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Washington State Fishing Records
| BLACK BASS | ||||
| Species | Weight | Angler | Location | Date caught |
| Largemouth Bass | 12.53 lbs | Bill Evans | Lake Bosworth, Snohomish County | 8-Aug-16 |
| Micropterus salmoides | ||||
| Smallmouth Bass | 8.75 lbs | Ray Wonacott | Columbia River, Hanford Reach | 23-Apr-66 |
| Micropterus dolomieu | ||||
| CARP | ||||
| Species | Weight | Angler | Location | Date caught |
| Common Carp | 49.50 lbs | Duane Fisher | Moses Lake, Grant County | 17-Jun-06 |
| Cyprinus carpio carpio | ||||
| CATFISH | ||||
| Species | Weight | Angler | Location | Date caught |
| Black Bullhead | 1.81 lbs | Cleon Conrad | Lake Cassidy, Snohomish | 4-Sep-20 |
| Ameiurus melas | ||||
| Blue Catfish | 17.75 lbs | Rangle Hawthorne | Columbia River | 9-Jul-75 |
| Ictalurus furcatus | ||||
| Brown Bullhead | 11.04 lbs | Justin E. Andrews | Unnamed lake, Snohomish County | 3-Jun-00 |
| Ameiurus nebulosus | ||||
| Channel Catfish | 37.70 lbs | Cole Abshere | Lake Terrell, Whatcom County | 20-Aug-19 |
| Ictalurus punctatus | ||||
| Flathead Catfish | 22.80 lbs | C. L. McCary | Snake River | 28-Jun-81 |
| Pylodictis olivaris | ||||
| White Catfish | 19.85 lbs | Donald W. Huffman | Walla Walla River | 17-Apr-02 |
| Ameiurus catus | ||||
| Yellow Bullhead | 2.06 lbs | Monica Beckley | Potholes Reservoir, Grant County | 8-Sep-13 |
| Ameiurus natalis | ||||
| CHIMAERAS | ||||
| Species | Weight | Angler | Location | Date caught |
| Spotted Ratfish | 3.90 lbs | William J. Denning | Hein Bank | 19-Jul-96 |
| Hydrolagus colliei | ||||
| COD (Freshwater) | ||||
| Species | Weight | Angler | Location | Date caught |
| Burbot | 17.37 lbs | Mike Campbell | Bead Lake, Pend Oreille County | 24-Apr-04 |
| Lota lota | ||||
| CODFISHES | ||||
| Species | Weight | Angler | Location | Date caught |
| Pacific Cod | 19.63 lbs | Ralph Bay | Ediz Hook | 6-Mar-84 |
| Gadus macrocephalus | ||||
| CRAPPIE | ||||
| Species | Weight | Angler | Location | Date caught |
| Black Crappie | 4.50 lbs | John W. Smart | Lake Washington, King County | 1-May-56 |
| Pomoxis nigromaculatus | ||||
| White Crappie | 2.80 lbs | Don J. Benson | Burbank Slough, Walla Walla County | 21-Jun-88 |
| Pomoxis annularis | ||||
| DOLPHINFISHES | ||||
| Species | Weight | Angler | Location | Date caught |
| Dolphinfish | 16.27 lbs | Albert DaSilva | Pacific Ocean, Pacific County | 1-Aug-13 |
| Coryphaena hippurus | ||||
| FLOUNDERS (Lefteye) | ||||
| Species | Weight | Angler | Location | Date caught |
| Pacific Sanddab | 1.22 lbs | Bob Everitt | Jeffferson Head, King County | 1-Jul-17 |
| Citharichthys sordidus | ||||
| FLOUNDERS (Righteye) | ||||
| Species | Weight | Angler | Location | Date caught |
| Arrowtooth Flounder | 5.93 lbs | Richard Hale | Neah Bay, Clallam County | 21-Jun-18 |
| Atheresthes stomias | ||||
| Pacific Halibut | 288.00 lbs | Vic Stevens | Swiftsure Bank | 9-Sep-89 |
| Hippoglossus stenolepis | ||||
| Petrale Sole | 7.57 lbs | John Stone | Jefferson Head | 11-Jun-80 |
| Eopsetta jordani | ||||
| Rock Sole | 4.19 lbs | Alan Schram | Hein Bank | 9-Jul-89 |
| Lepidopsetta bilineata | ||||
