Minnesota Fishing Records

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

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Species	Weight	Length	Date	Body Of Water	County
American Eel	6 lbs 9 ozs	36"	1997	St. Croix River	Washington
Atlantic Salmon	12 lbs 13 ozs	35.5"	10/12/91	Baptism River	Lake
Bigmouth Buffalo	41 lbs 11 ozs	38.5"	1991	Mississippi River	Goodhue
Black Buffalo	20 lbs 0 ozs	34.2"	1997	Minnesota River	Nicollet
Black Bullhead	3 lbs 13 ozs	17.17"	1997	Reno Lake	Pope
Black Crappie	5 lbs 0 ozs	21"	1940	Vermillion River	Dakota
Blue Sucker	14 lbs 3 ozs	30.4"	1987	Mississippi River	Wabasha
Bluegill	2 lbs 13 ozs		1948	Alice Lake	Hubbard
Bowfin	10 lbs 15 ozs	32"	1983	Mary Lake	Douglas
Bowfin	10 lbs 15 ozs	31"	1992	French Lake	Rice
Brook Trout	6 lbs 5 ozs	24"	2002	Pigeon River	Cook
Brown Bullhead	7 lbs 1 ozs	24.4"	1974	Shallow Lake	Itasca
Brown Trout (outlying)	16 lbs 12 ozs	31.4"	1989	Lake Superior	St. Louis
Burbot	19 lbs 3 ozs	34.25"	2001	Lake Of The Woods	Lake Of The Woods
Carp	55 lbs 5 ozs	42"	1952	Clearwater Lake	Wright
Channel Catfish	38 lbs 0 ozs	44"	1975	Mississippi River	Hennepin
Chinook Salmon	33 lbs 4 ozs	44.7"	1989	Poplar River	Cook
Chinook Salmon	33 lbs 4 ozs	42.3"	1989	Lake Superior	St. Louis
Coho Salmon	10 lbs 7 ozs	27.3"	1970	Lake Superior	Lake
Drum (Sheepshead)	35 lbs 3 ozs	36"	1999	Mississippi River	Winona
Flathead Caftish	70 lbs 0 ozs		1970	St. Croix River	Washington
Golden Redhorse	3 lbs 14 ozs	20"	2003	Otter Tail River	Koochiching
Goldeye	2 lbs 13 ozs	20.1"	2001	Root River	Houston
Greater Redhorse	11 lbs 13 ozs	29"	1995	Muck Lake	Crow Wing
Green Sunfish	1 lbs 3 ozs	11.4"	1984	Scheuble Lake	Carver
Hybrid Sunfish	1 lbs 12 ozs	11.5"	1994	Zumbro River	Olmsted
Kokanee (sockeye Salmon)	2 lbs 15 ozs	20"	1971	Caribou Lake	Itasca
Lake Sturgeon	94 lbs 4 ozs	34"	1994	Kettle River	Pine
Lake Trout (outlying)	43 lbs 8 ozs		1955	Lake Superior	Cook
Lake Whitefish	12 lbs 5 ozs	28.5"	1999	Leech Lake	Cass
Largemouth Bass	8 lbs 8 ozs	23.5"	1994	Tetonka Lake	Le Sueur
Longnose Gar	16 lbs 12 ozs	53"	1982	St. Croix River	Washington
Longnose Sucker	3 lbs 2 ozs	19"	1986	Rainy River	Koochiching
Menominee Whitefish	2 lbs 8 ozs	21"	1987	Lake Superior	Cook
Mooneye	1 lbs 15 ozs	16.5"	1980	Minnesota River	Redwood
Muskellunge (Muskie)	54 lbs 0 ozs	56"	1957	Lake Winnibigoshish	Itasca
Northern Hog Sucker	1 lbs 15 ozs	14.3"	1982	Sunrise River	Chisago
Northern Pike	45 lbs 12 ozs		1929	Basswood Lake	Lake
Pink Salmon	4 lbs 8 ozs	23.5"	1989	Cascade River	Cook
Pumpkinseed	1 lbs 6 ozs	10.1"	1999	Leech Lake	Cass
Quillback	6 lbs 14 ozs	23"	1991	Mississippi River	Ramsey
Rainbow Trout	16 lbs 6 ozs	33"	1980	Knife River	Cook
River Carpsucker	3 lbs 15 ozs	19.5"	1991	Mississippi River	Ramsey
River Redhorse	10 lbs 10 ozs	30"	2004	Kettle River	Cass
Rock Bass	2 lbs 0 ozs	13.5"	1998	Osakis Lake	Todd
Sauger	6 lbs 3 ozs	23.7"	1988	Mississippi River	Goodhue
Saugeye	9 lbs 13 ozs		3/20/99	Mississippi River	Goodhue
Shorthead Redhorse	7 lbs 15 ozs	27"	1983	Rum River	Anoka
Shortnose Gar	4 lbs 10 ozs	34.6"	1984	Mississippi River	Hennepin
Shovelnose Sturgeon	5 lbs 5 ozs	34"	1998	Mississippi River	Goodhue
Silver Redhorse	9 lbs 15 ozs	26.6"	2004	Rainy River	Koochiching
Smallmouth Bass	8 lbs 0 ozs	0"	1948	West Battle Lake	Otter Tail
Smallmouth Buffalo	13 lbs 4 ozs	28"	1993	Mississippi River	Ramsey
Splake	13 lbs 5 ozs	33.5"	2001	Larson Lake	Itasca
Tiger Muskellunge (Tiger Muskie)	34 lbs 12 ozs	51"	1999	Elmo Lake	Washington
Tiger Trout	2 lbs 9 ozs	20"	8/7/99	Mill Creek	Olmsted
Walleye	17 lbs 8 ozs	35.8"	1979	Seagull River	Cook
White Bass	4 lbs 2 ozs	18.5"	2004	Mississippi River	Wabasha
White Crappie	3 lbs 15 ozs	18"	2002	Coon Lake	Wright
White Sucker	9 lbs 1 ozs	24.4"	1983	Big Fish Lake	Stearns
Yellow Bullhead	3 lbs 10 ozs	17.75"	2002	Osakis Lake	Todd
Yellow Perch	3 lbs 4 ozs		1945	Plantaganette Lake	Hubbard

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