Minnesota State Fishing Records

Fish	Angler	Weight	Length (inches)	Girth (inches)	Date	Location	County
Largemouth Bass	Mark Raveling	8 lb. 15 oz.	23.5	18	10/03/2005	Auburn Lake	Carver
Rock Bass	Paul Kern	2 lb. 0 oz.	13.5	12.5	5/10/98	Lake Osakis	Todd
Smallmouth Bass	John Creighton	8 lb. 0 oz.			1948	West Battle Lake	Otter Tail
White Bass	Dan Dickhausen	4 lb. 0 oz.			2/12/72	Saint Croix River, by NSP plant	Washington
White Bass	Richard Zehrt	4 lb. 0 oz.	18		5/14/74	, Genoa fishing barge	Houston
Bowfin	Jack B. Chesney	10 lb. 15 oz.	32	15	7/15/83	Mary Lake	Douglas
Bowfin	Joe Engelmeyer	10 lb. 15 oz.	31	14.8	8/26/92	French Lake	Rice
Bigmouth Buffalo	Robert Koplin	41 lb. 11 oz.	38.5	29.5	3/7/91	Mississippi River	Goodhue
Black Buffalo	Kevin Tauer	20 lb. 0.5 oz.	34.2	20	6/26/97	Minnesota River	Nicollet
Smallmouth Buffalo	Stephen Cook	13 lb. 4 oz.	28	22	11/11/93	Mississippi River	Ramsey
Black Bullhead	Keith Hvezda	3 lb. 13.12 oz.	17.17	14.96	6/8/97	Reno Lake	Pope
Brown Bullhead	William Meyer	7 lb. 1 oz.	24.4		5/21/74	Shallow Lake	Itasca
Yellow Bullhead	Dick Ellingsworth	3 lb. 10.5 oz.	17.875	11.75	8/5/02	Lake Osakis	Todd
Burbot	John Galles	19 lb. 3 oz.	36.25	22.75	2/17/01	Lake of the Woods, Baudette	Lake of the Woods
Carp	Frank Ledwein	55 lb. 5 oz.	42	31	7/10/52	Clearwater Lake	Wright
River Carpsucker	Stephen Cook	3 lb. 15 oz.	19.5	14	3/9/91	Mississippi River	Ramsey
Channel Catfish	Terrence Fussy	38 lb. 0 oz.	44		1/10/75	Mississippi River	Hennepin
Flathead Catfish	John L. Robert	70 lb. 0 oz.			1970	Saint Croix River	Washington
Black Crappie	Tom Christenson	5 lb. 0 oz.	21		1940	Vermillion River	Dakota
White Crappie	Michael J. Woodward	3 lb. 15 oz.	18	16	7/28/02	Constance Lake	Wright
Freshwater Drum	Richard L. Rolbiecki	35 lb. 3.2 oz.	36	31	10/5/99	Mississippi River, near Winona	Winona
American Eel	Matthew R. Brown	6 lb. 9 oz.	36	14	8/8/97	Saint Croix River, Stillwater	Washington
Longnose Gar	Doug Fullerton	16 lb. 12 oz.	53	16.5	5/4/82	Saint Croix River, Prescott	Washington
Shortnose Gar	Matthew Ocel	4 lb. 9.6 oz.	34.6	10	7/22/84	Mississippi River	Hennepin
Goldeye	Jamie Borowiak	2 lb. 13.1 oz.	20.1	11.5	6/10/01	Root River, near Hokah	Houston
Northern Hogsucker	Brian Humble	1 lb. 15 oz.	14.25	7.1	8/16/82	Sunrise River, near Sunrise	Chisago
Mooneye	Scott Neudecker	1 lb. 15 oz.	16.5	9.75	6/18/80	Minnesota River	Redwood
Muskellunge	Art Lyons	54 lb. 0 oz.	56	27.8	1957	Lake Winnibigoshish	Itasca
Tiger Muskellunge	Josh Stevenson	34 lb. 12 oz.	51	22.5	7/7/99	Lake Elmo	Washington
Yellow Perch	Merle Johnson	3 lb. 4 oz.			1945	Lake Plantaganette	Hubbard
Northern Pike	J. V. Schanken	45 lb. 12 oz.			5/16/29	Basswood Lake	Lake
Golden Redhorse	Travis Lundquist	3 lb. 14 oz.	20	12.1	4/26/03	Big Fork River	Koochiching