| Sand sole | 2.59 lbs | Shannon Reiss | San Juan Islands, San Juan County | 31-Mar-19 |
| Psettichthys melanostictus | ||||
| Starry Flounder | 9.50 lbs | Robert Walton | Pillar Point, Clallam County | 25-Sep-09 |
| Platichthys stellatus | ||||
| GREENLINGS | ||||
| Species | Weight | Angler | Location | Date caught |
| Kelp Greenling | 4.42 lbs | Danita Rixen | Sucia Island, San Juan County | 19-Sep-99 |
| Hexagrammos decagrammus | ||||
| Kelp Greenling (Speargun) | 3.88 lbs | Jim Briggs | Agate Pass, Kitsap County | 5-Jun-83 |
| Hexagrammos decagrammus | ||||
| Lingcod | 61.00 lbs | Tom Nelson | San Juan Islands | 30-Jul-86 |
| Ophiodon elongatus | ||||
| Whitespotted Greenling | 0.68 lbs | Walter Wilson | Burrows Bay, Skagit County | 29-Jul-18 |
| Hexagrammos stelleri | ||||
| HAKES | ||||
| Species | Weight | Angler | Location | Date caught |
| Pacific Hake | 4.06 lbs | Samir Haj | Westport, Grays Harbor County | 30-Jul-13 |
| Merluccius productus | ||||
| JACKS | ||||
| Species | Weight | Angler | Location | Date caught |
| Jack Mackerel | 4.99 lbs | Dee Duttrey | Sekiu | 22-Sep-05 |
| Trachurus symmetricus | ||||
| Yellowtail Jack | 20.50 lbs | Jason MacKenzie | Westport, Grays Harbor County | 27-Aug-11 |
| Seriola lalandi | ||||
| MARLIN | ||||
| Species | Weight | Angler | Location | Date caught |
| Striped Marlin | 134.00 lbs | Phil Wolff | Westport | 2-Sep-05 |
| Tetrapturus audax | ||||
| MINNOWS | ||||
| Species | Weight | Angler | Location | Date caught |
| Northern Pikeminnow | 7.92 lbs | Pamela A. Ramsden | Snake River, Whitman County | 15-May-08 |
| Ptychocheilus oregonensis | ||||
| Peamouth | 1.12 lbs | Tanya Merrill | Columbia Rvier, Klickitat County | 29-Jun-08 |
| Mylocheilus caurinus | ||||
| Tench | 6.27 lbs | George J. Schmidt | Sprague Lake, Adams/Lincoln co's. | 8-Jun-04 |
| Tinca tinca | ||||
| OPAHS | ||||
| Species | Weight | Angler | Location | Date caught |
| Opah | 113.40 lbs | Kyle Tapio | Pacific Ocean, Pacific County | 7-Sep-18 |
| Lampris guttatus | ||||
| PERCH | ||||
| Species | Weight | Angler | Location | Date caught |
| Yellow Perch | 2.75 lbs | Larry Benthien | Snelson's Slough, Skagit County | 22-Jun-69 |
| Perca flavescens | ||||
| PIKE | ||||
| Species | Weight | Angler | Location | Date caught |
| Northern Pike | 34.06 lbs | Bryan McMannis | Long Lake, Spokane County | 9-Apr-04 |
| Esox lucius | ||||
| tiger muskie (hybrid) | 37.88 lbs | David Hickman | Curlew Lake, Ferry County | 26-Jul-14 |
| Esox masquinongy x Esox lucius | ||||
| ROCKFISH | ||||
| Species | Weight | Angler | Location | Date caught |
| Black Rockfish (Speargun) | 5.51 lbs | Steven Owen | Neah Bay, Clallam County | 14-Apr-22 |
| Sebastes melanops | ||||
| Black Rockfish (Speargun) | 6.00 lbs | Anneliese Yancey | Neah Bay, Clallam County | 4-Jun-22 |
| Sebastes melanops | ||||
| Black Rockfish | 10.72 lbs | Steven Charles Orr | Ilwaco, Pacific County | 15-May-16 |
| Sebastes melanops | ||||
| Blue Rockfish | 4.84 lbs | Chris McMillin | Westport | 2-Jul-11 |
| Sebastes mystinus | ||||
| Bocaccio | 23.63 lbs | Carson Kendall | Swiftsure Bank | 8-Aug-87 |
| Sebastes paucispinis | ||||
