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Tennessee State Fish Records

“The state record fish program is currently under review, so the current listed fish species and methods are the only ones that will be accepted at this time”.

List updated as of *10-17-18

Class A - Sportfishing Methods
Class B - Methods other than Rod and Reel

Black Bass

Species	Weight	Location	Caught By	Date Caught
Coosa (Redeye)	1 lb. 15 oz.	Parksville Reservoir	Harry E. Parker	August 18, 1991
Smallmouth*	11 lbs. 15 oz.	Dale Hollow Reservoir	D. L. Hayes	July 9, 1955
Largemouth	15 lbs. 3 oz.	Chickamauga Reservoir	Gabe Keen	February 13, 2015
Spotted	6 lbs. 1 oz.	Chickamauga Reservoir	Chris Coleman	February 22, 2011
Alabama	7 lbs. 0 oz.	Parksville Reservoir	Shane McKee	March 10, 2014

True Bass

Species	Weight	Location	Caught By	Date Caught
Striped Bass (Rockfish)	65 lbs. 6 oz	Cordell Hull Reservoir	Ralph H. Dallas	May 1, 2000
Cherokee (Hybrid)	23 lbs. 3 oz.	Stones River	Ray Pelfrey	April 17, 1998
White	5 lbs. 10 oz.	Mississippi River	Bill Nelson	September 29, 2003
Yellow*	2 lbs. 9 oz.	Duck River (near Waverly, TN)	John T. Chappell	February 27, 1998

Trout

Species	Weight	Location	Caught By	Date Caught
Brook	4 lbs. 12 oz.	Caney Fork River	Saŝa Krezić	April 1, 2016
Brown	28 lbs. 12 oz.	Clinch River	Greg Ensor	August 30, 1988
Cutthroat	6 oz.	Obey River (Dale Hollow Tailwater)	Philip Neyman	June 1, 1969
Rainbow	18 lbs. 8 oz.	Pond (Polk County)	John H. Morgan III	June 17, 2016
Ohrid*	14 lbs. 5 oz.	Watauga Reservoir	Richard Lynn Carter	March 28, 1986
Lake	22 lbs. 2 oz.	Watauga Reservoir	Jack Forbes	July 3, 2008

Crappie

Species	Weight	Location	Caught By	Date Caught
Black*	5 lbs. 7.68 oz.	Private Pond - (Loudon County)	Lionel Ferguson	May 15, 2018
White	5 lbs. 1 oz.	Garner Brown's Pond (Dickson County)	Bill Allen	April 20, 1968

Perch

Species	Weight	Location	Caught By	Date Caught
Yellow (Tie)	2 lbs. 3 oz.	Lake Dartmore	Trenton D. McCoy	January 16, 2017
	2 lbs. 3 oz.	Kirkstone Lake	Richard V. Marsich	July 30 , 2018
Sauger	7 lbs. 6 oz.	Kentucky Reservoir (Pickwick tailwater)	Rayford D. Voss	February 19, 1973
Saugeye	10 lbs. 12 oz.	Melton Hill Reservoir	Chris Vittetoe	July 18, 1998
Walleye*	25 lbs.	Old Hickory Reservoir	Mabry Harper	August 3, 1960

Pike

Species	Weight	Location	Caught By	Date Caught
Northern	24 lbs. 8 oz.	South Holston Reservoir	Frank Childers	March 28, 1995
Muskellunge	43 lbs. 14 oz.	Melton Hill Reservoir	Steven Paul	March 2, 2017
Chain Pickerel	7 lbs. 7 oz.	Kentucky Reservoir	Burke Williams	February 2, 1991

Sunfish

Species	Weight	Location	Caught By	Date Caught
Bluegill	3 lbs.	Farm Pond, Bledsoe Co.	Brad Pendergrass	December 19, 1987
Bluegill	3 lbs.	Fall Creek Falls Creek	Thelma Grissom	June 27, 1977
Pumpkinseed	5 oz.	Dogwood Lake	Lynn Middleton	June 14, 1998
Green	1 lb. 4 oz.	North Cross Creek	Dwight M. Lehman	June 8, 1991
Longear	13 oz.	Pond, Overton Co.	Kay Forsberg	May 15, 1985
Redbreast	1 lb. 5 oz.	Holston River	R. W. Gillespie	June 22, 1974
Redear	3 lbs. 6 oz.	Private Pond	Annelise S. Houston	September 1, 1979
Rock Bass	2 lbs. 8 oz.	Stones River	Bill Sanford	1958
Warmouth	1 lb. 12 oz.	Nolichucky River	Frank E. Garrett	May 26, 1984
Flier	8 oz.	Kentucky Reservoir	Craig Ellis	June 8, 2001
Orangespotted	5 oz.	Nolichucky River	Donald Daryl Fox	May 30, 1982

