Ohio Fishing Records

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

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Species	Angler	Weight	Length	Date	Body Of Water
Black Crappie	Ronald Stone	4 lbs 8 ozs	18.12"	5/24/81	Private Lake
Bluegill	Willis D. Nicholes	3 lbs 4 ozs	12.75"	4/28/90	Salt Fork Reservoir
Bowfin	Christopher A. Boling	11 lbs 7 ozs	33.25"	5/9/87	Nettle Lake
Brown Trout (outlying)	Timothy L. Byrne	14 lbs 7 ozs	29.25"	7/15/95	Lake Erie
Buffalo Sucker	Tim Veit	46 lbs 0 ozs	42"	7/2/99	Hover Reservoir
Burbot	Bud Clute	17 lbs 3 ozs	36"	12/20/99	Lake Erie
Carp	Judson Holton	50 lbs 0 ozs	40"	5/24/67	Paint Creek
Chain Pickerel	Ronald P. Kotch	6 lbs 3 ozs	26.25"	3/25/61	Long Lake
Channel Catfish	Gus J Gronowski	37 lbs 6 ozs	41.5"	8/15/92	LaDue Reservoir
Chinook Salmon	Walter Shumaker	29 lbs 5 ozs	42.87"	8/4/89	Lake Erie
Coho Salmon	Barney Freeman	13 lbs 6 ozs	34.75"	12/1/82	Huron River
Drum (Sheepshead)	James S. Williams	23 lbs 5 ozs	37.2"	2001	Sandusky River
Flathead Caftish	Richard Affolter	76 lbs 5 ozs	58.63"	7/28/79	Clendening Lake
Green Sunfish	Reno F. Carifa	0 lbs 9 ozs	9.7"	2001	Farm Pond
Hybrid Striped Bass	Mike Norris	17 lbs 7 ozs	29.75"	5/12/00	Lake Choctaw
Hybrid Sunfish	Ray Durham	2 lbs 0 ozs	12.4"	2003	Jackson County farm pond
Lake Trout (outlying)	Tom Harbison	20 lbs 5 ozs	34"	4/20/00	Lake Erie
Largemouth Bass	Roy Landsberger	13 lbs 2 ozs	25.06"	5/26/76	Farm Pond
Longnose Gar	Flora Irvin	25 lbs 0 ozs	49"	8/31/66	Ohio River
Muskellunge (Muskie)	Joe D. Lykins	55 lbs 2 ozs	50.25"	4/12/72	Piedmont Lake
Northern Pike	Chris Campbell	22 lbs 4 ozs	43"	10/3/88	Lyre Lake
Pumpkinseed	Terry Rush	0 lbs 12 ozs	9.5"	1/6/01	Farm pond
Rainbow Trout	Mike Shane	20 lbs 10 ozs	36.5"	10/2/96	Lake Erie
Redear Sunfish	Bert Redman	3 lbs 6 ozs	15"	10/2/98	Licking County farm pond
Rock Bass	George A Keller	2 lbs 0 ozs	14.75"	9/3/32	Deer Creek
Sauger	Bryan Wicks	7 lbs 3 ozs	24.5"	3/10/81	Maumee River
Saugeye	Brian W. Bang	12 lbs 8 ozs	28.7"	2002	Alum Creek Lake
Smallmouth Bass	Randy Van Dam	9 lbs 5 ozs	23.5"	6/16/93	Lake Erie
Spotted Bass	Roger Trainer	5 lbs 3 ozs	21"	5/2/76	Lake White
Striped Bass	Mark Chuifo	37 lbs 1 ozs	41.25"	7/2/93	West Branch Reservoir
Sucker	Wayne Gleason	9 lbs 3 ozs	27.5"	4/3/77	Leesville Lake
Walleye	Tom Haberman	16 lbs 2 ozs	33"	11/23/99	Lake Erie
Warmouth	Rich Campitalli	1 lbs 0 ozs	9.87"	9/6/94	Private Pond
White Bass	Ira Sizemore	4 lbs 0 ozs	21"	7/1/83	Gravel pit
White Crappie	Kyle Rock	3 lbs 9 ozs	18.5"	4/25/95	Private Pond
White Perch	John Nause	1 lbs 4 ozs	14.06"	5/3/88	Green Creek
Yellow Bullhead	Hugh Lawrence Jr.	4 lbs 3 ozs	18.5"	5/20/86	Farm Pond
Yellow Perch	Charles Thomas	2 lbs 8 ozs	14.5"	4/17/84	Lake Erie

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