State Records: Mississippi

Mississippi

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

Species Weight Location Angler Date
American Eel 5 lbs 
1 oz		 Mississippi River - near Vicksburg Mitch McLendon 7/12/1994
Bighead Carp 66 lbs 
12 oz		 Lower Sardis Lake  Al Reed 3/27/1999
Bigmouth Buffalo 42 lbs 
8 oz		 Sardis Reservoir  C.B. ODaniel 11/15/1977
Black Bullhead 5 lbs 
9 oz		 Sunrise Lake - near Nesbit Harold B. Alexander 6/12/1988
Black Crappie 4 lbs 
4 oz		 Arkabutla Reservoir  Gerald Conlee 3/19/1991
Blue Catfish 93 lbs 
0 oz		 Mississippi River - near Rosedale Carrol Pearson 2/12/1997
Bluegill Sunfish 3 lbs 
7.2 oz		 private pond  Gerald E. Thurmond 2/2/1995
Bowfin 18 lbs 
14 oz		 Ross Barnett Reservoir  B. H. Toney 11/23/1978
Brown Bullhead 6 lbs 
2.08 oz		 private pond - near Harrisville Bobby L. Gibson Jr. 1/19/1991
Carp 74 lbs 
0 oz		 Pelahatchie Lake  Curtis Wade 6/13/1963
Chain Pickerel 6 lbs 
4 oz		 Bay Springs Lake  Ronnie Boren 10/4/1986
Channel Catfish 51 lbs 
12 oz		 Lake Tom Bailey  Tom Edwards 5/31/1997
Drum 25 lbs 
4.32 oz		 MP&L Lake - near Cleveland George Anderson 3/26/1989
Flathead Catfish 65 lbs 
8 oz		 Pickwick Lake  Wade Arnold 3/21/1987
Grass Carp 34 lbs 
12.16 oz		 Guntown Sportsman Lake  Dan Robinson 6/3/1992
Green Sunfish 1 lbs 
4.16 oz		 Waltmans Lake  Craig Jones 5/21/1986
Hybrid Bass 17 lbs 
12.32 oz		 Lower Sardis Lake  Robert F. Fulce 4/15/1991
Hybrid Sunfish 1 lbs 
3.68 oz		 private pond - near Olive Branch Troy M. Wright 4/6/1986
Largemouth Bass 18 lbs 
2.4 oz		 Natchez State Park Lake  Anthony Denny 12/31/1992
Longnose Gar 34 lbs 
0 oz		 Lake Mary  Ray Whitehead 9/29/2000
Paddlefish 65 lbs 
0 oz		 Ross Barnett Reservoir - spillway Randy Pues 6/23/1974
Rainbow Trout 2 lbs 
15.36 oz		 Lake Whittington  William Tribble 3/21/2001
Redear Sunfish 3 lbs 
5.28 oz		 Tippah County Lake  James K. Martin 11/5/1991
Sauger 2 lbs 
8.32 oz		 Mississippi River  Pete Mauceli 8/5/1992
Saugeye 4 lbs 
10.56 oz		 Bay Springs Lake  Scott Wood 2/26/2000
Shortnose Gar 5 lbs 
13.28 oz		 Enid Reservoir - spillway Robert Mills 8/22/1999
Smallmouth Bass 7 lbs 
15 oz		 Pickwick Lake - Yellow Creek Arm Thomas Wilbanks 1/24/1987
Smallmouth Buffalo 57 lbs 
12 oz		 Ross Barnett Reservoir  Charles M. Cox 11/21/1983
Spotted Bass 8 lbs 
2 oz		 private pond  S. Ross Grantham 9/2/1974
Spotted Gar 2 lbs 
7.2 oz		 Chotard Lake  Kevin T. Javis 6/20/2001
Striped Bass 37 lbs 
13.12 oz		 Bowie River  Tony C. Graves 5/13/1993
Walleye 9 lbs 
10.56 oz		 Tennessee River  Clayton E. Hobbs 1/19/1985
Warmouth 1 lbs 
8 oz		 Black Creek  Lillian Morris 6/17/1979
White Bass 5 lbs 
6 oz		 Grenada Reservoir - spillway William Mulvihill 4/21/1979
White Crappie 5 lbs 
3 oz		 Enid Reservoir  Fred Bright 7/31/1957
Yellow Bass 15 lbs 
4 oz		 Beulah Crevasse  Milton Smith 12/13/1989
Yellow Bullhead 2 lbs 
13 oz		 Mossy Lake  Robert Cason 5/26/1974