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West Virginia State Fishing Records
Reporting Procedures For Record Fish
A record of the largest fish of each species taken by hook and line in West Virginia waters is maintained. Certificates of
accomplishment are awarded for each record holder.
Any angler landing a potential record breaker should report his catch to
Wildlife Resources Section,
Division of Natural Resources,
324 Fourth Avenue
South Charleston, WV 25303
Click here to download the State Fish Record
Reporting Form (PDF format).
Species |
Year |
Total Length (Inches) |
Total Weight (Pounds) |
Where Caught |
Angler |
Bass
Largemouth |
1994 |
24.8 |
12.28 |
Pond
(Grant County) |
David
W. Heeter |
| |
2001 |
25.75 |
9.62 |
Dog
Run Lake |
Eli
Gain |
|
Smallmouth |
1971 |
24.25 |
9.75 |
South Branch |
David Lindsay |
| |
1976 |
25.5 |
7.5 |
New River |
Franklin J. Elliott |
|
Rock |
1964 |
13.8 |
1.75 |
Big Sandy Creek |
Warren Ryan |
|
Spotted |
1988
2000 |
19
19 |
3.82
4.77 |
RD Bailey Lake
RD Bailey Lake |
Leonard Blankenship
Kevin Dameron |
|
Striped Bass |
2000 |
37.68 |
29.56 |
Bluestone Lake |
Terry Watkins |
|
Hybrid Striped Bass |
1985
2000 |
31.5
32.1 |
16.75
14 |
Kanawha River
Kanawha River |
Robert Honaker
Frankie Harris |
|
White Bass |
1985 |
20 |
4.56 |
New River |
Louis Puskas |
|
Bluegill |
1964 |
13.75 |
2.25 |
Pond (Fayette County) |
Dennis Criss |
| |
1986 |
11.7 |
2.75 |
Pond (Randolph County) |
Mark Allan Lewis |
|
Bowfin |
1994 |
32.25 |
7.54 |
Pond (Berkeley County) |
Donald E. Newcomb, III |
| |
1994 |
29.38 |
7.66 |
Pond (Berkeley County) |
Carl A. Jaeger, III |
|
Buffalo |
1976 |
41 |
38 |
Little Kanawha River |
Hobert Null |
Carp
Common |
1988 |
41 |
41.5 |
Stonecoal Lake |
Charles J. Cook |
| |
1998 |
39.3 |
47 |
Pond (Preston County) |
Gary Johnson |
|
Grass |
2002 |
47.1 |
52.5 |
Pond(Mason County) |
Joseph R. Spencer, II |
Catfish
Bullhead |
1977 |
22.75 |
6.1 |
Tygart Lake Headwaters |
Gary R. Freeman |
|
Channel |
1993 |
38 |
33.38 |
Patterson
Creek |
Johnny
J. Weatherholtz, Jr. |
| |
1994 |
38.5 |
21.25 |
Lee
Creek |
Mike
C. Mace |
|
Flathead |
1956 |
52 |
70 |
Little Kanawha River |
L.L. McClung |
|
Chain Pickerel |
2001 |
27.75 |
6.19 |
Tuckahoe Lake |
Steven Demma |
|
Crappie |
1971 |
19.75 |
4.05 |
Meathouse Fork |
Leonard Edgell |
|
Eel |
1977 |
44 |
7.25 |
Bunker Hill Quarry |
Arlie R. Ruble |
| |
1983 |
44.25 |
6.27 |
Elk River |
Steve Woods |
|
Fallfish |
1970 |
21.25 |
3.5 |
North Fork of South Branch |
James Blackwell |
|
Freshwater Drum |
1954 |
37 |
25 |
Little Kanawha River |
Bill Dawkins |
| |
1989 |
35.5 |
27 |
South Fork of Hughes |
Charles Mickel Lott |
|
Longnose Gar |
1993
2003 |
50.5
50.63
|
19.08
16.75
|
Kanawha River
Fish Creek
|
Michael Shan Casey
Brian Klug
|
|
Goldeye |
1983 |
18.5 |
3 |
Ohio River |
Delbert McWilliams |
|
Muskellunge |
1997 |
50.37 |
49.75 |
Stonecoal
Lake |
Anna
Marsh |
| |
2003 |
52.7 |
38.5 |
Stonecoal
Lake |
Glenn
Boyd |
|
Northern Pike |
1989 |
42.6 |
22.06 |
Dog Run Lake |
Boyd O. Pratt Sr |
|
Sauger |
1985 |
23 |
4.75 |
Ohio River |
Steve Powell |
|
Saugeye |
2000 |
26.0 |
7.25 |
Ohio River |
Dru Beck |
| |
2000 |
27.1 |
6.13 |
East Lynn Lake |
Wendell Williamson |
|
Skip Jack |
1991 |
18.6 |
2.38 |
Ohio River |
Elmer Bullard |
| |
2002 |
18.4 |
2.61 |
Kanawha River |
Steve Skeens |
|
Tiger Musky |
1994 |
49.25 |
36.5 |
Mountwood Lake |
Clyde E.Beckett |
| Trout |
1981 |
23.5 |
4.78 |
Lost
River |
Jack
E. Foltz |
| Brook |
| |
2004 |
22.25 |
7.64 |
Shavers Fork of Cheat River |
Gary M. Chapman |
|
Brown |
1968 |
32 |
16 |
South Branch |
Paul Barker |
|
Golden Rainbow |
1987 |
27.5 |
8.63 |
Stonecoal Lake |
Gerald Estep |
| |
1998 |
26.4 |
9.31 |
Brushy Fork Lake |
Danny Crider |
|
Rainbow |
1993 |
31.7 |
11.74 |
Stonecoal Lake |
John P. Arnett |
|
Tiger |
1986 |
26 |
6.68 |
Greenbrier River |
John Duncan |
|
Walleye |
1976 |
35 |
15 |
Kanawha
Falls |
Fred
Cline |
| |
2003 |
32.0 |
17.82 |
Kanawha
River |
Steve
Skeens |
|
Yellow Perch |
1971 |
15 |
1.75 |
Pond (Monongalia County) |
Stanley Bloniarz, Jr |
| |
1985 |
14.5 |
1.83 |
Tygart Lake |
Charles Mayle |
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