WISCONSIN STATE FISHING RECORDS
RECORDS THANKS TO NATIONAL FRESH WATER FISHING HALL OF FAME
Species lbs/ozs. Angler Where Caught Date
BASS, Hybrid
Striped 11-14.6 Matt Balliet Lake Columbia 1994
BASS,
Largemouth 11-3 Robert Miklowski Lake Ripley 1940
BASS, Rock 2-15 David Harris Lake Ripley 1940
BASS, rOCK 2-15 David Harris Shadow Lake 1990
BASS, Smallmouth 9-1 Leon Stefoneck Indian Lake 1950
BASS, White 4-6 Thomas Poetz Okauchee Lake 1977
BASS, Yellow 2-2 Jim Thrun Lake Monona 1972
BLUEGILL 2-8 Chris Bauer Dutch Hollow Lake 1994
BOWFIN,
Dogfish 13-1 Kevin Kelch Willow Flowage 1980
BUFFALO, Bigmouth 54-0 Paul D. Savre Burlingame Lake 1988
BUFFALO, Smallmouth OPEN
BULLHEAD, Black 5-8 William A. Weigus Bigg Falls Flowage 1989
BULLHEAD, Brown 3-12 Mrs. Eugene Mabel Nelson Lake 1972
BULLHEAD, Yellow 3-5 Isla M. Hams Nelson Lake 1983
BURBOT 13-8 Richard Bjarnarson Green Bay 1993
CARP 57-2 Mike Prorok Lake Wisconsin 1966
CARPSUCKER,
Quillback 3-8 Albert W. Hartog Fox River 1990
CATFISH, Channel 44-0 Larry Volenec Wisconsin River 1962
CATFISH, Flathead 65-0 Michael Bellemore Fox River 1987
CISCO 4-10 1/2 Joe Miller Big Green Lake 1969
CRAPPIE, Black 4-8 Allen A. Dollar Gile Flowage 1967
CRAPPIE, White OPEN
GAR, Longnose 21-4 Timothy Mastandrea Wisconsin River 1990
GAR, Shortnose 1-.2 Daniel Skirvin Wisconsin River 1994
MOONEYE 1-8 Alan Lee Lake Winnebago 1990
MUSKELLUNGE 69-11 Louis Spray L.Chippewa Flowage 1949
MUSKELLUNGE, Tiger
Hybrid* 51-3 John Knobla Lac Vieux Desert 1919
PERCH, White OPEN
PERCH, Yellow 3-4 Mike Lamont Lake Winnebago 1954
PIKE, Northern 38-0 J.A. Rahn Lake Puckaway 1952
REDHORSE 11-7 Neal Long Plum Creek 1985
RUDD, European 1-3 Ivan Christopherson North Lake 1991
SAUGER 5-13 Kim Chrisler Lake Wisconsin 1988
SAUGEYE 7-6 1/2 Jim Brynes Wisconsin River 1990
SALMON, Atlantic 23-15 Jack Remus Lake Michigan 1980
SALMON, Chinook 44-15 John Bostedt Lake Michigan 1994
SALMON, Coho 24-6 Diane Zillian Lake Michigan 1975
SALMON, Kokanee 1-0 Tina Smitala Upper Bass 1992
SALMON, Pink 4-12 Virgil Borstad Lake Michigan 1989
SHAD, Gizzard 4-4 Bruce Beecroft Lake Michigan 1982
SHEEPSHEAD 35-4 Raymond Childs Mississippi River 1992
STURGEON, Lake 170-10 Jon Procal Yellow Lake 1979
SUCKER, White 5-15 James E. Smith Devils Lake 1979
SUNFISH, Green 1-9 Thomas Tart Wind Lake 1967
SUNFISH,
PUMPKINSEED 1-0 Gary Adamski Bishop Lake 1976
1-0 John Adamski Lake Noquebay 1982
TROUT, Brook 9-15 John Mixis Prairie River 1944
TROUT, Brown 32-8 Melvin W. Kegel Lake Michigan 1978
TROUT, Brown
Inland 18-6 Terry McKittrick Lake Geneva 1984
TROUT, Lake 47-0 Waino Roose Lake Superior 1946
TROUT, Rainbow 25-8 Eric Leibold Lake Michigan 1992
TROUT,
Splake Hybrid 14-4 Bill Keeler Ada Lake 1967
TROUT, Tiger 20-13 Peter Friedland Lake Michigan 1978
WALLEYE 18-0 Tony Brothers High Lake 1933
WARMOUTH 0-13 Jim Schmeling Trump Lake 1990
WHITEFISH, Lake 11-11 Joseph Jorgensen,Sr. Lake Superior 1977
*CAUGHT IN WISCONSIN/MICHIGAN BOUNDARY WATERS