Tennessee's Record Fish as of January 2000
Sport Fishing Methods
Common Name | Weight | Date Caught | Location |
Largemouth Bass | 14 lbs. 8 oz. | 10/17/54 | Sugar Creek |
Smallmouth Bass | 11 lbs. 15 oz. | 7/9/55 | Dale Hollow Reservoir |
Spotted Bass | 5 lbs. 8 oz. | 2/4/89 | Center Hill Reservoir |
Coosa Bass | 1 lb. 14.5 oz. | 8/18/91 | Parksville Reservoir |
Striper (rockfish) | 63 lbs. 12 oz. | 2/7/98 | Melton Hill Reservoir |
White Bass | 5 lbs. 2 oz. | 4/22/89 | Parksville Reservoir |
Cherokee (Hybrid) | 23 lbs. 3 oz. | 4/17/98 | Stones River |
Yellow Bass | 2 lbs. 9 oz. | 2/27/98 | Duck River (near Waverly) |
Black Crappie | 4 lbs. 4 oz. | 3/23/85 | Brown's Creek Lake |
White Crappie | 5 lbs. 1 oz. | 4/20/68 | |
Walleye* | 25 lbs. 0 oz. | 8/3/60 | Old Hickory Lake |
Sauger | 7 lbs. 6 oz. | 2/19/73 | Old Kentucky Reservoir |
Saugeye | 10 lbs. 12 oz. | 7/18/98 | Melton Hill Reservoir |
Yellow Perch | 1 lb. 15 oz. | 12/6/92 | Hiwassee River |
Yellow Perch | 1 lb. 15 oz. | 8/25/96 | Melton Hill Reservoir |
Northern Pike | 24 lbs. 7.5 oz. | 3/28/95 | South Holston Reservoir |
Muskellunge | 42 lbs. 8 oz. | 4/27/83 | Norris Reservoir |
Chain Pickerel | 7 lbs. 7 oz. | 2/2/91 | Kentucky Reservoir |
Bluegill | 3 lbs. 0 oz. | 12/19/87 | Pond- Bledsoe Co. |
Bluegill | 3 lbs. 0 oz. | 6/27/77 | Fall Creek Falls Creek |
Pumpkinseed | 5 oz. | 6/14/98 | Dogwood Lake |
Round Flier | 5.5 oz. | 3/3/87 | Blair Lake, Madison Co. |
Orangespotted Sunfish | 5.44 oz. | 5/30/82 | Nolichucky River |
Redear Sunfish | 3 lbs. 5.5 oz. | 9/1/79 | Private Pond |
Longear Sunfish | 12.75 oz. | 5/15/85 | Pond- Overton Co. |
Green Sunfish | 1 lb. 4 oz. | 6/8/91 | North Cross Creek |
Redbreast Sunfish | 1 lb. 5 oz. | 6/22/74 | Holston River |
Rock Bass | 2 lbs. 8 oz. | 1958 | Stones River |
Warmouth | 1 lb. 12 oz. | 5/26/84 | Nolichucky River |
Channel Catfish | 41 lbs. 0 oz. | 7/30/82 | Fall Creek Falls Lake |
Flathead Catfish | 85 lbs. 15 oz. | 7/25/93 | Hiwassee River |
Blue Catfish | 112 lbs. 0 oz. | 6/7/98 | Lock C, Cumberland River |
Black Bullhead | 3 lbs. 5.5 oz. | 2/20/97 | Pond - Cannon Co. |
Brown Bullhead | 2 lbs. 14 oz. | 6/5/80 | Chickamauga Reservoir |
Yellow Bullhead | 4 lbs. 8 oz. | 4/21/79 | Chickamauga Reservoir |
Brook Trout | 3 lbs. 14 oz. | 8/15/73 | Hiwassee River |
Brown Trout | 28 lbs. 12 oz. | 8/30/88 | Clinch River |
Cutthroat Trout | 6 oz. | 6/1/69 | Obey River |
Rainbow Trout | 15 lbs. .25 oz. | 6/18/94 | Boone Reservoir |
Ohrid Trout | 14 lbs. 5 oz. | 3/28/86 | Watauga Reservoir |
Lake Trout | 20 lbs. .79 oz. | 4/2/94 | Watauga Reservoir |
Bigmouth Buffalo | 46 lbs 5 oz. | 4/9/82 | Watts Bar Reservoir |
Smallmouth Buffalo | 34 lbs. 4 oz. | 3/9/86 | Chickamauga Creek |
Black Buffalo | 55 lbs. 8 oz. | 5/3/84 | Cherokee Reservoir |
Longnose Gar | 23 lbs. 0 oz. | 1963 | Kentucky Reservoir |
Shortnose Gar | 5 lbs. 12 oz. | 5/10/95 | Watts Bar Reservoir |
Spotted Gar | 9 lbs. 4.8 oz. | 6/27/99 | Cross Creeks |
Common Carp | 42 lbs. 8 oz. | 8/12/56 | Boone Reservoir |
Bighead Carp | 47 lbs. 0 oz. | 6/6/99 | Nickajack Reservoir |
Bighead Carp | 47 lbs. 0 oz. | 7/1/99 | Guntersville Reservoir |
Israeli Carp | 53 lbs. 0 oz. | 5/21/97 | Marrowbone Lake |
Golden Shiner | 15 oz. | 3/26/99 | Chickamauga Reservoir |
Skipjack Herring* | 3 lbs. 12 oz. | 2/14/82 | Watts Bar Reservoir |
Drum | 54 lbs. 8 oz. | 4/20/72 | Nickajack Reservoir |
Paddlefish | 75 lbs. 0 oz. | 4/28/84 | Center Hill Lake. |
Bowfin | 15 lbs. 7 oz. | 6/22/83 | Reelfoot Lake |
Redhorse | 11 lbs. .01 oz. | 4/6/93 | Duck River |
Golden Redhorse | 2 lbs. 9 oz. | 10/10/98 | Elk River |
Stoneroller (Hornyhead) | 9.76 oz. | 5/1/83 | Hiwassee River |
Goldeye | 14 oz. | 4/17/93 | Cumberland River |
Mooneye | 14 oz. | 4/12/90 | Hiwassee River |
Northern Carpsucker | 1 lb. 9 oz. | 2/28/80 | Laurel Hill Lake |
White Amur | 67 lbs. 0 oz. | 4/13/99 | Norris Reservoir |