Every Ohio State Fishing Record

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Ohio is home to approximately 50,000 small lakes and ponds. The state also contains numerous rivers and creeks.

With that much water, it goes without saying that Ohio is also home to some quality fishing. Whether you are fishing on one of the best lakes in Ohio or plying your craft at a private pond, there are countless places to fish in the Buckeye State!

As with many other states, Ohio’s state record fish have been caught over numerous decades. Some of the longer standing records include the chain pickerel and longnose gar, which were both landed in the 1960s.

But it gets even more impressive! George A Keller’s Ohio state record rock bass, caught on Deer Creek near London, has stood since 1932!

That said, Ohio has also seen numerous records established more recently. The yellow perch, hybrid striped bass, and northern pike were all caught between 2011 and 2017.

Want to find the best fishing destinations in Ohio? Check out the list below:

The Best Fishing in Ohio: Our Top 8 Lakes

List of Every Ohio State Fishing Record

Species	Pounds	Length	Location	Name	Date
Bass, Hybrid Striped	18.32	31.75″	Deer Creek Lake feeder creek	Richard A. Knisley, Washington Court House	May 24, 2015
Bass, Largemouth	13.13	25 1/16″	Farm Pond	Roy Landsberger, Kensington	May 26, 1976
Bass, Rock	1.97	14 3/4″	Deer Creek near London	George A Keller, Dayton	September 3, 1932
Bass, Smallmouth	9.5	23.5	Lake Erie	Randy Van Dam, Kalamazoo, Mich.	June 16, 1993
Bass, Spotted	5.25	21″	Lake White	Roger Trainer, Waverly	May 2, 1976
Bass, Striped	37.1	41 1/4″	West Branch Reservoir	Mark Chuifo, Ravenna	July 2, 1993
Bass, White	4	21″	Gravel pit	Ira Sizemore, Cincinnati	July 1, 1983
Bluegill	3.28	12 3/4″	Salt Fork Reservoir	Willis D. Nicholes, Quaker City	April 28, 1990
Bowfin	11.69	33 1/4″	Nettle Lake	Christopher A. Boling, Montpelier	May 9, 1987
Bullhead	4.25	18 1/2″	Farm Pond	Hugh Lawrence Jr., Keene	May 20, 1986
Burbot	17.33	36″	Lake Erie	Bud Clute, Chardon	Dec.20, 1999
Carp (Common)	50	40″	Paint Creek	Judson Holton, Chillicothe	May 24, 1967
Catfish, Blue	96	54 1/2″	Ohio River	Chris Rolph, Williamsburg	June 11, 2009
Catfish, Channel	37.65	41 1/2″	LaDue Reservoir	Gus J. Gronowski, Parma	Aug. 15, 1992
Catfish Shovel/Flathead	76.5	58 5/8″	Clendening Lake	Richard Affolter, New Philadelphia	July 28, 1979
Crappie, Black	4.5	18 1/8″	Private Lake	Ronald Stone, Wooster	May 24,1981
Crappie, White	3.9	18 1/2″	Private Pond	Kyle Rock, Zanesville	April 25, 1995
Drum, Freshwater (Sheepshead)	23.5	37 1/8″	Sandusky River	James S. Williams, Fremont	July 21, 2001
Gar, Longnose	25	49″	Ohio River	Flora Irvin, Cincinnati	August 31, 1966
Muskellunge	55.13	50 1/4″	Piedmont Lake	Joe D. Lykins, Piedmont	April 12, 1972
Muskellunge, Tiger	31.64	47″	Turkeyfoot Lake	Matt Amedeo, Akron	April 28, 2006
Perch, White	1.72	14 1/8″	Lake Erie	Terry R. Patton, Galion	January 29, 2011
Perch, Yellow	2.86	15 3/4″	Lake Erie	David Berg, Mentor	April 18, 2016
Pickerel, Chain	6.25	26 1/4″	Long Lake	Ronald P. Kotch, Akron	March 25, 1961
Pike, Northern	22.78	45″	McKarns Lake	Troy Klingler, Stryker	Oct. 26, 2016
Salmon, Chinook	29.5	42 7/8″	Lake Erie	Walter Shumaker, Ashtabula	August 4, 1989
Salmon, Coho	13.63	34 3/4″	Huron River	Barney Freeman, Kansas	Dec.1, 1982
Salmon, Pink	3.06	20 1/8″	Conneaut Creek	Andy Janoski, Chagrin Falls	Sept. 24, 2004
Sauger	7.31	24 1/2″	Maumee River	Bryan Wicks, Maumee	March 10, 1981
Saugeye	14.04	30 1/8″	Antrim Lake	Roger Sizemore, Orient	November 24, 2004
Sucker, Buffalo	46.01	42″	Hoover Reservoir	Tim Veit, Galena	July 2, 1999
Sucker, (other than buffalo)	9.25	27 1/2″	Leesville Lake	Wayne Gleason, Wellsville	April 3, 1977
Sunfish, Green	1.2	11″	Richland Co. Farm Pond	Sue Ann Newswanger, Shioh	May 13, 2018
Sunfish, Hybrid*	2.03	12 1/4″	Champaign County Farm Pond	Ray Durham, Mechanicsburg	July 21, 2003
Sunfish, Longear	0.41	8″	Greene County gravel pit	Kevin Shanks, Bellbrook	April 22, 2012
Sunfish, Pumpkinseed	1.10	10 1/2″	Portage County Farm Pond	Scott Boykin, Uniontown	June 12, 2009
Sunfish, Redear	3.58	15″	Licking County farm Pond	Bert Redman, Newark	October 2, 1998
Sunfish, Warmouth	1.32	10 3/4″	Mahoning County Farm Pond	Douglas Koenig, Salem	July 19, 2009
Trout, Brown	14.675	27 1/4″	Lake Erie	Robert D Cammpbell, Dunbar, PA	July 14, 2012
Trout, Lake	26.63	38″	Lake Erie	James J Beres, Lorain	December 1, 2017
Trout, Rainbow (Steelhead)	21.3	38″	Lake Erie	Jason Brooks, Tallmadge	June 25, 2010
Walleye	16.19	33″	Lake Erie	Tom Haberman, Brunswick	November 23, 1999

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