| Brown Rockfish (Speargun) | 1.27 lbs | Richard Bethke | Agate Pass, Kitsap County | 21-Jul-03 |
| Sebastes auriculatus | ||||
| Canary Rockfish | 10.57 lbs | Ben Phillips | Neah Bay | 30-Aug-86 |
| Sebastes pinniger | ||||
| China Rockfish | 4.19 lbs | Steven Ripley | Duncan Rock | 11-Jul-89 |
| Sebastes nebulosus | ||||
| Copper Rockfish | 10.00 lbs | David Northington | Point Roberts Reef | 6-Aug-89 |
| Sebastes caurinus | ||||
| Greenstripe Rockfish | 1.63 lbs | David Wedeking | Possession Bar | 19-Jan-85 |
| Sebastes elongatus | ||||
| Quillback Rockfish | 7.19 lbs | Bror Hultgren | Middle Bank | 29-Oct-87 |
| Sebastes maliger | ||||
| Redbanded Rockfish | 17.85 lbs | Darryl Roberts | LaPush, Clallam County | 2-May-19 |
| Sebastes babcocki | ||||
| Silvergray Rockfish | 6.91 lbs | Hudson Terry | Marine Area 4, Clallam County | 6-Aug-22 |
| Sebastes brevispinis | ||||
| Silvergray Rockfish | 4.86 lbs | William Waltke | Westport, Grays Harbor County | 30-Jun-22 |
| Sebastes brevispinis | ||||
| Tiger Rockfish | 7.50 lbs | James Wenban | Middle Bank | 30-Nov-89 |
| Sebastes nigrocinctus | ||||
| Vermilion rockfish | 7.10 lbs | James Duffy | Makah Bay, Clallam County | 2-Jul-05 |
| Sebastes miniatus | ||||
| Vermilion Rockfish (Speargun) | 13.50 lbs | Lester Dorris, Jr. | Neah Bay, Clallam County | 22-Aug-98 |
| Sebastes miniatus | ||||
| Yelloweye Rockfish | 27.75 lbs | Jan Tavis | Dallas Bank | 15-Apr-89 |
| Sebastes ruberrimus | ||||
| Yellowtail Rockfish | 7.38 lbs | Ken Culver | Westport | 15-Sep-92 |
| Sebastes flavidus | ||||
| SABLEFISHES | ||||
| Species | Weight | Angler | Location | Date caught |
| Sablefish | 30.00 lbs | Jeff Rudolph | Westport | 28-Jun-94 |
| Anoplopoma fimbria | ||||
| SALMON (Saltwater) | ||||
| Species | Weight | Angler | Location | Date caught |
| Chinook Salmon | 70.50 lbs | Chet Gausta | Sekiu | 6-Sep-64 |
| Oncorhynchus tshawytscha | ||||
| Chum Salmon | 25.26 lbs | Fred Dockendorf | Pacific Ocean, Grays Harbor County | 7-Aug-01 |
| Oncorhynchus keta | ||||
| Coho Salmon | 25.34 lbs | Martin Cooper | Sekiu | 28-Sep-01 |
| Oncorhynchus kisutch | ||||
| Pink Salmon | 11.56 lbs | Jeff Bergman | Possession Point, Island County | 25-Aug-01 |
| Oncorhynchus gorbuscha | ||||
| Sockeye Salmon | 9.37 lbs | John Stebly | Sekiu, Clallam County | 14-Aug-04 |
| Oncorhynchus nerka | ||||
| SALMON, TROUT and CHAR | ||||
| Species | Weight | Angler | Location | Date caught |
| Atlantic Salmon, resident | 8.96 lbs | Gregory Lepping | Goat Lake, Jefferson County | 13-Sep-92 |
| Salmo salar | ||||
| Atlantic Salmon, sea-run | 14.38 lbs | Ron Howard | Green River, King County | 22-Sep-99 |
| Salmo salar | ||||
| Brown Trout | 22.00 lbs | R. L. Henry | Sullivan Lake, Pend Oreille County | 22-May-65 |
| Salmo trutta | ||||
| Bull Trout | 22.50 lbs | Louis Schott | Tieton River, Yakima County | 23-Apr-61 |
| Salvelinus confluentus | ||||
| Chinook Salmon | 68.26 lbs | Mark Salmon | Elochoman River, Wahkiakum County | 5-Oct-92 |
| Oncorhynchus tshawytscha | ||||
| Chum Salmon | 25.97 lbs | Johnny Wilson | Satsop River, Grays Harbor County | 19-Oct-97 |
| Oncorhynchus keta | ||||
| Coho Salmon | 25.27 lbs | Brad Wilson | Quinault River | 11-Nov-01 |
