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Wisconsin Fishing Records
| Species
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Weight |
Date |
Location |
| Bass, Largemouth |
11 lbs. 3 oz. |
10/12/40 |
Lake Ripley |
| Bass, Smallmouth |
9 lbs. 1 oz. |
06/21/50 |
Indian Lake |
| Bass, Rock |
2 lbs. 15 oz. |
06/02/90 |
Shadow Lake |
| Bass, Hybrid Striped |
13 lbs. 14.2 oz. |
03/16/2002 |
Lake
Columbia |
| Bass, White |
4 lbs. 6 oz. |
09/24/77 |
Okauchee Lake |
| Bluegill |
2 lbs. 9.8 oz. |
08/02/95 |
Green Bay |
| Bullhead, Yellow |
3 lbs. 5 oz. |
06/06/83 |
Nelson Lake |
| Carp, Common |
57 lbs. 2 oz. |
08/28/66 |
Lake Wisconsin |
| Catfish, Channel |
44 lbs. 0 oz. |
1962 |
Wisconsin River |
| Catfish, Flathead |
74
lbs. 5 oz. |
2001 |
Mississippi
River |
| Crappie, Black |
4 lbs. 8 oz. |
08/12/67 |
Gile Flowage |
| Crappie, White |
3
lb. 2 oz. |
01/08/01 |
Black
River |
| Muskellunge |
69 lbs. 11 oz. |
10/20/49 |
Chippewa Flowage |
| Muskellunge, Tiger |
51 lbs. 3 oz. |
07/16/19 |
Lac Vieux Desert |
| Northern pike |
38 lbs. 0 oz. |
08/06/52 |
Lake Puckaway |
| Perch, Yellow |
3 lbs. 4 oz. |
1954 |
Lake Winnebago |
| Pumpkinseed |
1 lb. 1 oz. |
06/17/97 |
Schmidt Pond |
| Sauger |
5 lbs. 13 oz. |
11/08/88 |
Wisconsin River |
| Sturgeon, Lake |
170 lbs. 10 oz. |
09/22/79 |
Yellow Lake |
| Sturgeon, Shovelnose |
7
lbs. 5 oz. |
09/07/98 |
Mississippi River |
| Sunfish, Green |
1 lb. 9 oz. |
08/23/67 |
Wind Lake |
| Trout, Brook (inland) |
9 lbs. 15 oz. |
09/22/44 |
Prairie River |
| Trout, Brown (outlying) |
35 lbs. 1.9 oz. |
09/08/96 |
Lake Michigan, Kewaunee Co. |
| Trout, Lake (outlying) |
47 lbs. 0 oz. |
09/09/46 |
Lake Superior, Bayfield Co. |
| Trout, Rainbow |
27 lbs. 2 oz. |
07/26/97 |
Lake Michigan |
| Walleye |
18 lbs. 0oz. |
09/16/33 |
High Lake |
Records taken from Guide to Wisconsin Hook and Line Fishing Regulations, updated annually.
Additional species are listed in the Guide.

If you think you or someone
else has caught a fish that may be a state record, here's what you need to do:
- Don't clean and, if at all possible, do not freeze the fish.
- Keep the fish cool, preferably on
ice.
- Get the fish weighed as soon as possible on a certified scale (usually found in grocery or hardware stores, etc.) and witnessed by an observer.
- Contact the nearest WDNR office to get the fish species positively identified and to find out whether the fish is actually a state record.
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