State Records: Idaho

Idaho

Here are all the known fishing records for the State of Idaho
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Species Weight Length Location Angler Date
Arctic Grayling 2 lbs 
7 oz		 18.125" Nez Perce Lake  Velma Mahaffey 1992
Atlantic Salmon 13 lbs 
6 oz		 29.75" Deadwood Reservoir  Garrett Buffington 10/15/1995
Black Crappie 3 lbs 
5.3 oz		 17.5" Lake Lowell  Frank Pineda 5/17/2001
Bluegill Sunfish 3 lbs 
8 oz		   C.J. Strike Reservoir  Darrell Grim 1966
Brook Trout 7 lbs 
1 oz		 23.5" Henrys Lake  DeVere Stratton 8/16/1978
Brown Trout 26 lbs 
6 oz		 36.5" South Fork Snake River  Farrell Oswald 4/16/1981
Bullhead 3 lbs 
14 oz		 20.5" Brownlee Reservoir  James Winter 1986
Burbot 14 lbs 
0 oz		   Kootenai River  P.A. Dayton 1954
Carp 37 lbs 
8 oz		 44" Brownlee Reservoir  Jere Bower 1988
Channel Catfish 31 lbs 
0.8 oz		 38" Mann Lake  Kenny Decker 2001
Chinook (King) Salmon 54 lbs 
0 oz		   Salmon River  Merrold Gold 1956
Chinook (King) Salmon 42 lbs 
0 oz		 41.25" Coeur dAlene Lake  Jane Clifford 9/13/1987
Coho Salmon 5 lbs 
8 oz		 24.5" Cascade Reservoir  Verne S. Ward 1992
Cutthroat Trout 18 lbs 
15 oz		   Bear Lake  Roger Grunig 1970
Dolly Varden Trout 32 lbs 
0 oz		   Lake Pend Oreille  Nelson Higgins 1949
Flathead Catfish 58 lbs 
8 oz		 48" Brownlee Reservoir  Newberry / McCormick 1994
Golden Trout 5 lbs 
2 oz		   White Sands Lake  George Wolverton 1958
Green Sunfish 0 lbs 
5 oz		 7.375" Hauser Lake  Tom Fulton 1994
Kamloops Trout 37 lbs 
0 oz		   Lake Pend Oreille  Wes Hamlet 1947
Kokanee Salmon 6 lbs 
9.5 oz		 24.5" Priest Lake  Jerry Verge 1975
Lake Trout 57 lbs 
8 oz		 49" Priest Lake  Lyle McClure 1971
Lake Whitefish 3 lbs 
5 oz		 22.125" Lake Pend Oreille  David Fowler 1998
Largemouth Bass 10 lbs 
15 oz		   Anderson Lake  Mrs. M.W. Taylor 0
Largescale Sucker 6 lbs 
3.8 oz		 24.875" Cascade Reservoir  Jesse Brown 1999
Mountain Whitefish 5 lbs 
14.4 oz		 22.5" Island Park Reservoir  Robert Hall 1997
Northern Pike 38 lbs 
9 oz		 49" Coeur dAlene Lake  Dennis W. Hicks 1992
Pikeminnow 7 lbs 
1.4 oz		 26" North Fork Payette River  Bob Chegwidden 1996
Pumpkinseed Sunfish 0 lbs 
14 oz		 9.75" Chase Lake  Bob Russell 1977
Rainbow Trout 19 lbs 
0 oz		   Hayden Lake  R.M. Williams 1947
Smallmouth Bass 8 lbs 
0.5 oz		 22" Dworshak Reservoir  Dan Steigers 1995
Sockeye Salmon 5 lbs 
0 oz		 24" Redfish Lake  June McCray 1970
Splake 4 lbs 
8 oz		 22" Hayden Lake  Kevin Collins 1996
Steelhead Trout 30 lbs 
2 oz		 44" Clearwater River  Keith Powell 1973
Sturgeon 394 lb
0 oz		   Snake River  Glenn Howard 1956
Tench 4 lbs 
14 oz		 21" Spokane River  Scotty Brueher 2000
Tiger Muskellunge 38 lbs 
7 oz		 48.25" Hauser Lake  Douglas Butts 2001
Utah Sucker 7 lbs 
11 oz		 25.5" Portneuf River  Craig Curtiss 1999
Walleye 16 lbs 
2 oz		 32.5" Salmon Falls Creek Reservoir  Bill Sorensen 1996
Warmouth 0 lbs 
9.6 oz		 8.75" Snake River  Marvin Stevens 1988
White Crappie 3 lbs 
1 oz		   Crane Creek Reservoir  Leslie Greenwood 2001
Yellow Perch 2 lbs 
9.6 oz		 15.5" Wilson Lake  Jerry Hamblin 1976