Iowa Fishing Records

Below is a list of the State fishing records for Iowa.

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Species	Angler	Weight	Length	Date	Body Of Water	County
Bigmouth Buffalo	Jim Winters	62 lbs 8 ozs	48.5"	8/1/99	Mississippi River	Davis
Black Crappie	Ted Trowbridge	4 lbs 9 ozs	21.25"	5/1/81	Green Castle	Marshall
Blue Catfish	Mike Rush	101 lbs 0 ozs	53.37"	6/4/04	Missouri River	Mills
Bluegill	Phil Algreen	3 lbs 2 ozs	12.87"	7/1/86	Farm Pond	Madison
Bowfin	Bill Gretten	11 lbs 9 ozs	31.5"	5/1/94	Mississippi River	Clayton
Brook Trout	David Kovarik	7 lbs 0 ozs	19.75"	7/1/96	Fountain Springs	Delaware
Brown Trout	Gerold Lewis	15 lbs 6 ozs	29"	6/1/95	North Prairie Lake	Black Hawk
Carp	Fred Hougland	50 lbs 0 ozs	44"	5/1/69	Glenwood Lake	Mills
Channel Catfish	Ron Godwin	36 lbs 8 ozs	40.5"	8/1/93	Middle Raccoon River	Dallas
Drum (Sheepshead)	R.F. Farra	46 lbs 0 ozs	38.5"	10/1/62	Spirit Lake	Dickinson
Flathead Caftish	Joe Baze	81 lbs 0 ozs	52"	6/1/58	Lake Ellis	Lucas
Green Sunfish	Ralph Mayer	2 lbs 1 ozs	12.5"	7/1/00	Farm Pond	Marion
Largemouth Bass	Patricia Zaerr	10 lbs 14 ozs	23.5"	5/1/84	Lake Fisher	Davis
Longnose Gar	Kevin Riley	17 lbs 8 ozs	51"	9/1/92	Mississippi River	Clayton
Mooneye	Kirck Hanson	2 lbs 6 ozs	18"	6/1/03	Mississippi River	Jackson
Mooneye	Ron Norris	2 lbs 6 ozs	18.25"	11/1/03	Cedar River	Black Hawk
Muskellunge (Muskie)	Kevin Cardwell	50 lbs 6 ozs	52"	8/1/00	Spirit Lake	Dickinson
Northern Pike	Allen Forsberg	25 lbs 5 ozs	45"	2/1/77	West Okoboji	Dickinson
Paddlefish	Robert Pranschke	107 lbs 0 ozs	69.5"	3/1/81	Missouri River	Monona
Rainbow Trout	Jack Renner	19 lbs 8 ozs	35"	7/1/84	French Creek	Allamakee
Rock Bass	Jim Driscoll	1 lbs 8 ozs	10.5"	6/1/73	Mississippi River	Dubuque
Sauger	Mrs. W. Buser	6 lbs 8 ozs	25"	10/1/76	Missouri River	Woodbury
Saugeye	Don Ostergaard	12 lbs 4 ozs	29.5"	3/1/00	Des Moines River	Polk
Shortnose Gar	Mark Lindeman	4 lbs 7 ozs	28.5"	2/1/96	Des Moines River	Marion
Shovelnose Sturgeon	Randy Hemm	12 lbs 0 ozs	33"	4/1/74	Des Moines River	Van Buren
Smallmouth Bass	Rick Gray	7 lbs 12 ozs	22.75"	9/1/90	West Okoboji	Dickinson
Striped Bass	Richard Pauley	9 lbs 4 ozs	29"	7/1/83	Lake Rathbun	Appanoose
Tiger Muskellunge (Tiger Muskie)	Shannon Green	27 lbs 2 ozs	47"	8/1/89	West Okoboji	Dickinson
Walleye	Gloria Eoriatti	14 lbs 8 ozs	30.5"	9/1/86	Des Moines River	Polk
White Amur	Vaugh Wassink	64 lbs 0 ozs	49.5"	5/3/04	Greenfield	Sioux
White Bass	Bill Born	3 lbs 14 ozs	20"	5/1/72	West Okoboji	Dickinson
Wiper Bass	Don Ostergaard	18 lbs 15 ozs	33.25"	9/1/97	Des Moines River	Polk
Yellow Bass	Bill Campbell	1 lbs 9 ozs	14.5"	4/1/99	Lake Manawa	Pottawattami
Yellow Bass	Michael Gradick	1 lbs 9 ozs	13.5"	5/1/00	Lake Anita	Cass
Yellow Bullhead	Michael Hurd	5 lbs 8 ozs	22"	1989	Farm Pond	Hamilton
Yellow Perch	Steven Moore	2 lbs 3 ozs	15.5"	12/1/01	Bussey Lake	Clayton
Yellow Perch	Daniel Borchardt	2 lbs 3 ozs	14.75"	3/1/94	Morse Lake	Wright

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