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State Record Fish

Rules for catching a measuring a State Record Fish can be found HERE.

Species Name

Weight

Len.

Tackle

Place

Date

Caught by:

LARGEMOUTH BASS

11.80 lbs.

28 1/2 inches

Rod & reel w/jig & pig

Private Pit Lake, Cherokee Co.

05/03/08

Tyson Hallam, Scammon

SPOTTED BASS (KENTUCKY)

4.44 lbs.

18 1/2 inches

Fly rod w/medium popper

Marion County Lake

04/16/77

Clarence E. McCarter, Wichita

STRIPED BASS

43.5 lbs.

42 3/4 inches

Rod & reel w/white bass

Wilson Reservoir

05/18/88

Chester Nily, Sylvan Grove

SMALLMOUTH BASS

6.68 lbs.

22 1/2 inches

Rod & reel w/Plastic Worm

Milford Reservoir

08/15/04

Jason Heis, Salina

WIPER

22.24 lbs

31 1/8 inches

Rod & reel w/jig

Perry Spillway

07/09/05

Chris Wilcox, Eudora, KS

WHITE BASS

5.67 lbs

20 3/8 inches

Rod & reel w/ roadrunner

Rvr. above John Redmond

04/11/02

Marvin W. Gary, Peculiar, MO

BASS, WARMOUTH

1.11 lb.

10 1/2 inches

Rod & reel w/worms

Mined Land WA #7

04/30/88

Vivian A. Bradley, Pittsburg

WALLEYE

13.16 lbs.

29 inches

Rod & reel w/Rapala

Wilson Reservoir

04/17/96

Dustin Ritter, Hoisington

SAUGER

4.80 lbs.

23.75 inches

Rod & reel w/jig & minnow

Melvern Reservoir

11/29/96

Jimmy Barnes, Kansas City

SAUGEYE

9.81 lbs

28 1/2 inches

Rod & reel w/lure

Sebelius Reservoir

11/13/98

Raymond Wait, Norton

PERCH, YELLOW

1.06 lbs.

14 inches

Rod & reel w/worm

Coffey County Farm Pond

05/07/00

Walker Trimble, Burlington

CATFISH, BLUE

94 lbs.

57 inches

Rod & reel w/shad

Kansas River

07/14/00

James Edmiston, Shawnee

CATFISH, CHANNEL

36.5 lbs.

38 inches

Rod & reel w/fish entrails

Mined Land, WA-Cherokee Co.

06/03/03

RickBarnow, Humboldt

CATFISH, FLATHEAD

123 lbs.

61 inches

Rod & reel w/jig and minnow

Elk City Reservoir

05/14/98

Ken Paulie, Caney

CATFISH, BULLHEAD

7.33 lbs.

24 1/2 inches

Rod & reel w/crayfish

Farm Pond, Montgomery County

05/15/85

David A. Tremain, Havana

CRAPPIE, WHITE

4.02 lbs.

17 1/2 inches

Rod & reel w/live minnow

Farm Pond, Greenwood County

03/30/64

Frank Miller, Eureka

CRAPPIE, BLACK

4.63 lbs.

22 inches

Rod & reel w/live minnow

Woodson State Fishing Lake

10/21/57

Hazel Fey, Toronto

SUNFISH, GREEN

2.36 lbs.

11 1/2 inches

Rod & reel w/ grasshopper

Farm Pond

09/26/82

Fae Vaupel, Russell

SUNFISH, HYBRID (GREEN/ BLUEGILL)

2.65 lbs.

13 3/8 inches

Rod & reel w/#3 Mepps

Farm Pond

05/17/99

Ron Fountain, Paola

SUNFISH,REDEAR

1.69 lbs.

11 3/4 inches

Rod & reel w/jig

Finney Wildlife Area

07/04/95

Larry Fox, Scott City

BLUEGILL

2.31 lbs.

11 inches

Rod & reel w/worms

Farm Pond, Scott County

05/26/62

Robert Jefferies, Modoc

BUFFALO, BIGMOUTH

58 lbs.

40inches

Trotline w/minnow

Lovewell Reservoir

05/21/09

Tammie Overton, Hardy, NE

BUFFALO, SMALLMOUTH

51 lbs.

41 inches

Rod & reel

Farm Pond, Douglas County

05/02/79

Scott Butler, Lawrence

CARP

47.10 lbs.

40 1/4 inches

Rod & reel w/corn

Carey Park (Hutchinson)

06/10/97

Phil McAmis, Hutchinson

DRUM

31.50 lbs.

40 1/8 inches

Trotline w/crawfish

Blue River, Riley Co.

09/02/08

Bill Hull, Blue Rapids

WHITE AMUR

73 lbs.

50 inches

Rod & reel w/Mepps

Farm Pond

08/14/05

Caleb Clark Valley Falls

GAR, SPOTTED

7.75 lbs.

33 1/2 inches

Bow & Arrow

Chetopa Dam

05/13/83

Charles Harbert, Arma

GAR, SHORTNOSE

5.94 lbs.

34 1/4 inches

Compound bow & arrow

Milford Reservoir

05/04/85

Jack M. Frost, Manhattan

GAR, LONGNOSE

31.5 lbs.

N/A

Rod & reel w/yellow beetle

Perry Reservoir outlet

05/21/74

Ray Schroeder, Topeka

STURGEON

5.23 lbs.

35 1/2 inches

Trotline w/ nightcrawler

Lovewell Reservoir

07/04/99

Edwin P. Hood, Mankato

GOLDEYE

2.25 lbs.

17 3/4 inches

Rod & reel w/vibrotail

Milford Reservoir

06/19/80

Mike Augustine, Junction City

PADDLEFISH

144 lbs.

54 1/4 inches

Rod & reel

Atchinson Co. Pond

05/05/04

Clinton Boldridge, Riley,KS

EEL, AMERICAN

4.44 lbs.

35 1/4 inches

Rod & reel w/green worm

Kansas River

06/23/87

Ralph B. Westerman, Manhattan

TROUT, BROWN

7.68 oz.

10.66 inches

Rod & reel w/Little George

Mined Land Wildlife Area #30

05/20/07

Kyle Jolley, Miami, OK

TROUT, RAINBOW

9.33 lbs.

25 1/2 inches

Rod & reel w/Berkley PowerBait

Shawnee Mission Park Lake

03/03/09

Ken Phelps, Gardner

PIKE, NORTHERN

24.75 lbs.

44 inches

Rod & reel w/silver spoon

Council Grove Reservoir

08/28/71

Mr. & Mrs. H.A. Bowman, Manhattan