Catfish

Species	Weight	Location	Caught By	Date Caught
Channel	41 lbs.	Fall Creek Falls Lake	Clint Walters, Jr.	July 30, 1982
Blue	112 lbs.	Lock C, Cumberland River	Robert E. Lewis	June 7, 1998
Flathead	85 lbs. 15 oz.	Hiwassee River	Larry Kaylor	July 25, 1993
Black Bullhead	3 lbs. 6 oz.	Emberton's Pond, Cannon Co.	Hunter Chance Gaither	February 20, 1997
Brown Bullhead	3 lbs. 15 oz.	Whiteville Lake	Gary Dean Arthur	October 25, 2014
Yellow Bullhead	4 lbs. 8 oz.	Chickamauga Reservoir	Jessie R. Johnson	April 21, 1979

Carp

Species	Weight	Location	Caught By	Date Caught
Bighead*	90 lbs. 0 oz.	Guntersville Reservoir	Jeffery J. Rorex	June 2, 2005
Common	53 lbs. 0 oz.	Marrowbone Lake	John R. Pepper, Jr.	May 21, 1997
Goldfish	3 lb. 5 oz	Douglas Reservoir	Chase Rich	March 10, 2016
Silver	31 lbs. 15 oz	Old Hickory Reservoir	Stan A. Conner	April 23, 2017
White Amur (Grass)	70 lbs. 0 oz.	Guntersville Reservoir (Nickajack tailwater)	Chad A. Killian	June 4, 2005

Buffalo

Species	Weight	Location	Caught By	Date Caught
Bigmouth	62 lbs. 0 oz.	J. Percy Priest Reservoir	Jeff Wilkins	April 1, 2010
Black	58 lbs. 0 oz.	Nickajack Reservoir	Steve Coursey	May 20, 2013
Smallmouth	62 lbs. 7 oz.	Percy Priest Reservoir	Jerry W. Young	April 28, 2001

Gar

Species	Weight	Location	Caught By	Date Caught
Longnose	38 lbs. 3 oz.	Barkley Reservoir	Mathew A. Norton	April 19, 2002
Shortnose	7 lbs. 3 oz.	Cross Creeks (Barkley Res.)	Stephanie Flood	June 13, 2014
Spotted	10 lbs. 10 oz.	Cross Creeks (Barkley Res.)	Keith Edward Bartley	April 28, 2014

Redhorse

Species	Weight	Location	Caught By	Date Caught
Black	3 lbs. 1 oz.	South Holston River	Roy Hawk	February 16, 2009
Golden	2 lbs. 15.5 oz	South Holston River	W. Powell Partridge, Sr.	March 28, 2008
River	11 lbs. 10 oz.	Pigeon River	David H. Ray	May 2, 2009
Smallmouth	1 lb. 10 oz.	French Broad River	Larry Hamilton	July 27, 2013
Silver	4 lbs. 8 oz.	Harpeth River	Jimmy A. Filson	June 21 , 2008

Other Species

Species	Weight	Location	Caught By	Date Caught
American Eel	5 lbs. 12 oz.	Old Hickory Reservoir	Kelly Rollin, Jr.	July 29, 2008
Atlantic Needlefish	1.6 oz	Pickwick Dam Tailwater	J. Wesley Neal	September 30, 2008
Bowfin	15 lbs. 7 oz.	Reelfoot Lake	Charles Aaron	June 22, 1983
Paddlefish	104 lbs. 0 oz.	Cherokee Reservior	Ronnie Leon Meade	April 3, 2016
Creek Chub	8 oz.	West Blackburn Fork Creek	Jake Wear	June 21, 2017
Central Stoneroller (Hornyhead)	10 oz.	Hiwassee River	Roy S. King	May 1, 1983
Golden Shiner	1 lbs. .05 oz.	Kentucky Lake	Joseph Wayne Dennie	April 13, 2016
Gizzard Shad	3 lbs. 3 oz.	Holston River	Preston H. Taylor III	December 13, 2008
Skipjack Herring*	4 lbs. 3 oz	Watts Bar Reservoir	Marc A. Cooper II	February 17, 2015
Goldeye	14 oz.	Cumberland River	Harold A. Sanders	April 17, 1993
Mooneye	1 lb. 4 oz.	Hiwassee River	Steve D. Moss	May 5, 2005
River Carpsucker	1 lb. 9 oz	Pickwick Reservoir	Dr. Jim Youmans	February 28, 1980
Quillback Carpsucker	6 lbs. 0 oz.	Boone Reservoir	Thomas "Cody" Hyder	March 12, 2016
Spotted Sucker*	3 lbs. 3 oz.	Chickamauga Reservoir	Greg M. Henry	March 9, 2008
White Sucker	1 lb. 10 oz.	Little War Creek (Hancock Co.)	Jim Habera	April 26, 2007
Northern Hogsucker	2 lbs. 9 oz.	South Holsten River	Roy Hawk	February 16, 2009
Freshwater Drum*	54 lbs. 8 oz.	Nickajack Reservoir	Benny Hull	April 20, 1972
Tilapia (Nile)	7 lbs. 6.6 oz.	Old Hickory Reservoir	Gary L. Phelps	November 27, 2017

(*) indicates a world record

(a) trotline, (b) limbline, (c) jug, (d) slat basket, (e) grabbling, (f) grab hooks, (g) snagging, (i) archery, (j) speargun, (k) dipping, (l) commercial gear, (m) cast net, (n) seine

