State Records: Iowa

Iowa

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

Species Weight Length Location Angler County Date
Blue Catfish 74 lbs
8 oz		 53.375" Missouri River  Pat Lutz Plymouth 8/1999
Bluegill Sunfish 3 lbs
2 oz		 12.875" private pond  Phil Algreen Madison 7/1986
Bowfin 11 lbs
9 oz		 31.5" Mississippi River  Bill Gretten Clayton 5/1994
Brook Trout 7 lbs
0 oz		 19.75" Fountain Springs Creek  David Kovarik Delaware 7/1996
Brown Trout 15 lbs
6 oz		 29" North Prairie Lake  Gerold Lewis Black Hawk 6/1995
Buffalo 62 lbs
8 oz		 48.5" Mississippi River  Jim Winters Allamakee 8/1999
Bullhead 5 lbs
8 oz		 22" private pond  Michael Hurd Hamilton 1989
Carp 50 lbs
0 oz		 44" Glenwood Lake  Fred Hougland Mills 5/1969
Channel Catfish 36 lbs
8 oz		 40.5" Middle Raccoon River  Ron Godwin Dallas 8/1993
Crappie 4 lbs
9 oz		 21.25" Green Castle Lake  Ted Trowbridge Marshall 5/1981
Flathead Catfish 81 lbs
0 oz		 52" Lake Ellis  Joe Baze Lucas 6/1958
Freshwater Drum 46 lbs
0 oz		 38.5" Spirit Lake  R.F. Farra Dickinson 10/1962
Goldeye 2 lbs
4 oz		   Des Moines River  Mark Ikle Van Buren 6/1992
Grass Carp 61 lbs
8 oz		 49.5" Greenfield Lake  Tyler Warner Adair 5/1998
Green Sunfish 2 lbs
1 oz		 12.5" private pond  Ralph Mayer Marion 7/2000
Largemouth Bass 10 lbs
14 oz		 23.5" Lake Fisher  Patricia Zaerr Davis 5/1984
Longnose Gar 17 lbs
8 oz		 51" Mississippi River  Kevin Riley Clayton 9/1992
Muskellunge 50 lbs
6 oz		 52" Spirit Lake  Kevin Cardwell Dickinson 8/2000
Northern Pike 25 lbs
5 oz		 45" West Okoboji Lake  Allen Forsberg Dickinson 2/1977
Paddlefish 107 lbs
0 oz		 69.5" Missouri River  Robert Pranschke Monona 3/1981
Rainbow Trout 19 lbs
8 oz		 35" French Creek  Jack Renner Allamakee 7/1984
Rock Bass 1 lbs
8 oz		 10.5" Mississippi River  Jim Driscoll Dubuque 6/1973
Sauger 6 lbs
8 oz		 25" Missouri River  Mrs. W. Buser   10/1976
Saugeye 12 lbs
4 oz		 29.5" Des Moines River  Don Ostergaard Polk 3/2000
Shortnose Gar 4 lbs
7 oz		 28.5" Des Moines River  Mark Lindeman Marion 2/1996
Shovelnose Sturgeon 12 lbs
0 oz		 33" Des Moines River  Randy Hemm Van Buren 4/1974
Smallmouth Bass 7 lbs
12 oz		 22.75" West Okoboji Lake  Rick Gray Dickinson 9/1990
Striped Bass 9 lbs
4 oz		 29" Lake Rathbun  Richard Pauley Appanoose 7/1983
Sucker 15 lbs
1 oz		 32.25" Missouri River  Glen E. Dittman Monona 9/1983
Tiger Muskellunge 27 lbs
2 oz		 47" West Okoboji Lake  Shannon Green Dickinson 8/1989
Walleye 14 lbs
8 oz		 30.5" Des Moines River  Gloria Eoriatti Polk 9/1986
White Bass 3 lbs
14 oz		 20" West Okoboji Lake  Bill Born Dickinson 5/1972
Wiper (Whiterock) Bass 18 lbs
15 oz		 33.25" Des Moines River  Don Ostergaard Polk 9/1997
Yellow Bass 1 lbs
9 oz		 14.5" Lake Manawa  Bill Campbell Pottawattamie 4/1991
Yellow Bass 1 lbs
9 oz		 13.5" Lake Anita  Michael Gradick Cass 5/2000
Yellow Perch 2 lbs
3 oz		 14.75" Morse Lake  Daniel Borchardt Wright 3/1994