| Oncorhynchus kisutch | ||||
| Cutthroat Trout, Coastal, resident | 12.00 lbs | W. Welsh | Lake Crescent, Clallam County | 1-Jul-61 |
| Oncorhynchus clarkii clarkii | ||||
| Cutthroat Trout, Coastal, sea-run | 6.00 lbs | Bud Johnson | Carr Inlet, Pierce County | 1-May-43 |
| Oncorhynchus clarkii clarkii | ||||
| Cutthroat Trout, Lahontan | 18.04 lbs | Dan Beardslee | Omak Lake, Okanogan County | 1-Jul-93 |
| Oncorhynchus clarkii henshawi | ||||
| Cutthroat Trout, Westslope | 4.71 lbs | Angus Kerr | Abernathy Lake, Okanogan County | 8-Oct-06 |
| Oncorhynchus clarkii lewisi | ||||
| Dolly Varden | 10.94 lbs | Leroy Thompson | Whitechuck River, Snohomish County | 5-Aug-99 |
| Salvelinus malma | ||||
| Eastern Brook Trout | 9.00 lbs | George G. Weekes | Wobbly Lake, Lewis County | 7-May-98 |
| Salvelinus fontinalis | ||||
| Golden Trout | 4.17 lbs | Arthur Jackson | Gunn Lake, Snohomish County | 2-Oct-20 |
| Oncorhynchus mykiss aguabonita | ||||
| Kokanee (non-anadromous sockeye salmon) | 6.25 lbs | Clarence F. Rief | Lake Roosevelt, Grant County | 26-Jun-03 |
| Oncorhynchus nerka | ||||
| Lake Trout (Mackinaw) | 35.63 lbs | Phil Colyar | Lake Chelan, Chelan County | 4-Feb-13 |
| Salvelinus namaycush | ||||
| Pink Salmon | 15.40 lbs | Adam Stewart | Stillaguamish River, Snohomish County | 11-Oct-07 |
| Oncorhynchus gorbuscha | ||||
| Rainbow Trout, Beardslee | 16.31 lbs | Richard L. Bates | Lake Crescent, Clallam County | 7-Sep-89 |
| Oncorhynchus mykiss | ||||
| Rainbow Trout, resident (including triploid) | 29.60 lbs | Norm Butler | Rufus Woods Lake, Okanogan County | 11-Nov-02 |
| Oncorhynchus mykiss | ||||
| Sockeye Salmon | 10.63 lbs | Gary Krasselt | Lake Washington, King County | 20-Jul-82 |
| Oncorhynchus nerka | ||||
| steelhead, summer-run | 35.06 lbs | Gilbert Pierson | Snake River, Whitman County | 23-Nov-73 |
| Oncorhynchus mykiss | ||||
| steelhead, winter-run | 32.75 lbs | Gene Maygra | EF Lewis River, Clark County | 14-Apr-80 |
| Oncorhynchus mykiss | ||||
| Tiger Trout | 27.42 lbs | Cathy Clegg | Loon Lake, Stevens County | 7-Aug-22 |
| Salmo trutta x Salvelinus fontinalis | ||||
| Tiger trout (Brown Trout/Eastern Brook Trout hybrid) | 24.49 lbs | Caylun Peterson | Loon Lake, Stevens County | 26-Jun-21 |
| Salmo trutta x Salvelinus fontinalis | ||||
| SCULPINS | ||||
| Species | Weight | Angler | Location | Date caught |
| Cabezon (Speargun) | 25.20 lbs | Tony L. Rossberg | Hale Passage (near Fox Island) | 22-May-92 |
| Scorpaenichthys marmoratus | ||||
| Cabezon | 23.00 lbs | Wesley S. Hunter | Straits-Dungeness, Clallam County | 4-Aug-90 |
| Scorpaenichthys marmoratus | ||||
| Great Sculpin | 4.60 lbs | Mark Reynolds | Port Angeles Harbor | 29-Jul-99 |
| Myoxocephalus polyacanthocephalus | ||||
| Pacific Staghorn Sculpin | 0.80 lbs | Juan Valero | Point No Point, Kitsap County | 22-Jul-16 |
| Leptocottus armatus | ||||
| Red Irish Lord | 3.19 lbs | Ryan Dicks | Mid-Channel Bank | 5-Jul-85 |
| Hemilepidotus hemilepidotus | ||||
| SHAD | ||||
| Species | Weight | Angler | Location | Date caught |
| American Shad | 3.85 lbs | Tom Magnuson | Columbia River, Clark County | 21-Jun-05 |
