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Florida Fishing Records

The following list of state record fish is according to the Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission. To submit a record book fish use this record book application form. Florida saltwater fishing records as of 6/2004.

 

SPECIES WEIGHT PLACE ANGLER DATE
BASS        
Largemouth 20.13 Big Fish Lake Frederick Friebel 05/00/23
Redeye 7.83 Apalachicola River William Johnston 02/18/89
Spotted 3.75 Apalachicola River Dow Gilmore 06/24/85
Suwannee 3.89 Suwannee River Ronnie Everett 03/02/85
Striped bass 42.25 Apalachicola River Alphonso Barnes 12/14/93
Butterfly peacock 9.08 Kendall Lakes Jerry Gomez 03/11/93
White 4.69 Apalachicola River Richard Davis 04/09/82
Sunshine 16.31 Lake Seminole Thomas Elder 05/09/85
SUNFISH WEIGHT PLACE ANGLER DATE
Bluegill 2.95 Crystal Lake John LeMaster 04/19/89
Redbreast sunfish 2.08 Suwannee River Jerrel Dewees, Jr. 04/29/88
Redear sunfish 4.86 Merritts Mill Pond Joseph Floyd 03/13/86
Spotted sunfish 0.83 Suwannee River Coy Dotson 05/12/84
Warmouth 2.44 Yellow River Tony Dempsey 10/19/85
PICKEREL WEIGHT PLACE ANGLER DATE
Chain pickerel 8.00 Lake Talquin Jimmy James 07/05/71
Redfin pickerel 1.06 New River Mike Wilkerson 06/06/93
CATFISH WEIGHT PLACE ANGLER DATE
Black bullhead VACANT Qualifying Weight is 2 pounds
Blue 61.50 Little Escambia Creek Vincent  Walston 02/11/96
Brown bullhead 5.72 Cedar Creek Robert Bengis 03/28/95
Channel 44.50 Lake Bluff Joe Purvis 05/19/85
Flathead 49.39 Apalachicola River Tommy Fowler 04/10/04
Flathead *57.50 Hillsborough River Tom Norman 12/09/75
White catfish 18.88 Withlacoochee River Jim Miller 09/21/91
Yellow bullhead 2.75 Little Withlacoochee River Jon Davis 05/17/03
Other Weight Place Angler Date
American shad 5.19 St. Johns River Bud Dankert 02/15/90
American shad 5.19 St. