State Records: Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

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

Species Weight Location Angler County Date
American Shad 9 lbs 9 oz Delaware River  Anthony Mecca Pike 1986
Atlantic Salmon 17 lbs 2 oz Raystown Lake  Brian Keller Huntingdon 2001
Bluegill Sunfish 2 lbs 9 oz Keystone Lake  Tom Twincheck Armstrong 1983
Brook Trout 7 lbs 0 oz Fishing Creek  Vonada Ranck Clinton 1996
Brown Trout 19 lbs 10 oz Walnut Creek  Fazle Buljubasic Erie 2000
Bullhead 4 lbs 4 oz Marsh Creek  Eddie Lasorda Chester 1983
Carp 52 lbs 0 oz Juniata River  George Brown Huntingdon 1962
Chain Pickerel 8 lbs 0 oz Shohola Falls  Frank Streznectcky Pike 1937
Channel Catfish 35 lbs 2.5 oz Lehigh Canal  Austin E. Roth III Northampton 1991
Chinook (King) Salmon 28 lbs 15 oz Lake Erie  Gregory Lasko Erie 1990
Coho Salmon 15 lbs 5 oz Lake Erie  Jack Scheirer Erie 1985
Crappie 4 lbs 2.88 oz Hammond Lake  Richard A. Pino Tioga 2000
Flathead Catfish 45 lbs 9 oz Allegheny River  Seymore Albramovitz Allegheny 1985
Freshwater Drum 19 lbs 14 oz Monongahela River  Tim Rogers Washington 1994
Lake Trout 27 lbs 13 oz Lake Erie  Tom Illar Jr. Erie 1996
Largemouth Bass 11 lbs 3 oz Birch Run Reservoir  Donald Shade Adams 1983
Muskellunge 54 lbs 3 oz Conneaut Lake  Lewis Walker Jr. Crawford 1924
Northern Pike 33 lbs 8 oz Allegheny Reservoir  Gerald E. Enderle Warren 1980
Palomino Trout 11 lbs 10 oz Lake Erie  R.W. Hafer Erie 1986
Pink (Humpback) Salmon 4 lbs 8 oz Elk Creek  David A. Rabatin Erie 1995
Rainbow Trout 15 lbs 6.25 oz Jordan Creek  Dennis L. Clouse Lehigh 1986
Rainbow Trout 20 lbs 3 oz Walnut Creek  Corey T. Brown Erie 2001
Rock Bass 3 lbs 2 oz Elk Creek  David L. Weber Erie 1971
Sauger 3 lbs 15 oz Allegheny River  Thomas D. Steiger Allegheny 1987
Smallmouth Bass 8 lbs 8 oz Scotts Run Lake  Robert T. Steelman Berks 1997
Striped Bass 53 lbs 13 oz Delaware River  Donald J. Clark Delaware 1989
Sucker 12 lbs 9 oz Allegheny River  Troy A. Bemis Forest 1995
Walleye 17 lbs 9 oz Allegheny River  Mike Holly Warren 1980
White Bass 3 lbs 14 oz Conneaut Lake  David F. Hornstein Crawford 1996
White Perch 1 lbs 7 oz Minsi Lake  Kevin N. Strunk Northampton 1991
Yellow Perch 2 lbs 9 oz Hunters Lake  Keith Meck Sullivan 1992