/98

Silver Carp

9 lbs., 8 ozs.

Marvin Joe Southard

McHenry, KY

Ohio River

08/08/2004

Bluntnose Minnow

0.01 lbs.

Andy Pelphrey

Stambaugh, KY

Hood Creek,

Lawrence County

06/17/2008

Striped Shiner

0.08 lbs.

Andy Pelphrey

Stambaugh, KY

Toms Creek,

Johnson County

05/10/2008

Blacknose Dace

0.008 lbs.

Andy Pelphrey

Stambaugh, KY

Hood Creek,

Lawrence County

06/21/2008

Catfish

Blue Catfish**

104 lbs.

Bruce W. Midkiff

Owensboro, KY

Ohio River,

Cannelton Dam

Tailwaters

08/28/99

Bullhead Catfish

5 lbs., 3 ozs.

Harry Case

Paris, KY

Guist Creek Lake

10/18/92

Channel Catfish

32 lbs.

Kyle Estep

South Point, Ohio

Ohio River,

Boyd County

05/26/2004

Flathead Catfish

97 lbs.

Esker Carroll

Green River

06/06/56

White Catfish

3.70 lbs.

Steve Lurie

Taylorsville, KY

Guist Creek Lake

07/20/2007

Drum

Freshwater Drum

38 lbs.

Larry Cardwell

Morgantown, KY

Green River

06/05/80

Herring

Skipjack Herring

3.10 lbs.

Joey Dixon

Elizabethtown, KY

Ohio River,

Cannelton Tailwater

04/14/2006

Gizzard Shad

4.08 lbs.

Carl Rowe

Ohio River,

Greenup L & D

05/24/2009

Mooneye

Goldeye

2 lbs, .64 ozs.

Mark Smith

Lexington, KY

Kentucky River

04/21/2001

Perch

 

Sauger

7 lbs., 7 ozs.

Rastie Andrew

Jamestown, KY

Cumberland River, Lake Cumberland Tailwaters

04/28/83

Saugeye

6 lbs., 8 ozs.

Chuck Kouns

South Shore, KY

Ohio River,

Greenup County

02/19/98

Walleye

21 lbs., 8 ozs.

Abe Black

Shaker Heights, OH

Lake Cumberland

10/01/58

Logperch

0.04 lbs.

Jonathan Lapham

Glasgow, KY

Peters Creek

10/22/2005

Yellow Perch

1 lb., 4 ozs.

Willie Jackson

Murray, KY

Kenlake Resort,

Kentucky Lake

11/17/2004

Pike

Chain Pickerel

5 lbs., 6 ozs.

Tommy Thompson

Bardwell, KY

Forked Lake,

Carlisle County

07/08/83

Grass Pickerel

.63 lbs.

Gerald Gallagher

Louisville, KY

Wilson Creek,

Bullitt County

07/17/89

Muskellunge

44.38 lbs.

Scott A. Flatt

Lexington, KY

Cave Run Lake

05/09/98

Northern Pike

10.53 lbs.

Derek Cowden

Corbin, KY

Laurel River Lake

10/29/2006

Tiger Muskie

(Muskellunge Hybrid)

19 lbs., 9 ozs.

Wayne Joslin

Winchester, KY

Private Lake,

Clark County

04/25/2007

Sunfish

Bluegill

4 lbs., 3 ozs.

Phil Conyers

Madisonville, KY

Strip mine lake

Hopkins County

08/05/80

Crappie

(White or Black)

4 lbs., 14 ozs.

Penny Hopper

Crofton, KY

Watershed Lake

Christian County

05/08/2005

Green Sunfish

1 lb., 5 ozs.

Raymond Peyton

Lebanon, KY

Farm Pond,

Marion County

06/13/2000

Longear Sunfish

13.28 ozs.

Anthony Lynch

Salyersville, KY

Strip mine pond

Magoffin County

06/23/94

Redbreast Sunfish

.88 lbs.

Tim King

Stearns, KY

Marsh Creek

McCreary County

09/01/97

Redear Sunfish

(Shellcracker)

3 lbs., 1 oz.

Betty Truax

Finchville, KY

Farm Pond

Shelby County

05/24/82

Rock Bass

1 lb., 10 ozs.

H.S. White

Cadiz, KY

Casey Creek

Trigg County

05/26/75

Warmouth

1 lb., 6.2 ozs.

Jon Hoover

Louisville, KY

Private Pond

Jefferson County

07/21/2003

Trout

Brook Trout

1 lb., 5 ozs.

R. James Augustus

Louisville, KY

Martins Fork of

Cumberland River

08/21/82

Brown Trout

21 lbs.

Thomas Malone

Crofton, KY

Cumberland River,

Lake Cumberland

Tailwaters

04/30/2000

Lake Trout

5 lbs., 5 ozs.

John McDonogh

Jeffersontown, KY

Cumberland River,

Lake Cumberland

Tailwaters

04/04/83

Rainbow Trout

14 lbs., 6 ozs.

Jim Mattingly

Somerset, KY

Cumberland River,

Lake Cumberland

Tailwaters

09/10/72