| Alosa sapidissima | ||||
| SHARKS | ||||
| Species | Weight | Angler | Location | Date caught |
| Blue Shark | 64.00 lbs | Marcus Totemeier | Pacific Ocean, Grays Harbor County | 27-Jul-18 |
| Prionace glauca | ||||
| North Pacific Spiny Dogfish | 20.25 lbs | Roger Petersen | Middle Bank, Island County | 22-May-98 |
| Squalus suckleyi | ||||
| Sixgill Shark | 220.00 lbs | Jim Haines | Gedney Island | 30-Jan-91 |
| Hexanchus griseus | ||||
| Tope Shark | 41.00 lbs | Isabella Tolen | Grays Harbor, Grays Harbor County | 24-Jul-18 |
| Galeorhinus galeus | ||||
| SKATES | ||||
| Species | Weight | Angler | Location | Date caught |
| Big Skate | 130.00 lbs | Dan Cartwright | Double Bluff | 18-May-86 |
| Beringraja binoculata | ||||
| SUCKERS | ||||
| Species | Weight | Angler | Location | Date caught |
| Bridgelip Sucker | 3.06 lbs | John E. Moore | Palmer Lake, Okanogan County | 27-May-99 |
| Catostomus columbianus | ||||
| Largescale Sucker | 7.87 lbs | Tom Cossalter | Lake Rufus Woods, Okanogan County | 20-Jan-19 |
| Catostomus macrocheilus | ||||
| SUNFISH | ||||
| Species | Weight | Angler | Location | Date caught |
| Bluegill | 2.33 lbs | Ron Hinote | Tampico Park Pond, Yakima County | 10-Jun-84 |
| Lepomis macrochirus | ||||
| Green Sunfish | 0.79 lbs | Mickey Hough | Bailey Lake, Spokane County | 29-May-94 |
| Lepomis cyanellus | ||||
| Pumpkinseed | 1.09 lbs | Barbie Hathawayn | Lake Terrell, Whatcom County | 2-Jul-07 |
| Lepomis gibbosus | ||||
| Rock Bass | 1.38 lbs | William Jackson | Steilacoom Lake, Pierce County | 26-Jun-81 |
| Ambloplites rupestris | ||||
| Warmouth | 0.53 lbs | Linda Hatlelid | Silver Lake, Cowlitz County | 27-May-96 |
| Lepomis gulosus | ||||
| SURFPERCH | ||||
| Species | Weight | Angler | Location | Date caught |
| Pile Surfperch | 3.57 lbs | Steve Urban | Quartermaster Harbor | 14-Mar-81 |
| Rhacochilus vacca | ||||
| Redtail Surfperch | 4.05 lbs | Chris Maynard | Kalaloch | 4-Aug-96 |
| Amphistichus rhodoterus | ||||
| Striped Surfperch (seaperch) | 2.27 lbs | Chris Otte | Westport, Grays Harbor County | 28-Jul-16 |
| Embiotoca lateralis | ||||
| TUNA | ||||
| Species | Weight | Angler | Location | Date caught |
| Albacore Tuna | 52.00 lbs | Kurt Strickland | Pacific Ocean, Grays Harbor County | 1-Oct-97 |
| Thunnus alalunga | ||||
| Pacific Bluefin Tuna | 92.15 lbs | Adam Speer | Pacific Ocean, Pacific County | 12-Aug-19 |
| Thunnus orientalis | ||||
| WALLEYE | ||||
| Species | Weight | Angler | Location | Date caught |
| Walleye | 20.32 lbs | John Grubenhoff | Lake Wallula, Benton County | 28-Feb-14 |
| Sander vitreus | ||||
| WHITEFISH | ||||
| Species | Weight | Angler | Location | Date caught |
| Lake Whitefish | 7.50 lbs | Jacob White | Cox Lake, Franklin County | 19-Feb-21 |
| Coregonus clupeaformis | ||||
| Mountain Whitefish | 5.13 lbs | Steven Becken | Columbia River, Benton County | 30-Nov-83 |
| Prosopium williamsoni | ||||
| POMFRETS | ||||
| Species | Weight | Angler | Location | Date caught |
| Pacific Pomfret | 0.68 lbs | Andrew Kulinovsky | Westport, Grays Harbor County | 3-Oct-20 |
| Brama japonica | ||||
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