State Records: Washington

Washington

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

Species Weight Location Angler County Date
Albacore Tuna 52 lbs 0 oz Pacific Ocean  Kurt Strickland Grays Harbor 10/1/1997
American Shad 3 lbs 7.04 oz Columbia River  Pete Green Clark 6/19/1999
Atlantic Salmon 14 lbs 6.08 oz Green River  Ron Howard King 9/22/1999
Big Skate 130 lbs 0 oz Pacific Ocean - Double Bluff Dan Cartwright   5/18/1986
Black Bullhead 1 lbs 12 oz Mud Lake  John E. Moore Skagit 6/29/1998
Black Crappie 4 lbs 8 oz Lake Washington  John W. Smart King 5/1/1956
Black Rockfish 10 lbs 4 oz Pacific Ocean - Tacoma Narros Joseph Eberling   5/20/1980
Blue Catfish 17 lbs 12 oz Columbia River  Rangle Hawthorne   7/9/1975
Blue Rockfish 3 lbs 14.56 oz Pacific Ocean - Westport Erik M. Herbig   6/22/1996
Bluegill Sunfish 2 lbs 5.3 oz Tampico Park Pond  Ron Hinote Yakima 6/10/1984
Bocaccio Rockfish 23 lbs 10 oz Pacific Ocean - Swiftsure Bank Carson Kendall   8/8/1987
Bridgelip Sucker 3 lbs 0.96 oz Palmer Lake  John E. Moore Okanogan 5/27/1999
Brook Trout 9 lbs 0 oz Wobbly Lake  George G. Weekes Lewis 5/7/1988
Brown Bullhead 11 lbs 0.625 oz unnamed lake Justin E. Andrews Snohomish 6/3/2000
Brown Trout 22 lbs 0 oz Sullivan Lake  R.L. Henry Pend Oreille 5/22/1965
Bull Trout 22 lbs 8 oz Tieton River  Louis Schott Yakima 4/23/1961
Burbot 17 lbs 0.16 oz Palmer Lake  Patrick Bloomer Okanogan 1/15/1993
Cabezon 23 lbs 0 oz Pacific Ocean - Duneness Spit Wesley S. Hunter   8/4/1990
Canary Rockfish 10 lbs 9 oz Pacific Ocean - Neah Bay Ben Phillips   8/30/1986
Carp 41 lbs 4 oz Long Lake  Kevin Wolf Thurston 6/21/1980
Channel Catfish 36 lbs 3.2 oz I-82 Pond #6  Ross Kincaid Yakima 9/6/1999
China Rockfish 4 lbs 3 oz Pacific Ocean - Duncan Rock Steven Ripley   7/11/1989
Chinook (King) Salmon 68 lbs 4.16 oz Elochoman River  Mark Salmon Wahkiakum 10/5/1992
Chinook (King) Salmon 70 lbs 8 oz Pacific Ocean - Sekiu Chet Gausta   9/6/1964
Chum Salmon 27 lbs 15.52 oz Satsop River  Johnny Wilson Grays Harbor 10/19/1997
Chum Salmon 25 lbs 4.16 oz Pacific Ocean - near Grays Harbor Fred Dockendorf   8/7/2001
Coho Salmon 25 lbs 4.32 oz Quinault River  Brad Wilson Grays Harbor 11/11/2001
Coho Salmon 25 lbs 5.44 oz Pacific Ocean - Sekiu Martin Cooper   9/28/2001
Copper Rockfish 10 lbs 0 oz Pacific Ocean - Point Roberts Reef David Norhtington   8/6/1989
Cutthroat Trout 12 lbs 0 oz Crescent Lake  W. Welsh Clallam 7/1/1961
Dolly Varden Trout 10 lbs 15 oz White Chuck River  Leroy Thompson Snohomish 8/5/1999
Flathead Catfish 22 lbs 12.8 oz Snake River  C.L. McCary   6/28/1981
Golden Trout 3 lbs 12.96 oz N/A Mark S. Morris Okanogan 8/6/1991
Great Sculpin 4 lbs 9.5 oz Pacific Ocean - Port Angeles Harbor Mark Reynolds   7/29/1999
Green Sunfish 0 lbs 12.64 oz Bailey Lake  Mickey Hough Spokane 5/29/1994
Greenstripe Rockfish 1 lbs 10 oz Pacific Ocean - Possession Bar David Wedeking   1/19/1985
Kokanee Salmon 5 lbs 7.52 oz Lake Roosevelt  Don Growt Grant 6/4/1993
Lahontan Trout 18 lbs 0.64 oz Omak Lake  Dan Beardslee Okanogan 7/1/1993
Lake Trout 35 lbs 7.04 oz Lake Chelan  John G. Hossack   12/31/2001
Lake Whitefish 6 lbs 10.08 oz Lake Roosevelt - Hanson Harbor Jerry Hamilton Lincoln 3/31/1997