Greater Redhorse	Mitch Kunde	11 lb. 13 oz.	29	17.88	5/18/95	Upper South Long Lake	Crow Wing
River Redhorse		11 lb. 5 oz.	29.25	15.00	4/5/2004	St. Croix River	Chisago
Shorthead Redhorse	Robert G. Litke	7 lb. 15 oz.	27	15	8/5/83	Rum River, near Ramsey	Anoka
Silver Redhorse	Gerald Lundquist	9 lb. 1.5 oz.	26.4	16	4/24/03	Rainy River	Koochiching
Quillback Rockfish	James Loude	6 lb. 14.4 oz.	23	18	4/6/91	Mississippi River	Ramsey
Atlantic Salmon	Matt Bauer	12 lb. 13 oz.	35.5	16.5	10/12/91	Baptism River	Lake
Chinook (King) Salmon	Dave Anderson	33 lb. 4 oz.	44.75	25.75	9/23/89	Poplar River	Cook
Chinook (King) Salmon	Jeffrey Gulbranson	33 lb. 4 oz.	42.25	26.13	10/12/89	Lake Superior	St. Louis
Coho Salmon	Louis Rhode	10 lb. 6.5 oz.	27.3		11/7/70	Lake Superior, near Baptism River	Lake
Kokanee Salmon	Lars Kindem	2 lb. 15 oz.	20	11.5	8/6/71	Caribou Lake	Itasca
Pink (Humpback) Salmon	Eugene E. Troyna	4 lb. 8 oz.	23.5	13.2	9/9/89	Cascade River	Cook
Sauger	Don Kizer	6 lb. 2.75 oz.	23.88	15	5/23/88	Mississippi River, near Red Wing	Goodhue
Splake	Michael Birdsall	13 lb. 5.44 oz.	33.5	19	2/11/01	Larson Lake	Itasca
Lake Sturgeon	Kim Bengston	94 lb. 4 oz.	70	26.5	9/5/94	Kettle River	Pine
Shovelnose Sturgeon	Joe Yankovec	5 lb. 5 oz.	34	12	4/13/98	Mississippi River	Goodhue
Blue Sucker	Bruce Edwards	14 lb. 3 oz.	30.4	20.2	2/28/87	Mississippi River, near Alma	Wabasha
Longnose Sucker	Joel Anderson	3 lb. 2 oz.	19	11	4/11/86	Rainy River	Koochiching
White Sucker	Thomas Waibel	9 lb. 1 oz.	24.25	16.25	5/1/83	Big Fish Lake	Stearns
Bluegill Sunfish	Bob Parker	2 lb. 13 oz.			1948	Alice Lake	Hubbard
Green Sunfish	Richard R. Kunze	1 lb. 2.7 oz.	11.4	10.5	1/9/84	Scheuble Lake	Carver
Hybrid Sunfish	Daniel Ahlquist	1 lb. 12 oz.	11.5	12	7/9/94	Middle Fork Zumbro River	Olmsted
Pumpkinseed Sunfish	John Svihel	1 lb. 5.6 oz.	10.1	12.13	6/6/99	Leech Lake	Cass
Brook Trout	Charles A. Pederson	6 lb. 5.6 oz.	24	14.5	9/2/00	Pigeon River	Cook
Brown Trout	W. Landis Bullock	16 lb. 12 oz.	31.4	20.6	6/23/89	Lake Superior	St. Louis
Lake Trout	G. H. Nelson	43 lb. 8 oz.			5/30/55	Lake Superior, near Hovland	Cook
Rainbow Trout	Clifford Lovold	15 lb. 7 oz.	33	19	9/11/70	, King's Landing	St. Louis
Tiger Trout	Chris Nelson	2 lb. 9.12 oz.	20	9.63	8/7/99	Mill Creek	Olmsted
Tullibee	Terry J. Gfeller	5 lb. 11.8 oz.	20.45	16.4	4/16/02	Little Long Lake	St. Louis
Walleye	Leroy Chiovitte	17 lb. 8 oz.	35.8	21.3	5/13/79	Seagull River	Cook
Sauger Hybrid Walleye	Ron Goodmanson	9 lb. 13.4 oz.	27	17.75	3/20/99	Mississippi River, near Red Wing	Goodhue
Lake Whitefish	Darryl L. Peterson	12 lb. 4.5 oz.	28.5	20	3/21/99	Leech Lake, near Walker	Cass
Menominee (Round) Whitefish	Jon Kettunen	2 lb. 7.5 oz.	21	9.1	4/27/87	Lake Superior	Cook