Alabama Freshwater Fish Records

SPECIES
WEIGHT
DATE
LOCATION
ANGLER/HOMETOWN
Bass, Largemouth 16 lbs 8 oz 11/3/87 Mtn. View Lake, Shelby Co Thomas (T. M.) Burgin/Birmingham
Bass, Redeye (3) 3 lbs 2 oz 3/8/2000 Choccolocco Creek Terry Johnson/Oxford
Bass, Rock 1 lb 6 oz 6/2/97 Paint Rock River James R. Stewart/Scottsboro
Bass, Shoal 6 lbs 11 oz 2/25/96 Hallawakee Creek Darrell Trawick/Salem
Bass, Smallmouth (1) l0 lbs 8 oz 10/8/50 Wheeler Dam tailwater Owen F. Smith/Fairfield
Bass, Spotted (2) 8 lbs 15 oz 3/18/78 Lewis Smith Phillip C. Terry/Decatur
Bass, Striped 55 lbs 1955 Tallapoosa River Charles Totty/Tallassee
Bass, Striped Hybrid 25 lbs 15 oz 9/13/96 Sipsey Fork E. H. Hodges/Chelsea
Bass, White 4 lbs 9 oz 2/14/87 Warrior River Ben DeMott/Bessemer
Bass, Yellow (3) 2 lb 8 oz 4/12/00 Guntersville Reservoir, Jackson Co. Dennis M. Woebbeking/Pisgah
Bowfin 17 lbs 12 oz 8/13/78 Mobile Delta David C. Wood/Daphne
Buffalo 57 lbs 4/13/90 Guntersville Reservoir Ralph B. Lowery/Albertville
Bullhead 3 lbs 13 oz 4/8/84 Private Pond/Montgomery. Co. Charles A. Lane/Montgomery
Carp, Common 35 lbs 4/19/80 Bear Creek, Colbert County Darrin Jackson/Double Springs
Carp, Grass 70 lbs 4/12/99 Lake Martin Michael S. White, Jr./Eclectic
Catfish, Blue (3) 111 lbs 7/5/96 Wheeler  Reservoir Wm. P. McKinley/Elkmont
Catfish, Channel 40 lbs 6/17/67 Inland Lake Donald R. Cox/Oneonta
Catfish, Flathead 80 lbs 6/22/86 Alabama River, Selma Rick Conner/Selma
Catfish, White 10 lbs 5 oz 4/3/81 Chambers Co. Public Lake Roy T. Britton/Opelika
Crappie, Black (tie)
Crappie, Black (tie)
4 lbs 5 oz
4 lbs 4 oz
6/2/97
3/18/84
private pond/Jefferson Co.
Paint Creek
William D. Webb/B'ham
Sherril Harris/Sylacauga
Crappie, White
Crappie, White
4 lbs 9 oz
4 lbs 8 oz
5/8/00
4/4/74
Lake Martin, Tallapoosa Co.
Guntersville Reservoir
Jeremy S. White/Alexander City
Jack Grant/Altoona
Drum, Freshwater (2) 41 lbs 8 oz 7/24/49 Wilson Reservoir Wilson Brock/Birmingham
Eel, American 5 lbs 8 oz 5/11/89 Lake Shechi, Chilton Co. Tod A. Groover/Montevallo
Gar, Alligator 140 lbs 7/3/83 Blakley River Billy Wildberger/Mobile
Gar, Longnose 32 lbs 14 oz 4/18/85 Jordan Reservoir Gary Smyth/Pelham
Gar, Spotted 8 lbs 12 oz 8/26/87 Cotaco Creek Winston Baker/Alex City
Muskellunge 19 lbs 8 oz l2/31/72 Wilson Dam tailwater Steve Leatherwood/Haleyville
Paddlefish 52 lbs 12 oz 3/18/82 Wilson Dam tailwater Susan Holland/Muscle Shoals
Perch, Yellow 1 lb 15 oz 2/26/00 Wheeler Reservoir, Limestone Co. Matthew K. Patterson/Decatur
Pickerel, Chain 6 lbs 5.5 oz 6/24/76 Dyas Creek, Baldwin County Michael P. Ryan/Bay Minette
Pickerel, Redfin 0 lbs 6 oz. 8/31/97 Copeland Ck./Wash. Co. Michael Merig/Irondale
Redhorse, Silver (3) 14 lbs 14 oz 4/24/95 Wilson Dam tailwater Chris Stephenson/B'ham
Sauger 5 lbs 2 oz 3/5/72 Wilson Dam tailwater William F. Huntley/Athens
Sunfish, Bluegill (3) 4 lbs 12 oz 4/9/50 Ketona Lake, Birmingham T. S. Hudson/Birmingham
Sunfish, Green 0 lbs 15 oz 4/28/85 Bayview Lake, Birmingham Stephen McArdle/B'ham
Sunfish, Longear 0 lbs 8 oz 5/12/90 Yellow River Jerry Jones/Ozark
Sunfish, Redbreast 13 oz 6/15/96 Pea River Ronnie E. Carnley/Opp
Sunfish, Redear (2) 4 1bs 4 oz 5/5/62 Chattahoochee R. Jeff Lashley/Gordon
Trout, Rainbow 7 lbs 2 oz 4/6/91 Weiss Reservoir Darel Henderson/Chicamauga
Walleye 10 lbs 14 oz 6/24/80 Weiss Reservoir Julia Hurley/Cedar Bluff
Warmouth 1 lb 12 oz 4/25/86 Farm Pond Jimmy A. Barfield/Dothan
(1) Previous World Record, Any Method / (2) Previous World Record, Rod and Reel / (3) World Record, Rod And Reel
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