State Records: Georgia

Georgia

Here are all the known fishing records for the State of Georgia
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Species Weight Location Angler County Date
Black Crappie 4 lbs 
4 oz		 Acrees Lake  Shirley Lavender   6/1/1971
Black Crappie 4 lbs 
4 oz		 Lake Spivey  Steve Cheek   3/1/1975
Blue Catfish 62 lbs 
0 oz		 Clarks Hill Reservoir  Ralph Barbee Jr.   9/12/1979
Bluegill Sunfish 3 lbs 
5 oz		 Shamrock Lake  P. F. Gumm   7/3/1977
Bowfin 16 lbs 
0 oz		 Foster State Park Charles Conley   5/25/1976
Brook Trout 5 lbs 
10 oz		 Waters Creek  Russell Braden   3/29/1986
Brown Bullhead 5 lbs 
8 oz		 private pond  James Andrews   5/22/1978
Brown Trout 18 lbs 
6 oz		 Chattahoochee River  Charles E. Ford   11/12/2001
Carp 35 lbs 
12 oz		 Lake Jackson  Donald Clark   1972
Chain Pickerel 9 lbs 6 oz Homerville Baxley McQuaig Jr.   2/1/1961
Channel Catfish 44 lbs 
12 oz		 Altamaha River  Bobby Smithwick   5/18/1972
Flathead Catfish 67 lbs 
8 oz		 Altamaha River  Gene Middleton   5/24/2000
Flier Sunfish 1 lbs 4 oz private pond  Curt Brooks Lowndes 2/26/1996
Green Sunfish 1 lbs 1 oz private pond  Kevin Bryant Gordon 5/17/1998
Hickory Shad 1 lbs 
15 oz		 Ogeechee River  Mark Bowers   4/2/1995
Hybrid Bass 25 lbs 
8 oz		 Lake Chatuge  David Hobby   5/1/1995
Largemouth Bass 22 lbs 
4 oz		 Montgomery Lake  George Perry   6/2/1932
Longnose Gar 28 lbs
 6 oz		 Flint River  Richard Johnson   1/28/1995
Muskellunge 38 lbs 
2 oz		 Blue Ridge Lake  Rube Golden   6/1/1957
Northern Pike 18 lbs 
2 oz		 Lake Rabun  Keith Gragg   6/27/1982
Rainbow Trout 15 lbs 
0 oz		 private pond  E. B. Watkins White 4/18/1985
Redbreast Sunfish 1 lbs 
11 oz		 private pond  Emory Walden Coweta 4/16/1998
Redear Sunfish 4 lbs 2 oz private pond  Pat Larence Richmond 6/6/1995
Redeye Bass 3 lbs 5 oz Lake Hartwell  James Vaughn   2/27/1999
Redfin Pickerel 2 lbs 
10 oz		 Lewis Pond  Gene Brantley   7/7/1982
Sauger 4 lbs 3 oz Clarks Hill Reservoir  Stuart Bowers   4/5/1986
Shad 8 lbs 3 oz Savannah River  Henry Baxley   4/5/1986
Shoal Bass 8 lbs 3 oz Flint River  David Hubbard   10/23/1977
Smallmouth Bass 7 lbs 2 oz Lake Chatuge  Jack Hall   3/28/1973
Spotted Bass 8 lbs 
0.5 oz		 Lanier Lake  Patrick Bankston   5/20/1985
Striped Bass 63 lbs 
0 oz		 Oconee River  Kelly Ward   5/30/1967
Suwanee Bass 3 lbs 9 oz Ochlocknee River  Laverne Norton   10/6/1984
Walleye 11 lbs 
6 oz		 Richard B. Russell Lake  Neal Watson   9/11/1995
Warmouth 2 lbs 0 oz private pond  Carlton Robbins   5/4/1974
White Bass 5 lbs 1 oz Lanier Lake  J. M. Hobbins   6/16/1971
White Catfish 8 lbs 
10 oz		 Savannah River  James Sanders   6/10/1996
White Crappie 5 lbs 0 oz private pond  Theresa Kemp Bibb 4/10/1984
Yellow Perch 2 lbs 8 oz Lake Burton  Charles Poole   2/23/1980