New Hampshire State Record Fish Verified Record Freshwater Fish

SPECIES LENGTH WEIGHT PLACE TOWN DATE ANGLER STATE
American Eel 44.50" 8 lbs. Crystal Lake Eaton 7/6/75 Michael Hansharak NH
Lake Whitefish 21.75" 5 lb. 1 oz. Winnipesaukee Alton 8/23/74 Paul E. Littlefield CT
Landlocked Salmon 34.50" 18 lb. 8 oz. Pleasant Lake New London 8/31/42 Mrs. Letty M. Clark NH
Brown Trout 32.50" 16 lb. 6 oz. Connecticut River Pittsburg 7/4/75 Ken Reed, Jr. CT
Rainbow Trout 35.50" 15 lb. 7.2 oz. Pemigewasset River Bristol 9/16/96 Lance King NH
Brook Trout 25.50" 9 lbs. Pleasant Lake New London 5/8/11 A. Val. Woodruff NH
Lake Trout 39.50" 28 lb. 8 oz. Newfound Lake Bristol 4/24/58 Albert C. Staples MA
Sunapee Trout 33.00" 11 lb. 8 oz. Sunapee Lake Sunapee 10/2/54 Ernest Theoharris NH
Splake Trout 26.88" 9 lbs. Crystal Lake Eaton 2/20/80 Thomas Barbour NH
Chain Pickerel 26.00" 8 lbs. Plummer Lake Sanbornton 4/24/66 Carroll R. Akeley MA
Northern Pike 44.00" 23 lb. 1.6 oz. Connecticut River Hinsdale 3/9/96 Brian J. McCarthy NH
Carp 34.50" 30 lb. 8 oz. Mascoma River West Lebanon 6/17/85 Stephen Allan NH
Carp (Bow Harvested) 34.00" 18 lb. 15.84 oz. Merrimack River Manchester 6/29/97 Todd Rivard NH
Yellow Bullhead 16.00" 2 lb. 8 oz. Pecknolds Pond Chester 8/80 Gerald Menard NH
Brown Bullhead 16.00" 2 lb. 5.5 oz. Farm Pond Weare 5/17/87 John B. Wimsatt NH
White Catfish 23.00" 5 lb. 11 oz. Big Cub Pond Danville 8-4-96 Zachary Cross NH
Cusk 34.25" 11 lb. 2.2 oz. Sunapee Lake Sunapee 3/4/84 John MacKenna NH
Largemouth Bass 25.80" 10 lb. 8 oz. Lake Potanipo Brookline 5/67 G. Bullpitt NH
Smallmouth Bass 23.25" 7 lb. 14.5 oz. Goose Pond Canaan 8/70 Francis H. Lord MA
White Perch 17.20" 3 lb. 11.5 oz. Winnipesaukee Moultonboro 12/29/86 John J. Ziolkowski CT
Yellow Perch 15.50" 2 lb. 6 oz. Head's Pond Hooksett 3/4/69 R. Hebert NH
Bluegill 11.25" 2 lb. 0.64 oz. Goodwins Pond Acworth 6/18/92 Justin S. Therieau NH
Walleye 31.00" 12 lb. 8 oz. Connecticut River Lebanon 3/10/81 Michael Kebalka NH
Walleye 34.00" 12 lb. 8.8 oz. Connecticut River Wells Riv., VT 5/4/92 Anthony Bartolini NH
Round Whitefish 16.00" 1 lb. 1.44 oz. Newfound Lake Bristol 2/24/94 Richard A. Dow NH
American Shad No record - Minimum qualifying weight - 5 lbs
Rock Bass 13.50" 1 lb. 8 oz. Island Pond Stoddard 9/18/82 Linc Chamberland CT
Black Crappie 17.00" 2 lb. 7.5 oz. Balch Pond Wakefield 2/5/83 Sylvestre Gayaud NH
Black Crappie 14.50" 2 lb. 8 oz. Lovewell Pond Nashua 12/31/85 Paul Shubelka NH
Pumpkinseed 9.50" 12.48 oz. Winnisquam Lake Laconia 9/10/84 Marcel R. LeBel NH
Fallfish 20.75" 3 lb. 8.96 oz. Lake Winnipesaukee Gilford 7/12/91 John Conti MA
Tiger Muskellunge 35.50" 11 lb. 11.68 oz. Connecticut River W. Lebanon 6/27/82 Brian Patch NH

Verified Record Saltwater/Anadromous Fish TOP

SPECIES LENGTH WEIGHT PLACE TOWN DATE ANGLER STATE
Chinook Salmon 37.00" 19 lb. 4 oz. Exeter River Exeter 11/9/85 Brian O'Connell MA
Coho Salmon 33.50" 16 lb. 3 oz. Piscataqua River Portsmouth 9/3/84 Perry R. Soroko NH
Atlantic Cod 63.00" 98 lb. 12 oz. Isle of Shoals Hampton 6/8/69 Alphonse Bielevich NH
Bluefish 39.00"* 21 lbs. Great Bay Durham 8/23/75 Henry S. Krook NH
Striped Bass 51.00" 60 lbs. Great Bay Dover 6/26/80 Robert A. Lindholm NH
Pollock 50.00" 47 lbs. Atlantic Portsmouth 7/1/81 Noborv Murakami (MD) NH
Winter Flounder 15.75" 2 lb. 4 oz. Hampton Harbor Hampton 6/28/86 Donald F.X. Angerman MA
Mackerel 17.50" 3 lbs. Gulf of Maine Hampton 5/12/88 Donald F.X. Angerman MA
Haddock 31.50" 10 lb. 10.75oz. Gulf of Maine Rye 5/26/88 George R. Koster NH
Cusk 39.50" 31 lbs. Gulf of Maine Hampton 6/10/96 Richard F. Hincman NH
Blue Fin Tuna 112.00" 844 lbs. Gulf of Maine Atlantic Ocean 9/13/97 Wayne Clough NH

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