Freshwater Fishing Records

North Carolina Freshwater Fishing Records

The following tables contain the current fishing records for a variety of freshwater species.
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Species	Weight	Location	Date	Angler	Lure/Bait	Photo
Bodie bass (hybrid striped bass)	17 lbs 7 oz	Lake Chatuge	3/15/96	Michael R. Hogsed	Rebel Jointed Plug
Roanoke bass	2 lbs 11 oz	Nash County Fishing Creek	4/27/94	Richard Elijah Evans	Spinnerbait
largemouth bass	15 lbs 14 oz	Farm Pond, Union County	3/29/91	William H. Wofford	Crankbait
rock bass	1 lb 14 oz	Deep River, Carbonton	4/29/98	Robert W. Lytton	Crappie Jig
smallmouth	10 lbs 2 oz	Hiwassee Reservoir	6/1/51	Archie Lampkin	Unknown	-
spotted bass	6 lbs 5 oz	Lake Norman	12/26/03	Eric M. Weir	Zoom Finesse Worm
striped bass	54 lbs 2 oz	Hiwassee Reservoir	6/7/91	Larry KIeith Verner	Minnow
white bass	5 lbs 14 oz	Kerr Reservoir	3/15/86	Jim King	Bucktail

Species	Weight	Location	Date	Angler	Lure/Bait	Photo
blue catfish	89lbs	Badin Lake	11/25/06	Eric Fincher	Shiner
channel catfish	18.5 lbs	Neuse River	8/15/2007	Wesley Trucks	Cut eel
flathead catfish	78 lbs	Cape Fear River	9/17/05	Brian Newberger	Live eel
white catfish	13 lbs	Lake James	5/21/90	Jerry Wayne Bentley	Night crawler
brown bullhead	3 lbs 12 oz	Buck Hall Creek, Duplin County	4/26/97	Gregory Dale Hughes	Night crawler

Species	Weight	Location	Date	Angler	Lure/Bait	Photo
pumpkinseed	1 lb 6 oz	Trent River	5/21/03	John Koonce	Eel
redear (shellcracker)	4 lbs 6 oz*	Lookout Shoals Lake	6/12/88	Rondal Sweet	Orange Rooster-tail	-
bluegill	4 lbs 5 oz	Henderson County	7/27/67	Danny Case	Catawba worm
flier	1 lb 5 oz	Private pond	3/17/90	Douglas N. McCall	Cricket
green sunfish	1 lb 2 oz	Pond at Butner-Falls of the Neuse Game Land	5/5/06	John Michael Deaton	Live red worm
redbreast	1 lb12 oz	Bladen Co. Big Swamp	5/29/83	Ronald Stanley	Beetle spin	-
warmouth	1 lb 13 oz	Richmond Co. McLeods Pond	5/7/76	Emma Sears	Minnow	-

*This record was tied by Scott Miller in Union Farm Pond on June 12, 1994.

Species	Weight	Location	Date	Angler	Lure/Bait	Photo
brook trout	7 lbs 7 oz	Raven Fork River	5/15/80	G.L. Marshall, Jr.	Rooster tail	-
brown trout	24 lbs 10 oz	Nantahala River	4/17/98	Robert Lee Dyer	#11 Rapala	-
rainbow trout	20 lbs 3 oz	Horsepasture River, Jackson Co.	1/28/06	Leah Johnson	Rapala

Species	Weight	Location	Date	Angler	Lure/Bait	Photo
bowfin	17 lbs 15 oz	Black River	6/21/97	Gregory A. Demery, Sr.	Cut bait bream
carp	48 lbs	Mecklenburg Co. pond	3/11/86	William Houston, Jr.	Unknown
black crappie	4 lbs 15 oz	Asheboro City Lake #4	4/27/80	Dean Dixon	Minnow
white crappie	3 lbs, 4 oz	pond at the Waverly Swim Club in Charlotte.	03/05/08	James G. (Greg) Brown	bass minnow
freshwater drum	22 lbs	Kerr Lake	11/27/06	Daniel Stotts	Minnow
grass carp	68 lbs 12 oz	Summerlins Pond, Leland	6/8/98	David W. Stowell	Rebel Pop R
kokanee salmon	3.07 lbs	Nantahala Lake	8/27/07	Mark Swann	Frisky Fish Spoon
longnose gar	19 lbs 10½ oz	Rock Quarry Lakes	6/29/06	Sebastian Lankiewicz	Rapala crankbait
muskellunge	41 lbs 8 oz	Lake Adger	1/23/01	Richard W. Dodd	Big Mack
tiger muskellunge	33 lbs 8 oz	Lake James	4/3/88	Gary Dean Nanney	Buzzbait
northern pike	11 lbs 13 oz	Lake James	8/26/78	Keith Gilliam	Storm Wiggle Wart
sauger	5 lbs 15 oz	Norman Lake	7/25/71	David Shook	Topwater Rapala
smallmouth buffalo	88 lbs	Lake Wylie	11/14/93	Tony Crawford	Pack bait
walleye	13 lbs 8 oz	Lake Chatuge (Shooting Cr.)	8/16/86	Lamar L. Cofer	Old faithful spoon