MISSISSIPPI STATE RECORD FRESHWATER FISH
Fish Caught with a Rod and Reel
or Pole and Line
| Alligator gar |
215 lbs. |
| Earl Stafford |
Natchez, MS |
| Mississippi River near Natchez |
03-May-2003 |
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| Largemouth Bass |
18.15 lbs. |
| Anthony Denny |
Washington, MS |
| Natchez State Park Lake |
31-Dec-1992 |
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| Spotted Bass |
8 lbs. 2 oz. |
| S. Ross Grantham |
Seminary, MS |
| Farm Pond, Jones County |
2-Sep-1975 |
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| Smallmouth Bass |
7 lbs. 15 oz. |
| Thomas Wilbanks |
Walnut, MS |
| Yellow Creek Arm of Pickwick Lake |
24-Jan-1987 |
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| Striped Bass |
37.82 lbs. |
| Tony C. Graves |
Hattiesburg, MS |
| Bowie River |
13-May-1993 |
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| Striped Bass Hybrid |
17.77 lbs. |
| Robert F. Fulce |
Oxford, MS |
| Lower Sardis Lake |
15-Apr-1991 |
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| White Bass |
5 lbs. 6 oz. |
| William Mulvihill |
Greenwood, MS |
| Grenada Reservoir Spillway |
21-Apr-1979 |
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| Yellow Bass |
1.46 lbs. |
| Ford Day |
Jackson, MS |
| Lake Cavalier |
21-Feb-2002 |
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| White Crappie |
5 lbs. 3 oz. |
| Fred Bright |
Memphis, TN |
| Enid Reservoir |
31-Jul-1957 |
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| Black Crappie |
4 lbs. 4 oz. |
| Gerald Conlee |
Hernando, MS |
| Arkabutla Reservoir |
19-Mar-1991 |
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| Magnolia Crappie |
3.46 lbs |
| Tom M. Box, Jr |
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| Lake Charlie Capps |
24-Apr-2004 |
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| Bluegill |
3.45 lbs. |
| Gerald E. Thurmond |
Blue Mountain, MS |
| Farm Pond |
2-Feb-1995 |
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| Redear |
3.33 lbs |
| James K. Martin |
Ripley, MS |
| Tippah County Lake |
5-Nov-1991 |
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| Warmouth |
1 lb. 8 oz. |
| Lillian Morris |
Ocean Springs, MS |
| Black Creek |
17-Jun-1979 |
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| Green Sunfish |
1.26 lbs. |
| Craig Jones |
Jackson, MS |
| Waltman's Lake, Canton, MS |
21-May-1986 |
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| Green Sunfish Hybrid |
1.23 lbs. |
| Troy M. Wright |
Horn Lake, MS |
| Private Farm near Olive Branch |
6-Apr-1986 |
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| Channel Catfish |
51 lbs. 12 oz. |
| Tom Edwards |
Toomsuba, MS |
| Lake Tom Bailey |
31-May-1997 |
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| Blue Catfish |
93.0 lbs. |
| Carrol Pearson |
Gunnison, MS |
| Mississippi River near Rosedale |
12-Feb-1997 |
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| Flathead Catfish |
65 lbs. 8 oz. |
| Wade Arnold |
Baldwyn, MS |
| Pickwick Lake |
21-Mar-1987 |
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| Black Bullhead |
5.56 lbs. |
| Harold B. Alexander |
Southaven, MS |
| Sunrise Lake near Nesbit |
12-Jun-1988 |
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| Brown Bullhead |
6.13 lbs. |
| Bobby L. Gibson, Jr. |
Gautier, MS |
| Farm Pond near Harrisville |
19-Jan-1991 |
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| Yellow Bullhead |
2 lbs. 13 oz. |
| Robert Cason |
Greenwood, MS |
| Mossy Lake |
26-May-1974 |
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| Walleye |
9.66 lbs. |
| Clayton E. Hobbs |
Iuka, MS |
| Tennessee River near Iuka |
19-Jan-1985 |
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| Sauger |
2.52 lbs. |
| Pete Mauceli |
Greenville, MS |
| Mississippi River near Greenville |
5-Aug-1992 |
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| Saugeye |
4.66 lbs. |
| Scott Wood |
Baldwyn , MS |
| Bay Springs Lake (Tenn-Tom) |
26-Feb-2000 |
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| Carp |
74.0 lbs. |
| Curtis Wade |
Pelahatchie, MS |
| Pelahatchie Lake |
13-Jun-1963 |
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| Grass Carp |
48.4 lbs. |
| Andy Welch |
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| Cameron Plantation Lake |
29-Feb-2004 |
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| Bigmouth Buffalo |
42 lbs. 8 oz. |
| C.B. O'Daniel |
Memphis, TN |
| Sardis Reservoir |
15-Nov-1977 |
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| Smallmouth Buffalo |
57 lbs. 12 oz. |
| Charles M. Cox |
Brandon, MS |
| Ross Barnett Reservoir |
21-Nov-1983 |
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| Bighead Carp |
66 lbs. 12 oz. |
| Al Reed |
Independence, MS |
| Sardis Lower Lake |
27-Mar-1999 |
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| Paddlefish |
65.0 lbs. |
| Randy Pues |
Jackson, MS |
| Ross Barnett Reservoir Spillway |
23-Jun-1974 |
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| Drum |
25.27 lbs. |
| George Anderson |
Cleveland, MS |
| MP&L Lake, Cleveland |
26-Mar-1989 |
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| Chain Pickerel |
6 lbs. 4 oz. |
| Ronnie Boren |
Marietta, MS |
| Bay Springs Lake (Tenn-Tom) |
4-Oct-1986 |
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| Bowfin |
18 lbs. 14 oz. |
| B. H. Toney |
Brandon, MS |
| Ross Barnett Reservoir |
23-Nov-1978 |
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| Longnose Gar |
40.0 lbs. |
| J.E. Bennett |
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| Grenada Lake Spillway |
16-Jan-2004 |
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| Shortnose Gar |
5.83 lbs. |
| Robert Mills |
Oakland, MS |
| Enid Spillway |
22-Aug-1999 |
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| Spotted gar |
5 lbs. 8 oz. |
| Greg Sarringar |
Greenville, MS |
| Lake Lee |
08-May-2003 |
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| Rainbow trout |
2.96 lbs. |
| William Tribble |
Cleveland, MS |
| Lake Whittington |
21-Mar-2001 |
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| American Eel |
5 lbs. 1 oz. |
| Mitch McLendon |
Crystal Springs, MS |
| Mississippi River near Vicksburg |
12-Jul-1994 |
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