State records

[Ely Lake Expert]

Hi, I found this so I figured I would post it.

Minnesota

Here are all the known fishing records for the State of Minnesota

Species Weight Length Location Angler County Date

American Eel 6 lbs 9 oz 36" Saint Croix River - Stillwater Matthew R. Brown Washington 8/8/1997

Atlantic Salmon 12 lbs 13 oz 35.5" Baptism River Matt Bauer Lake 10/12/1991

Bigmouth Buffalo 41 lbs 11 oz 38.5" Mississippi River Robert Koplin Goodhue 3/7/1991

Black Buffalo 20 lbs 0.5 oz 34.2" Minnesota River Kevin Tauer Nicollet 6/26/1997

Black Bullhead 3 lbs 13.12 oz 17.17" Reno Lake Keith Hvezda Pope 6/8/1997

Black Crappie 5 lbs 0 oz 21" Vermillion River Tom Christenson Dakota 1940

Blue Catfish 52 lbs 8 oz 48" Minnesota River Steven J. Ness Lac qui Parle 5/22/2002

Blue Sucker 14 lbs 3 oz 30.4" Mississippi River - near Alma Bruce Edwards Wabasha 2/28/1987

Bluegill Sunfish 2 lbs 13 oz Alice Lake Bob Parker Hubbard 1948

Bowfin 10 lbs 15 oz 32" Mary Lake Jack B. Chesney Douglas 7/15/1983

Bowfin 10 lbs 15 oz 31" French Lake Joe Engelmeyer Rice 8/26/1992

Brook Trout 6 lbs 5.6 oz 24" Pigeon River Charles A. Pederson Cook 9/2/2000

Brown Bullhead 7 lbs 1 oz 24.4" Shallow Lake William Meyer Itasca 5/21/1974

Brown Trout 16 lbs 12 oz 31.4" Lake Superior W. Landis Bullock St. Louis 6/23/1989

Burbot 19 lbs 3 oz 36.25" Lake of the Woods - Baudette John Galles Lake of the Woods 2/17/2001

Carp 55 lbs 5 oz 42" Clearwater Lake Frank Ledwein Wright 7/10/1952

Channel Catfish 38 lbs 0 oz 44" Mississippi River Terrence Fussy Hennepin 1/10/1975

Chinook (King) Salmon 33 lbs 4 oz 44.75" Poplar River Dave Anderson Cook 9/23/1989

Chinook (King) Salmon 33 lbs 4 oz 42.25" Lake Superior Jeffrey Gulbranson St. Louis 10/12/1989

Coho Salmon 10 lbs 6.5 oz 27.3" Lake Superior - near Baptism River Louis Rhode Lake 11/7/1970

Flathead Catfish 70 lbs 0 oz Saint Croix River John L. Robert Washington 1970

Freshwater Drum 35 lbs 3.2 oz 36" Mississippi River - near Winona Richard L. Rolbiecki Winona 10/5/1999

Golden Redhorse 2 lbs 13.28 oz 19" Otter Tail River - near Fergus Falls Andrew Bakken Otter Tail 7/13/1997

Goldeye 2 lbs 13.1 oz 20.1" Root River - near Hokah Jamie Borowiak Houston 6/10/2001

Greater Redhorse 11 lbs 13 oz 29" Upper South Long Lake Mitch Kunde Crow Wing 5/18/1995

Green Sunfish 1 lbs 2.7 oz 11.4" Scheuble Lake Richard R. Kunze Carver 1/9/1984

Hybrid Sunfish 1 lbs 12 oz 11.5" Middle Fork Zumbro River Daniel Ahlquist Olmsted 7/9/1994

Kokanee Salmon 2 lbs 15 oz 20" Caribou Lake Lars Kindem Itasca 8/6/1971

Lake Sturgeon 94 lbs 4 oz 70" Kettle River Kim Bengston Pine 9/5/1994

Lake Trout 43 lbs 8 oz Lake Superior - near Hovland G. H. Nelson Cook 5/30/1955

Lake Whitefish 12 lbs 4.5 oz 28.5" Leech Lake - near Walker Darryl L. Peterson Cass 3/21/1999

Largemouth Bass 8 lbs 12.75 oz 13.5" Tetonka Lake Joseph Johanns Le Sueur 10/22/1994

Longnose Gar 16 lbs 12 oz 53" Saint Croix River - Prescott Doug Fullerton Washington 2/4/1982

Longnose Sucker 3 lbs 2 oz 19" Rainy River Joel Anderson Koochiching 4/11/1986

Menominee (Round) Whitefish 2 lbs 7.5 oz 21" Lake Superior Jon Kettunen Cook 4/27/1987

Mooneye 1 lbs 15 oz 16.5" Minnesota River Scott Neudecker Redwood 6/18/1980

Muskellunge 54 lbs 0 oz 56" Lake Winnibigoshish Art Lyons Itasca 1957

Northern Hogsucker 1 lbs 15 oz 14.25" Sunrise River - near Sunrise Brian Humble Chisago 8/16/1982

Northern Pike 45 lbs 12 oz Basswood Lake J. V. Schanken Lake 5/16/2002

Pink (Humpback) Salmon 4 lbs 8 oz 23.5" Cascade River Eugene E. Troyna Cook 9/9/1989

Pumpkinseed Sunfish 1 lbs 5.6 oz 10.1" Leech Lake John Svihel Cass 6/6/1999

Quillback Rockfish 6 lbs 14.4 oz 23" Mississippi River James Loude Ramsey 4/6/1991