All Species - Methods Other Than Rod and Reel

Species	Weight	Gear	Location	Caught By	Date Caught
American Eel	4 lbs. .20 oz.	(a)	Duck River	Evan Mercer	June 9, 2018
Bigmouth Buffalo	59 lbs. 7 oz.	(i)	J. Percy Priest Reservoir	Brett J. Dennison	May 2, 2013
Smallmouth Buffalo	68 lbs. 8 oz.	(i)	Kentucky Reservoir	Reece Bledsoe Jonathon Bledsoe	April 6, 2013
Black Buffalo	80 lbs. 0 oz.	(a)	Robco Lake (Shelby Co.)	Hiluard J. Deloach	April 1, 1980
Bighead Carp	95 lbs. 0 oz.	(l)	Kentucky Lake (Eagle Creek)	Billy Roberson	September 3, 2014
Silver Carp	36 lbs. 14 oz.	(i)	Cheatham Reservoir	Connor Edwards	March 14, 2015
Bowfin	11 lbs. 0 oz.	(i)	Reelfoot Lake	John Burton	April 27, 2018
Common Carp	52 lbs. 14 oz.	(i)	Nickajack Reservoir	Andrew Conner	April 18, 2017
River Redhorse	15 lbs. 4 oz.	(g)	Wolf River (Pickett Co.)	Billy Joe Johnson	May 6, 2018
Black Redhorse	3 lbs. 10 oz.	(a)	Chilhowee Reservoir	Lewis Winters	October 26, 2007
Silver Redhorse	4 lbs. 14 oz.	(i)	West Prong Little Pigeon River	Greg Bull	January 28, 2015
Smallmouth Redhorse	1 lbs. 3 oz.	(i)	W. Prong Little Pigeon River	Gregory Bull	February 26, 2017
Quillback Carpsuker	4 lbs. 7.6 oz.	(i)	Watts Bar Lake	Max Wheeler	July 30, 2017
River Carpsucker	4 lbs. 4 oz.	(i)	J. Percy Priest Reservoir	Jeremy Bozza	May 5, 2014
Paddlefish	120 lbs. 0 oz.	(g)	Center Hill Reservoir (Bluehole)	John T. Johnson	March 23, 1982
Flathead Catfish	92 lbs. 0 oz.	(l)	Mississippi River	Kenneth A. Childress, Jackie W. Stafford, Jerry L. Stafford	November 30, 2000
Blue Catfish	130 lbs. 0 oz.	(l)	Ft. Loudoun Reservoir	J. C. Garland, Bill Norman, Richard Reagan	December 18, 1976
Channel Catfish	18 lbs. 0 oz.	(l)	Kentucky Lake	Billy Roberson	March 3, 2016
Channel Catfish	18 lbs. 0 oz.	(b)	Tims Ford Reservoir	Josh Burch	July 13, 2016
Black Bullhead Catfish	3 lbs. 14 oz.	(k)	Lakeland Trout Farm	David Tait	June 18, 1982
Brown Bullhead Catfish	3 lbs. 4 oz.	(c)	Whiteville Lake	Gary Dean Arthur	October 25, 2014
Yellow Bullhead Catfish	9 oz.	(c)	Beaver Creek (Knoxville)	Dan Pluff	September 17, 2013
Longnose Gar	45 lbs. 8 oz.	(i)	Kentucky Lake	Kirk Wood Alex Bailey	October 7, 2015
White Amur (Grass Carp)	78 lbs. 0 oz.	(i)	Nickajack Reservoir	Allen Kimsey	May 19, 2001
Shortnose Gar	8 lbs. 4 oz.	(i)	Chickamauga Reservoir	Scott Simmons	April 15, 1984
Spotted Gar	12 lbs. 0 oz.	(i)	Reelfoot Lake	Jim Ulerick	April 14, 2013
Freshwater Drum	29 lbs. 1 oz.	(i)	Kentucky Lake	Andrew Pruitt	March 25, 2017
Golden Shiner	11 oz.	(l)	Kentucky Lake	Billy Roberson	January 19, 2016
Gizzard Shad	2 lbs. 14 oz.	(l)	Kentucky Reservoir	Billy Roberson	April 18, 2013
Skipjack Herring	2 lbs. 15 oz.	(l)	Duck River	Billy Roberson	December 14, 2015
Central Stoneroller (Horneyhead)	5 oz.	(g)	Doe River	Rex Timbs	November 6, 1997
Creek Chub	.10 oz	(k)	West Fork Drake Creek	Jake Andrew Bradford Wade	February 9, 2018
Spotted Sucker	2 lbs. 10 oz.	(i)	Kentucky Lake - Standing Rock Creek Embayment	Christopher Todd	July 26, 1996
Northern Hogsucker	1 lbs. 10 oz.	(i)	Kentucky Lake - Standing Rock Creek	Dale E. Brooks	August 6, 1996
Tilapia	9 lbs. 8 oz.	(i)	Old Hickory Reservoir	Steve Creekmore	December 2, 2017

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