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Kentucky State Record Fish List   

As of June 22, 2009

Application for Official Kentucky State Record Fish Program

 

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

Evansville, IN

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

   

*World Record - line class; Catch and Release

**World Record - all tackle

Note: No listing for a species means no record currently exists for that species.

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