State Records: Kentucky

Kentucky

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

Species Weight Location Angler County Date
Bighead Carp 43 lbs
0 oz		 Green River  Onis W. Davis   7/20/2000
Blue Catfish 104 lbs
0 oz		 Ohio River - Cannelton Dam tailwaters Bruce W. Midkiff   8/28/1999
Blue Sucker 4 lbs
12 oz		 Green River  Howard Hillard   4/25/20041
Bluegill Sunfish 4 lbs 3 oz Strip mine lake Phil Conyers Hopkins 8/5/1980
Bowfin 15 lbs 1.28 oz Green River  Norman Moran   5/30/1999
Brook Trout 1 lbs 5 oz Martins Fork  R. James   8/21/1982
Brown Trout 21 lbs 0 oz Cumberland River - Lake Cumberland tailwaters Thomas Malone   4/30/2000
Bullhead 5 lbs 3 oz Guist Creek Lake  Harry Case   10/18/1992
Carp 54 lbs 14 oz South Fork Licking River  Ricky Vance   3/13/1971
Chain Pickerel 5 lbs 6 oz Forked Lake  Tommy Thompson Carlisle 7/8/1983
Channel Catfish 28 lbs 4.8 oz private pond  Hope Tinsley Hickman 5/29/1994
Crappie 4 lbs 6 oz private pond  Kevin Perry Montgomery 6/29/1997
Flathead Catfish 97 lbs 0 oz Green River  Esker Carroll   6/6/1956
Freshwater Drum 38 lbs 0 oz Green River  Larry Cardwell   6/5/1980
Golden Redhorse 4 lbs 5 oz Red River  Leif Meadows   4/22/1998
Goldeye 2 lbs 6.4 oz Kentucky River  Mark Smith   4/21/2001
Grass Carp 55 lbs 8 oz private pond  Daniel Nally Washington 3/14/2001
Grass Pickerel 0 lbs 10.08 oz Wilson Creek  Gerald Gallagher Bullitt 7/17/1989
Green Sunfish 1 lbs 5 oz private pond  Raymond Peyton Marion 6/13/2000
Hybrid Bass 20 lbs 8 oz Barren River  Mark Wilson   4/27/1991
Lake Trout 5 lbs 5 oz Cumberland River  John McDonogh   4/4/1983
Largemouth Bass 13 lbs 10.4 oz Wood Creek Lake  Dale Wilson   4/14/1984
Longear Sunfish 13 lbs 4.48 oz Strip mine lake Anthony Lynch Magoffin 6/23/1994
Longnose Gar 40 lbs 0 oz Ohio River  Kelsie Travis Jr.   8/8/1956
Muskellunge 44 lbs 6.08 oz Cave Run Lake  Scott A. Flatt   5/9/1998
Northern Pike 9 lbs 8 oz strip mine lake Howard F. Renfro Muhlenberg 10/15/1981
Paddlefish 82 lbs 0 oz Parrish Lake  Standley Shelton Scott 6/12/1982
Rainbow Trout 14 lbs 6 oz Cumberland River - Lake Cumberland tailwaters Jim Mattingly   9/10/1972
Redbreast Sunfish 0 lbs 14.08 oz Marsh Creek  Tim King McCreary 9/1/1997
Redear Sunfish 3 lbs 1 oz private pond  Betty Truax Shelby 5/24/1982
River Redhorse 7 lbs 13 oz North Fork Kentucky River  Darrell W. Sparkman Perry 3/10/2000
Rock Bass 1 lbs 10 oz Casey Creek  H.S. White Trigg 5/26/1975
Sauger 7 lbs 7 oz Lake Cumberland  Rastie Andrew   4/28/1983
Saugeye 6 lbs 9.28 oz Ohio River  Chuck Kouns Greenup 2/19/1998
Skipjack Herring 2 lbs 13 oz Cumberland River  Greg Cary   5/19/2001
Smallmouth Bass 8 lbs 7.36 oz Laurel River Lake  Coolie Williams   5/16/1998
Smallmouth Buffalo 55 lbs 0 oz Kentucky Lake  Clinton Roby   3/23/2000
Spotted Bass 7 lbs 10 oz N/A A.E. Sellers Nelson 6/13/1970
Striped Bass 58 lbs 4 oz Beaver Creek  Roger Foster   12/11/1985
Sturgeon 36 lbs 8 oz Lake Cumberland  Barney Frazier   10/3/1954
Tiger Muskellunge 13 lbs 12 oz Dewey Lake  James Mollet   5/5/1981
Walleye 21 lbs 8 oz Lake Cumberland  Abe Black   10/1/1958
Warmouth 1 lbs 4 oz private pond  Marty Riehemann Boone 6/3/1990
White Bass 5 lbs 0 oz Kentucky Lake  Lorne E. Dawson   7/11/1943
White Bass 5 lbs 0 oz Herrington Lake  B.B. Hardin   6/3/1957
White Sucker 1 lbs 10 oz Slate Creek  Larry S. Salchli Montgomery 3/19/1998
Yellow Bass 1 lbs 1 oz Lake Barkley  DeWayne West   3/10/1991
Yellow Perch 1 lbs 0.72 oz Kentucky Lake  Greg Barker   4/4/2000