State Records: West Virginia

West Virginia

Here are all the known fishing records for the State of West Virginia

Species Weight Length Location Angler County Date
Bluegill Sunfish 2 lbs 12 oz 11.7" unknown pond  Mark A. Lewis Randolph 1986
Bowfin 7 lbs 10.56 oz 29.38" unknown pond  Carl A. Jaeger III Berkeley 1994
Brook Trout 7 lbs 3.04 oz 23.13" Little River  Harmon Cozort   1997
Brown Trout 16 lbs 0 oz 32" South Branch  Paul Barker   1968
Buffalo 38 lbs 0 oz 41" Little Kanawha River  Hobert Null   1976
Bullhead 6 lbs 1.6 oz 22.75" Tygart Lake Headwaters  Gary R. Freeman   1977
Carp 47 lbs 0 oz 39.3" unknown pond  Gary Johnson Preston 1998
Chain Pickerel 6 lbs 3.04 oz 27.75" Tuckahoe Lake  Steven Demma   2001
Channel Catfish 33 lbs 6.08 oz 38" Patterson Creek  Johnny J. Weatherholtz Jr.   1993
Crappie 4 lbs 0.8 oz 19.75" Meathouse Fork  Leonard Edgell   1971
Eel 7 lbs 4 oz 44" Bunker Hill Quarry  Arlie R. Ruble   1977
Fallfish 3 lbs 8 oz 21.25" North Fork South Branch Potomac River  James Blackwell   1970
Flathead Catfish 70 lbs 0 oz 52" Little Kanawha River  L.L. McClung   1956
Freshwater Drum 27 lbs 0 oz 35.5" South Fork Hughes River  Charles M. Lott   1989
Golden Trout 9 lbs 4.96 oz 26.4" Brushy Fork Lake  Danny Crider   1998
Goldeye 3 lbs 0 oz 18.5" Ohio River  Delbert McWilliams   1983
Grass Carp 43 lbs 0 oz 45" South Fork South Branch Potomac River  Chad Porter   1996
Hybrid Bass 14 lbs 0 oz 32.1" Kanawha River  Frankie Harris   2000
Largemouth Bass 9 lbs 9.92 oz 25.75" Dog Run Lake  Eli Gain Grant 2001
Longnose Gar 19 lbs 1.28 oz 50.5" Kanawha River  Michael S. Casey   1993
Muskellunge 49 lbs 12 oz 50.37" Stonecoal Lake  Anna Marsh   1997
Northern Pike 22 lbs 0.96 oz 42.6" Dog Run Lake  Boyd O. Pratt Sr.   1989
Rainbow Trout 11 lbs 11.84 oz 31.7" Stonecoal Lake  John P. Arnett   1993
Rock Bass 1 lbs 12 oz 13.8" Big Sandy Creek  Warren Ryan   1964
Sauger 4 lbs 12 oz 23" Ohio River  Steve Powell   1985
Saugeye 6 lbs 15.04 oz 25.75" East Lynn Lake  Ferrel Mills   1996
Skipjack Herring 2 lbs 8.32 oz 18.37" Kanawha River  Mark Neff   2000
Smallmouth Bass 9 lbs 12 oz 24.25" South Branch  David Lindsay   1971
Spotted Bass 4 lbs 12.32 oz 19" RD Bailey Lake  Kevin Dameron   2000
Striped Bass 29 lbs 8.96 oz 37.68" Bluestone Lake  Terry Watkins   2000
Sturgeon 12 lbs 8 oz 40" Ohio River  Emmett Wheeler   1949
Tiger Muskellunge 36 lbs 8 oz 49.25" Mountwood Lake  Clyde E. Beckett   1994
Tiger Trout 6 lbs 10.88 oz 26" Greenbrier River  John Duncan   1986
Walleye 17 lbs 3.52 oz 33" Gauley River  Billy Ray   1990
White Bass 4 lbs 8.96 oz 20" New River  Louis Puskas   1985
Yellow Perch 1 lbs 13.28 oz 14.5" Tygart Lake  Charles Mayle   1985