Rainbow Trout 15 lbs 7 oz 33" Kings Landing Clifford Lovold St. Louis 9/11/1970

River Carpsucker 3 lbs 15 oz 19.5" Mississippi River Stephen Cook Ramsey 3/9/1991

River Redhorse 10 lbs 3 oz 29" Kettle River - near Hinckley Brent LaPierre Pine 5/11/1996

Rock Bass 2 lbs 0 oz 13.5" Lake Osakis Paul Kern Todd 5/10/1998

Sauger 6 lbs 2.75 oz 23.88" Mississippi River - near Red Wing Don Kizer Goodhue 5/23/1988

Sauger Hybrid Walleye 9 lbs 13.4 oz 27" Mississippi River - near Red Wing Ron Goodmanson Goodhue 3/20/1999

Shorthead Redhorse 7 lbs 15 oz 27" Rum River - near Ramsey Robert G. Litke Anoka 8/5/1983

Shortnose Gar 4 lbs 9.6 oz 34.6" Mississippi River Matthew Ocel Hennepin 7/22/1984

Shovelnose Sturgeon 5 lbs 5 oz 34" Mississippi River Joe Yankovec Goodhue 4/13/1998

Silver Redhorse 8 lbs 4 oz 28" Sauk River - near New Munich Jack Brickweg Stearns 4/28/2002

Smallmouth Bass 8 lbs 0 oz West Battle Lake John Creighton Otter Tail 1948

Smallmouth Buffalo 13 lbs 4 oz 28" Mississippi River Stephen Cook Ramsey 11/11/1993

Splake 13 lbs 5.44 oz 33.5" Larson Lake Michael Birdsall Itasca 2/11/2001

Tiger Muskellunge 34 lbs 12 oz 51" Lake Elmo Josh Stevenson Washington 7/7/1999

Tiger Trout 2 lbs 9.12 oz 20" Mill Creek Chris Nelson Olmsted 8/7/1999

Tullibee 5 lbs 11.8 oz 20.45" Little Long Lake Terry J. Gfeller St. Louis 4/16/2002

Walleye 17 lbs 8 oz 35.8" Seagull River Leroy Chiovitte Cook 5/13/1979

White Bass 4 lbs 0 oz 18" Saint Croix River - by NSP plant Dan Dickhausen Washington 2/12/1972

White Bass 4 lbs 0 oz 18" Genoa fishing barge Richard Zehrt Houston 5/14/1974

White Crappie 3 lbs 15 oz 18" Constance Lake Michael J. Woodward Wright 7/28/2002

White Sucker 9 lbs 1 oz 24.25" Big Fish Lake Thomas Waibel Stearns 5/1/1983

Yellow Bullhead 3 lbs 10.5 oz 17.875" Lake Osakis Dick Ellingsworth Todd 8/5/2002

Yellow Perch 3 lbs 4 oz Lake Plantaganette Merle Johnson Hubbard 1945

[Quackaddict9]

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Largemouth Bass 8 lbs 12.75 oz 13.5" Tetonka Lake Joseph Johanns Le Sueur 10/22/1994

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um that is impressive for a 13 1/2" LM Bass

[fishyguy]

I have been wondering what the record for the yellow bullhead was. I released a yellow bullhead that was 17.5" last year on Osakis. I didn't realize how close I might have been.

[Cooter]

5lb black crappie is amazing! I held a 3.5lb crappie and couldn't believe how retardedly big it was. The 2lb13oz gill would floor me as well to see one in person! Didn't that bass record get replaced a year or so ago? That rock bass record is beatable!

[harvey lee]

No doubt about the rock bass record.Probably 20 years ago my dad and my son were fishing on lake lizzie by pelican rapids.We hooked into a rock bass that we thought was all of 2.5 to 3#.I said boy is that a big rocker and threw it back.Later that year I saw the record size and said darn or something like that.

[Dave B]

We released a 19 1/2" mooneye on the Miss last summer. If I had known the record was under 2lb, I likely would have brought it to a scale-it had some shoulders!

[Ely Lake Expert]

Ya, I have also caught several rockbass that I am pretty sure were over 2 pounds. I guess no one wants to be known as the guy with the state record rockbass.

[slick814]

What the heck is a mooneye?

I looked at the DNR HSOforum, no real info....

[LuckyNorm07]

13.5" weighting 8 pounds.. must be a fatty .. here is the current record for the largemouth bass..

Bass, Largemouth 8-15(weight) 23.5(length) / 18(girth) Auburn Lake Carver 10/05/2005

[Dan Thiem]

A mooneye is a skinny fish that is a very shiney silver. It has big eyes like a crappie. Very sharp teeth too. I have heard them called skip-jacks also.

[so haaad]

Anyone else find it pretty funny that the "beautiful" lakes around Alexandria are the home to three state records? Those three are: brown bullhead, yellow bullhead and dogfish!

[Ely Lake Expert]

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Those three are: brown bullhead, yellow bullhead and dogfish!

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You must be proud.

[dirtking]

I like the pout!!!!

Burbot 19 lbs 3 oz 36.25" Lake of the Woods - Baudette John Galles Lake of the Woods 2/17/2001

Whoa thats big

[Maashkinoozhe]

Slick -

Here are some good fish reference sites

http://www.gen.umn.edu/research/fish/fishes/natural_history.html

http://www.fishbase.org

The first site has info on MN fishes, the second is a huge database of info collected on fishes worldwide.

Dave D.