Record North Dakota Sport Caught Fish
& Minimums for Whopper and Catch and Release Club Entries
N/A = Not Applicable
| Species | Weight | Where | When | Minimum Whopper Club |
Minimum Catch & Release Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gamefish | Records | ||||
| Northern Pike | 37 lbs. 8 oz. | Sakakawea | 1968 | 20 lbs. | 32 inches |
| Walleye | 15 lbs. 12 oz. | Wood Lake | 1959 | 8 lbs. | 25 inches |
| Saugeye | 11 lbs. 12 oz. | Sakakawea | 1984 | 8 lbs. | 25 inches |
| Sauger | 8 lbs. 12 oz. | Sakakawea | 1971 | 4 lbs. | 20 inches |
| Yellow Perch | 2 lbs. 15 oz. | Devils Lake | 1982 | 1 3/4 lbs.* | N/A |
| Bluegill | 2 lbs. 12 oz. | Strawberry Lake | 1963 | 1½ lbs. | N/A |
| Crappie | 3 lbs. 4 oz. | Lake Oahe | 1998 | 1½ lbs. | N/A |
| White Bass | 4 lbs. 5¼ oz. | Devils Lake | 1986 | 3 lbs. | N/A |
| Largemouth Bass | 8 lbs 7½ oz. | Nelson Lake | 1983 | 5 lbs. | 18 inches |
| Smallmouth Bass | 5 lbs. 9 oz. | Sakakawea | 1999 | 3 lbs. | 16 inches |
| Tiger Muskie | 40 lbs. | Gravel Lake | 1975 | 20 lbs. | 40 inches |
| Muskellunge | 33 lbs. 12½oz. | McClusky Canal | 1996 | 20 lbs. | 40 inches |
| Rainbow Trout | 21 lbs. 4 oz. | Garrison Tailrace | 1998 | 5 lbs. | 21 inches |
| Brown Trout | 25 lbs. 4 oz. | Garrison Tailrace | 1987 | 5 lbs. | 21 inches |
| Cutthroat Trout | 3 lbs. 13 oz. | Hooker Lake | 1984 | 5 lbs. | 21 inches |
| Lake Trout | 14 lbs. 4 oz. | Garrison Tailrace | 1982 | 5 lbs | N/A |
| Chinook Salmon | 31 lbs. 2 oz. | Garrison Tailrace | 1986 | 12 lbs. | N/A |
| Paddlefish | 120 lbs. | Missouri River | 1993 | 70 lbs. | N/A |
| Channel Catfish | 33 lbs. 4 oz. | Red River | 1991 | 12 lbs. | N/A |
| Ling | 18 lbs. 4 oz. | Knife River | 1984 | 8 lbs. | 28 inches |
| Non-Game Fish | |||||
| Striped Bass | 20 lbs. 12 oz. | Devils Lake | 1993 | N/A | N/A |
| Whitefish | 8 lbs. 11 oz. | Garrison Tailrace | 1984 | 4 lbs. | |
| Cisco | 1 lbs. 8¼ oz. | Sakakawea | 1997 | N/A | N/A |
| Flathead Catfish | 29 lbs. 6 oz. | Heart River | 1985 | N/A | N/A |
| Bullhead | 4 lbs. 1 oz. | Devils Lake | 1988 | 2 lbs. | N/A |
| Drum | 26 lbs. 2 oz. | Sakakawea | 1988 | 6 lbs. | N/A |
| Buffalo | 33 lbs. | Lake Tschida | 1994 | 15 lbs. | N/A |
| Carp | 26 lbs. 15 oz. | Red River | 1995 | 15 lbs. | N/A |
| Goldeye | 3 lbs. 13 oz. | New John's Lake | 1998 | 2 lbs. | N/A |
