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North Carolina State Fishing Records
Bass
| Species & Weight | Location | Date | Bait | Angler | Picture |
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| Striped Bass 66 lbs |
Hiwassee Reservoir | 3/31/2012 | Black Zoom Trick Worm |
Tyler Shields |
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| Largemouth Bass 15 lbs, 14 oz |
Farm Pond Union County |
3/29/1991 | Crankbait | William H. Wofford |
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| Bodie Bass (Hybrid Striped Bass) 17 lbs, 7 oz |
Lake Chatuge | 3/15/1996 | Rebel Jointed Plug |
Michael R. Hogsed |
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| Roanoke Bass 2 lbs, 11 oz |
Nash Cty fishing creek | 4/27/1994 | Spinner bait | Richard Elijah Evans |  Larger image |
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1 lb, 14 oz |
Deep River Carbonton |
4/29/1998 | Crappie jig | Robert W. Lytton |  Larger image |
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10 lbs, 2 oz |
Hiwassee Reservoir | 6/1/1951 | Unknown | Archie Lampkin | No image available |
| Spotted Bass 6 lbs, 5 oz |
Lake Norman | 12/26/2003 |
Zoom Finesse Worm |
Eric M. Weir |  Larger image |
| White Bass 5 lbs, 14 oz |
Kerr Reservoir | 3/15/1986 | Bucktail | Jim King |  Larger image |
Catfish
| Species & Weight | Location | Date | Bait | Angler | Picture |
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| Blue Catfish 127 lbs, 1 ounce |
Roanoke River | 7/10/2021 | Gizzard Shad | Rocky Baker | |
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4 lbs |
Greenfield Lake New Hanover County |
3/14/2016 | Cut Bait | Mitchell McConnell | |
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26 lbs. |
Neuse River | 7/17/2021 | Cut Bait | Taner Rudolph | |
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78 lbs, 14 oz |
Neuse River | 07/20/2020 | Live sunfish | Tyler Barnes |  Larger image |
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13 lbs |
Lake James | 05/21/1990 | Night Crawler | Jerry Wayne Bentley |  Larger image |
Perch
| Species & Weight | Location | Date | Bait | Angler | Picture |
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| White Perch 2 lbs, 15 oz |
Falls of the Neuse Reservoir | 12/16/2001 | Strata Spoon | Bob G. Williams, Jr. | |
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Yellow Perch |
Indiantown Creek |
02/08/1990 | Minnow | Evelyn G. Etheridge |
Pickerel
| Species & Weight | Location | Date | Bait | Angler | Picture |
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| Chain Pickerel 8 lbs |
Gaston Reservoir | 02/13/1968 | Minnow | John H. Leonard | |
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Redfin Pickerel |
Gallberry Swamp |
06/23/1997 | Minnow | Edward C. Davis |
Shad
| Species & Weight | Location | Date | Bait | Angler | Picture |
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| American Shad 7 lbs, 15 oz |
Tar River | 04/10/1974 | Shad Dart | R.S. Proctor | |
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Hickory Shad |
Pitchkettle Creek |
02/24/2004 | Spoon | Trey Maroules |
Sunfish
| Species & Weight | Location | Date | Bait | Angler | Picture |
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| Bluegill 4 lbs, 5 oz |
Henderson County | 7/27/1967 | Catalpa worm | Danny Case | |
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Green Sunfish |
Private Pond |
7/12/2014 | Worm | Victoria Navaroli | |
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Flier 1 lb, 5 oz |
Private Pond | 3/17/1990 | Cricket | Douglas N. McCall | |
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1 lb, 6 oz |
Trent River | 05/21/2003 | Eel | John Koonce |  Larger image |
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2 lb, 1 ounce |
Lumber River | 6/10/2019 | Cricket | Alphonso Jackson |  Larger image |
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4 lbs, 15 oz |
Edgecombe County | 5/19/2008 | Worm | Travis Jackson |  Larger image |
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Spotted Sunfish 7 oz |
Big Swamp Robeson County |
6/25/2016 | Green beetle spin | Elijah Crabtree |  Larger image |
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1 lb, 13 oz |
McLeods Pond RIchmond County |
5/07/1976 | Minnow | Emma Sears | No image available |
Trout
| Species & Weight | Location | Date | Bait | Angler | Picture |
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| Rainbow Trout 20 lbs, 3 oz |
Horsepasture River Jackson County |
01/28/2006 | Rapala | Leah Johnson | |
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Brook Trout |
Raven Fork River |
05/15/1980 | Rooster Tail | G.L. Marshall, Jr. |
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Brown Trout |
Nantahala River |
04/17/1998 |
#11 Rapala | Robert Lee Dyer |
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Other
| Species & Weight | Location | Date | Bait | Angler | Picture |
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| Bowfin 17 lbs, 15 oz |
Black River | 06/21/1997 | Cut bait bream | Gregory A. Demery, Sr. | |
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Black Crappie |
Asheboro City Lake #4 |
04/27/1980 | Minnow | Dean Dixon |
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Carp |
Mecklenburg County Pond |
03/11/1986 |
Unknown | William Houston, Jr. | |
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Freshwater Drum |
Kerr Reservoir | 03/20/2013 | Plastic fluke | Jonathan Wilkerson |  Larger image |
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Grass Carp |
Summerlins Pond Leland |
06/08/1998 | Rebel Pop R | David W. Stowell |  Larger image |
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Kokanee Salmon |
Nantahala Lake | 06/11/2014 | Dodgers & Flashers as lures | Jeffrey Todd Smith |  Larger image |
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Longnose Gar |
Intracoastal Waterway near Coinjock |
01/30/2009 | Tube Jig | Kelly Williams |  Larger image |
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Muskellunge |
Lake Adger |
01/23/2001 | Big Mack | Richard W. Dodd |  Larger image |
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Northern Pike |
Lake James | 08/26/1978 | Storm Wiggle Wart | Keith Gilliam |  Larger image |
| Sauger 5 lbs, 15 oz |
Lake Norman | 07/25/1971 | Topwater Rapala | David Shook |  Larger image |
| Smallmouth Buffalo 88 lbs |
Lake Wylie | 11/14/1993 | Pack bait | Tony Crawford |  Larger image |
| Tiger Muskellunge 33 lbs, 8 oz |
Lake James | 04/03/1988 | Buzzbait | Gary Dean Nanney |  Larger image |
| Walleye 13 lbs, 8 oz |
Shooting Creek, Lake Chatuge | 08/16/1986 | Old Faithful Spoon | Lamar L. Cofer |  Larger image |
| White Crappie 3 lbs, 15 oz |
Private Lake Wake County |
04/01/2013 | Storm WildEye Swim Shad Lure | Joey Boretti |  Larger image |
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