State Records: North Carolina

North Carolina

Here are all the known fishing records for the State of North Carolina

Species Weight Location Angler County Date
American Shad 7 lbs 15 oz Tar River  R.S. Proctor   4/10/1974
Blue Catfish 80 lbs 0 oz Cape Fear River  Keith Davis   3/21/1999
Bluegill Sunfish 4 lbs 5 oz N/A Danny Case Henderson 7/27/1967
Bodie Bass 17 lbs 7 oz Lake Chatuge  Michael R. Hogsed   3/15/1996
Bowfin 17 lbs 15 oz Black River  Gregory A. Demery Sr.   6/21/1997
Brook Trout 7 lbs 7 oz Raven Fork  G.L. Marshall Jr.   5/15/1980
Brown Bullhead 3 lbs 12 oz Buckhall Creek  Gregory D. Hughes Duplin 4/26/1997
Brown Trout 24 lbs 10 oz Nantahala River  Rober L. Dyer   4/17/1998
Carp 48 lbs 0 oz private pond  William Houston Jr. Mecklenburg 3/11/1986
Chain Pickerel 8 lbs 0 oz Gaston Reservoir  John H. Leonard   2/13/1968
Channel Catfish 40 lbs 8 oz Fontana Reservoir  P.P. Paine   4/15/1971
Crappie 4 lbs 15 oz Asheboro City Lake #4  Dean Dixon   4/27/1980
Flathead Catfish 69 lbs 0 oz Cape Fear River  Edward C. Davis   7/26/1994
Flier Sunfish 1 lbs 5 oz private pond  Douglas N. McCall   3/17/1990
Freshwater Drum 2 lbs 9 oz Roanoke Rapids Lake  Garrett L. Freeman Jr.   5/20/2001
Grass Carp 68 lbs 12 oz Summerlins Pond - Leland David W. Stowell   6/8/1998
Green Sunfish 0 lbs 8 oz private pond  Craig Wyrick Guilford 9/16/1998
Hickory Shad 3 lbs 8 oz Tar River  Ralph D. Johnson   2/20/1992
Largemouth Bass 15 lbs 14 oz private pond  William H. Wofford Union 3/29/1991
Longnose Gar 15 lbs 6 oz Neuse River  Donald R. Creech   3/18/2000
Muskellunge 41 lbs 8 oz Lake Adger  Richard W. Dodd   1/23/2001
Northern Pike 11 lbs 13 oz Lake James  Keith Gilliam   8/26/1978
Rainbow Trout 16 lbs 5 oz N/A Terry L. Gregory Jackson 12/20/1989
Redbreast Sunfish 1 lbs 12 oz Big Swamp  Ronald Stanley Bladen 5/29/1983
Redear Sunfish 4 lbs 6 oz Lookout Shoals Lake  Ronald Sweet   6/12/1988
Redeye Bass 1 lbs 14 oz Deep River - Carbonton Robert W. Lytton   4/29/1998
Redfin Pickerel 2 lbs 4 oz Gallberry Swamp  Edward C. Davis   6/23/1997
Roanoke Bass 2 lbs 11 oz Fishing Creek Richard E. Evans Nash 4/27/1994
Sauger 5 lbs 15 oz Norman Lake  David Shook   7/25/1971
Smallmouth Bass 10 lbs 0 oz Hiwassee Reservoir  Archie Lampkin   6/1/1951
Smallmouth Buffalo 88 lbs 0 oz Lake Wylie  Tony Crawford   11/14/1993
Spotted Bass 5 lbs 15 oz Lake Chatuge  Kent Moffitt   11/27/1992
Striped Bass 54 lbs 2 oz Hiwassee Reservoir  Larry K. Verner   6/7/1991
Tiger Muskellunge 33 lbs 8 oz Lake James  Gary D. Nanney   4/3/1988
Walleye 13 lbs 8 oz Lake Chatuge  Lamar L. Cofer   8/16/1986
Warmouth 1 lbs 13 oz McLeods Pond  Emma Sears Richmond 5/7/1976
White Bass 5 lbs 14 oz Kerr Reservoir  Jim King   3/15/1986
White Catfish 13 lbs 0 oz Lake James  Jerry W. Bentley   5/21/1990
White Perch 1 lbs 15 oz private pond  Timothy Goss Granville 11/11/1995
Yellow Perch 2 lbs 9 oz Indiantown Creek  Evelyn G. Ethridge   2/8/1990