Largemouth Bass 11 lbs 9 oz Banks Lake  Carl Pruitt Grant 4/9/1977
Largescale Sucker 5 lbs 5.44 oz Mason Lake  Andrew J. Wallman Mason 4/22/2001
Lingcod 61 lbs 0 oz Pacific Ocean - San Juan Islands Tom Nelson   7/30/1986
Mountain Whitefish 5 lbs 2 oz Columbia River  Steven Becken Benton 11/30/1983
Northern Pike 32 lbs 3.2 oz Long Lake  Fred R. Ruetsch Spokane 4/15/1995
Pacific Cod 19 lbs 10 oz Pacific Ocean - Ediz Hook Ralph Bay   3/6/1984
Pacific Halibut 288 lbs 0 oz Pacific Ocean - Swiftsure Bank Vic Stevens   9/9/1989
Pacific Staghorn Sculpin 0 lbs 4.16 oz Pacific Ocean - Padilla Bay John E. Moore Skagit 11/6/2000
Peamouth Chub 0 lbs 15.84 oz Columbia River - Hanford Reach Silvia Sanchez Yakima 7/18/1995
Petrale Sole 7 lbs 9 oz Pacific Ocean - Jefferson Head John Stone   6/11/1990
Pikeminnow 7 lbs 5.76 oz Mason Lake  Andrew Joe Wallman Mason 4/5/2000
Pile Perch Surfperch 3 lbs 9 oz Pacific Ocean - Quartermaster Harbor Steve Urban   3/14/1981
Pink (Humpback) Salmon 14 lbs 13.76 oz Skykomish River  Alex Minerich   9/30/2001
Pink (Humpback) Salmon 11 lbs 8.96 oz Pacific Ocean - Possession Point Jeff Bergman   8/25/2001
Pumpkinseed Sunfish 0 lbs 12 oz Hicks Lake  Doug Molohon Thurston 8/3/1977
Quillback Rockfish 7 lbs 3 oz Pacific Ocean - Middle Bank Bror Hultgren   10/29/1987
Rainbow Trout 25 lbs 11.36 oz Rufus Woods Lake  Dick Hill Douglas 1/8/2001
Red Irish Lord Sculpin 3 lbs 3 oz Pacific Ocean - Mid-channel Bank Ryan Dicks   7/5/1985
Redtail Surfperch 4 lbs 0.8 oz Pacific Ocean - Kalaloch Chris Maynard   8/4/1996
Rock Bass 1 lbs 6 oz Steilacoom Lake  William Jackson Pierce 6/28/1981
Rock Sole 4 lbs 3 oz Pacific Ocean - Hein Bank Alan Schram   7/9/1989
Sablefish 30 lbs 0 oz Pacific Ocean - Westport Jeff Rudolph   6/28/1994
Sixgill Shark 220 lbs 0 oz Pacific Ocean - Gedney Island Jim Haines   1/30/1991
Smallmouth Bass 8 lbs 12 oz Columbia River - Hanford Reach Ray Wonacott   4/23/1966
Sockeye Salmon 10 lbs 10 oz Lake Washington  Gary Krasselt King 7/20/1982
Spiny Dogfish Shark 20 lbs 4 oz Pacific Ocean - Middle Bank Roger Petersen Island 5/22/1998
Starry Flounder 8 lbs 9.12 oz Pacific Ocean - W. of Sekiu Point Danny Patterson Clallam 7/6/1997
Steelhead Trout 35 lbs 1 oz Snake River  Gilbert Pierson Whitman 11/23/1973
Striped Surfperch 2 lbs 1 oz Pacific Ocean - Quartermaster harbor Chris Urban   6/2/1980
Tiger Muskellunge 31 lbs 4 oz Mayfield Lake  John V. Bays Lewis 9/22/2001
Tiger Rockfish 7 lbs 8 oz Pacific Ocean - Middle Bank James Wenban   11/30/1989
Vermillion Rockfish 7 lbs 1.12 oz Pacific Ocean - Makah Bay Gordon Thomson   7/25/2000
Walleye 18 lbs 14.4 oz Columbia River - John Day pool Kimo Gabriel   3/30/2001
Warmouth 0 lbs 8.48 oz Silver Lake  Linda Hatlelid Cowlitz 5/27/1996
White Crappie 2 lbs 12.8 oz Columbia River - Burbank Slough Don J. Benson Walla Walla 7/21/1988
Yellow Bullhead 1 lbs 10.08 oz Banks Lake  Mike Schlueter Grant 5/22/1994
Yellow Perch 2 lbs 12 oz Snelsons Slough  Larry Benthien Skagit 6/22/1968
Yelloweye Rockfish 27 lbs 12 oz Pacific Ocean - Dallas Bank Jan Tavis   4/15/1989
Yellowtail Rockfish 7 lbs 6 oz Pacific Ocean - Westport Ken Culver   9/15/1992