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Alabama Freshwater Fish Records

SPECIES
WEIGHT
DATE
LOCATION
ANGLER/HOMETOWN
Bass, Largemouth 16 lbs 8oz 11/3/87 Mtn. View Lake, Shelby Co Thomas Burgin/Birmingham
Bass, Redeye 3 lbs 2 oz 3/8/2000 Choccolocco Creek Terry Johnson/Oxford
Bass, Shoal 6 lbs 11oz 2/25/96 Hallawakee Creek Darrell Trawick/Salem
Bass, Smallmouth (1) l0 lbs 8oz 10/8/50 Wheeler Dam tailwater Owen F. Smith/Fairfield
Bass, Spotted (2) 8 lbs 15oz 3/18/78 Lewis Smith Phillip C. Terry/Decatur
Bass, Striped 55 lbs 1955 Tallapoosa River Charles Totty/Tallassee
Bass, Striped Hybrid 25 lbs 15oz 9/13/96 Sipsey Fork E. H. Hodges/Chelsea
Bass, White 4 lbs 9oz 2/14/87 Warrior River Ben DeMott/Bessemer
Bass, Yellow l lb 9.5oz 9/1l/74 Inland Lake W. S. Herrington/Oneonta
Bowfin 17 lbs 12oz 8/13/78 Mobile Delta David C. Wood/Daphne
Buffalo 57 lbs 4/13/90 Guntersville Reservoir Ralph B. Lowery/Albertville
Bullhead 3 lbs 13oz 4/8/84 Private Pond/Montgomery. Co. Charles A. Lane/Montgomery
Carp, Common 35 lbs 4/19/80 Bear Creek, Colbert County Darrin Jackson/Dbl. Springs
Carp, Grass 70 lbs 4/12/99 Lake Martin Michael S. White, Jr./Eclectic
Catfish, Blue (3) 111 lbs 7/5/96 Wheeler  Reservoir Wm. P. McKinley/Elkmont
Catfish, Channel 40 lbs 6/17/67 Inland Lake Donald R. Cox/Oneonta
Catfish, Flathead 80 lbs 6/22/86 Alabama River, Selma Rick Conner/Selma
Catfish, White 10 lbs 5oz 4/3/81 Chambers Co. Public Lake Roy T. Britton/Opelika
Crappie, Black (tie)
Crappie, Black (tie)		 4 lbs 5oz
4 lbs 4oz		 6/2/97
3/18/84		 private pond/Jeff County
Paint Creek		 William D. Webb/B'ham
Sherril Harris/Sylacauga
Crappie, White 4 lbs 8oz 4/4/74 Guntersville Reservoir Jack Grant/Altoona
Drum, Freshwater (2) 41 lbs 8oz 7/24/49 Wilson Reservoir Wilson Brock/Birmingham
Eel, American 5 lbs 8oz 5/11/89 Lake Shechi, Chilton Co. Tod A. Groover/Montevallo
Gar, Alligator 140 lbs 7/3/83 Blakley River Billy Wildberger/Mobile
Gar, Longnose 32 lbs 14oz 4/18/85 Jordan Reservoir Gary Smyth/Pelham
Gar, Spotted 8 lbs 12oz 8/26/87 Cotaco Creek Winston Baker/Alex City
Muskellunge 19 lbs 8oz l2/31/72 Wilson Dam tailwater Steve Leatherwood/Haleyville
Paddlefish 52 lbs 12oz 3/18/82 Wilson Dam tailwater Susan Holland/Muscle Shoals
Perch, Yellow 1 lb 11oz 2/26/83 Guntersville Reservoir Jim Earnest/Athens
Pickerel, Chain 6 lbs 5.5oz 6/24/76 Dyas Creek, Baldwin County Michael P. Ryan/Bay Minette
Pickerel, Redfin 0 lbs 6 oz. 8/31/97 Copeland Ck./Wash. Co. Michael Merig/Irondale
Redhorse, Silver (3) 14 lbs 14oz 4/24/95 Wilson Dam tailwater Chris Stephenson/B'ham
Rockbass 1 lb 6oz 6/2/97 Paint Rock River James R. Stewart/Scottsboro
Sauger 5 lbs 2oz 3/5/72 Wilson Dam tailwater William F. Huntlery/Athens
Sunfish, Bluegill (3) 4 lbs 12oz 4/9/50 Ketona Lake, Birmingham T. S. Hudson/Birmingham
Sunfish, Green 0 lbs 15 oz 4/28/85 Bayview Lake, Birmingham Stephen McArdle/B'ham
Sunfish, Longear 0 lbs 8 oz 5/12/90 Yellow River Jerry Jones/Ozark
Sunfish, Redbreast 13 oz 6/15/96 Pea River Ronnie E. Carnley/Opp
Sunfish, Redear (2) 4 1bs 4oz 5/5/62 Chattahoochee R. Jeff Lashley/Gordon
Trout, Rainbow 7 lbs 2oz 4/6/91 Weiss Reservoir D.l Henderson/Chicamauga
Walleye 10 lbs 14oz 6/24/80 Weiss Reservoir Julia Hurley/Cedar Bluff
Warmouth 1 lb 12oz 4/25/86 Farm Pond Jimmy A. Barfield/Dothan
(1) Previous World Record, Any Method / (2) Previous World Record, Rod and Reel / (3) World Record, Rod And Reel

Procedures For The Certification of Alabama State Record Freshwater Fish

(1) Fish must be caught in Alabama waters by legal means.
(2) Fish must be identified by Alabama Fisheries Section biologist or other certified fisheries biologist.
(3) Fish must be weighed on certified scales.

(4) Weighing must be witnessed by two people.
(5) Application must be submitted on official application form (form available on-line PDF file (you need Free Adobe Acrobat Reader) or from Fisheries Section District Offices).
(6) Application form must be notarized.

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