| NORTH CAROLINA FRESH WATER FISHING RECORDS |
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| SPECIES | WEIGHT |
LOCATION OF CATCH | DATE OF | NAME OF ANGLER | LURE OR BAIT |
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| CATCH |
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| **BASS | | | | | |
| Bodie (SBxWB) | 17/7 | Lake Chatuge | 3/15/96 | Michael R. Hogsed | Rebel Jointed Plug |
| Roanoke | 2/10.75 | Nash County Fishing Creek |
4/27/94 | Richard Elijah Evans | Spinner bait |
| Largemouth | 15/14 | Farm Pond, Union County |
3/29/91 | William H. Wofford | Crankbait |
| Rock (redeye) | 1/14 | Deep River, Carbonton | 4/29/98 | Robert W. Lytton | Crappie Jig |
| Smallmouth | 10/2 | Hiwassee Reservoir | 6/1/51 | Archie Lampkin | Unknown |
| Spotted | 5/15 | Lake Chatuge | 11/27/92 | Kent Moffitt | Spinner bait |
| Striped | 54/2 | Hiwassee Reservoir | 6/7/91 | Larry KIeith Verner | Minnow |
| White | 5/14 | Kerr Reservoir | 3/15/86 | Jim King | Bucktail |
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| **CATFISH | | |
| Blue | 80/0 | Cape Fear River | 3/21/99 | Keith Davis | Unknown |
| Channel | 40/8 | Fontana Reservoir | 4/15/71 | P.P. Paine | Unknown |
| Flathead | 69/0 | Cape Fear River | 7/26/94 | Edward C. Davis | Perch |
| White | 13/0 | Lake James | 5/21/90 | Jerry Wayne Bentley | Night crawler |
| Brown Bullhead | 3/12 | Buck Hall Creek, Duplin County | 4/26/97 | Gregory Dale Hughes | Night crawler |
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| **PERCH | | |
| White | 1/15 | Farm Pond, Granville Co. | 11/11/95 | Timothy Goss | Minnow |
| Yellow | 2/9 | Indiantown Creek | 2/8/90 | Evelyn G. Ethridge | Minnow |
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| **PICKEREL | | |
| Chain | 8/0 | Gaston Reservoir | 2/13/68 | John H. Leonard | Minnow |
| Redfin | 2/4 | Gallberry Swamp | 6/23/97 | Edward C. Davis | Minnow |
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| **SHAD | | |
| American | 7/15.5 | Tar River | 4/10/74 | R.S. Proctor | Shad dart |
| Hickory | 3/8 | Tar River | 2/20/92 | Ralph D. Johnson | Spoon |
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| **SUNFISH | | |
| Redear (shellcr'kr) | 4/6* | Lookout Shoals Lake | 6/12/88 | Roanld Sweet | Orange Rooster-tail |
| Bluegill |
4/5 | Henderson County | 7/27/67 | Danny Case | Catawba worm |
| Flier | 1/5 | Private pond | 3/17/90 | Douglas N. McCall | Cricket |
| Green | 0/8 | Farm Pond, Guilford County | 9/16/98 | Craig Wyrick | Plastic Worm |
| Redbreast | 1/12 | Bladen Co. Big Swamp | 5/29/83 | Ronald Stanley | Beetle spin |
| Warmouth | 1/13 | Richmond Co. McLeods Pond | 5/7/76 | Emma Sears | Minnow |
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| **TROUT | | |
| Brook | 7/7 | Raven Fork River | 5/15/80 | G.L. Marshall, Jr. | Rooster tail |
| Brown | 24/10 | Nantahala River | 4/17/98 | Robert Lee Dyer | #11 Rapala |
| Rainbow | 16/5 | Jackson County | 12/20/89 | Terry L. Gregory | Night crawler |
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| **OTHER | | |
| Bowfin | 17/15 | Black River | 6/21/97 | Gregory A. Demery, Sr. | Cut bait breem |
| Carp | 48/0 | Mecklenburg Co. pond | 3/11/86 | William Houston, Jr. | Unknown |
| Crappie |
4/15 | Asheboro City Lake #4 | 4/27/80 | Dean Dixon | Minnow |
| Grass Carp | 68/12 | Summerlins Pond, Leland | 6/8/98 | David W. Stowell | Rebel Pop R |
| Longnose Gar | 14/8 | Neuse River | 6/12/99 | John P. Holland | Cut bait |
| Muskellunge | 41/0 | Fontana Lake Point 11 | 2/16/94 | Chancy C. Jones, Jr. | Hopkins spoon |
| Muskellunge, tiger | 33/8 | James Lake | 4/3/88 | Gary Dean Nanney | Buz bait |
| Pike, northern | 11/13 | James Lake | 8/26/78 | Keith Gilliam | Storm wiggle wart |
| Sauger | 5/15 | Norman Lake | 7/25/71 | David Shook | Top water rapala |
| Smallmouth buffalo | 88/0 | Lake Wylie | 11/14/93 | Tony Crawford | Pack bait |
| Walleye | 13/8 | Lake Chatuge (Shooting Cr.) | 8/16/86 | Lamar L. Cofer | Old faithful spoon |
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| | | | | | revised 9/1/99 |
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| *This record was tied by a young SCOTT MILLER in Union Mill Farm Pond on June 12, 1994 |