State Records: Indiana

Indiana

Here are all the known fishing records for the State of Indiana

Species Weight Location Angler County Date
Atlantic Salmon 14 lbs
"4 oz		 Lake Michigan  Gene Tarrant Lake 1979
Bighead Carp 53 lbs
8 oz		 White River  Duane Stafford Pike 2000
Blue Catfish 104 lbs
0 oz		 Ohio River  Bruce Midkiff   1999
Bluegill Sunfish 3 lbs
4 oz		 private pond  Harold L. Catey Greene 1972
Bowfin 16 lbs
0 oz		 Pine Lake  Barry Biederstadt La Porte 1988
Brook Trout 3 lbs
15.5 oz		 Lake Gage  Sonny Bashore Steuben 1973
Brown Trout 24 lbs
11 oz		 Trail Creek  Steven Bay La Porte 1999
Buffalo 50 lbs
0 oz		 Lake Freeman  Larry Warner   1993
Bullhead 4 lbs
14.4 oz		 Potato Creek  Darren Robertson St. Joseph 1994
Burbot 7 lbs
11 oz		 Lake Michigan  Larry Malicki La Porte 1990
Carp 43 lbs
4 oz		 Pine Lake  Russell Long Kosciusko 1989
Channel Catfish 37 lbs
8 oz		 N/A Randy E. Jones Vanderburgh 1980
Chinook (King) Salmon 38 lbs
0 oz		 Trail Creek  Rich Baker La Porte 1980
Cisco 3 lbs
12 oz		 Cedar Lake  Phillip Wisniewski Whitley 1980
Coho Salmon 20 lbs
12 oz		 Lake Michigan  John Beutner La Porte 1972
Crappie 4 lbs
11 oz		 private pond  Willis Halcomb Jennings 1994
Flathead Catfish 79 lbs
8 oz		 White River  Glen T. Simpson Lawrence 1966
Flier Sunfish 0 lbs
3.5 oz		 N/A Harold H. Otte Jackson 1983
Freshwater Drum 30 lbs
0 oz		 White River  Garland Fellers Martin 1963
Grass Carp 41 lbs
4 oz		 private pond  Lavita Holland Wayne 2000
Green Sunfish 1 lbs
10 oz		 private pond  Terry Keller Fountain 1987
Hybrid Bass 18 lbs
1 oz		 Tippecanoe River  Carl Albuquerque Tippecanoe 1993
Lake Trout 29 lbs
4 oz		 Lake Michigan  Harold Rodriquez   1993
Largemouth Bass 14 lbs
12 oz		 N/A Jenifer Schultz Harrison 1991
Muskellunge 35 lbs
8 oz		 James Lake  George Webster Kosciusko 1994
Northern Pike 30 lbs
2 oz		 Clear Lake  Jack Barnes Steuben 1992
Paddlefish 106 lbs
4 oz		 N/A John Kotter Knox 1996
Pink (Humpback) Salmon 2 lbs
12.5 oz		 Lake Michigan  Richard J. Lisac Lake 1985
Rainbow Trout 18 lbs
8 oz		 Clear Lake  Bill Bigger Steuben 1988
Redear Sunfish 3 lbs
10 oz		 N/A R. Peckman Brown 1974
Rock Bass 3 lb
 0 oz		 Sugar Creek  David Thomas Hancock 1969
Sauger 6 lbs
1 oz		 Tippecanoe River  Mark Bigger Carroll 1983
Saugeye 8 lbs
2.5 oz		 Huntingburg Lake  Charles Powers Dubois 1998
Shovelnose Sturgeon 14 lbs
8 oz		 Wabash River  Mike Latoz Fountain 1999
Smallmouth Bass 7 lbs
4 oz		 Twin Lake  Dana Yoder Lagrange 1992
Spotted Bass 5 lbs
1.5 oz		 N/A John W. Pio Howard 1975
Steelhead Trout 26 lbs
10 oz		 Trail Creek  Evan Nicholson La Porte 1999
Striped Bass 35 lbs
6 oz		 Ohio River  Tony Campisano   1993
Sucker 2 lbs
3.3 oz		 White River  John Britton Bartholomew 1991
Tiger Muskellunge 24 lbs
0 oz		 Wolf Lake  Michael Senics Lake 1995
Tiger Trout 3 lbs
0 oz		 Lake Michigan  Mike Ratter Lake 1978
Walleye 14 lbs
4 oz		 Little Kankakee River  Leon Richart Lake 1974
Walleye 14 lbs
4 oz		 Tippecanoe River  Donal Tedford Pulaski 1977
Warmouth 1 lbs
6 oz		 private pond  Brett Borges Morgan 1989
White Bass 4 lbs
3 oz		 Lake Freeman  James Wagner Carroll 1965
White Catfish 9 lbs
11.5 oz		 private pond  Melissa Grimes Wabash 1985
Yellow Bass 2 lbs
15 oz		 Morse Reservoir  Jim Raymer Hamilton 2000
Yellow Perch 2 lbs
8 oz		 N/A Roy W. Burkel Jr. Vigo 1981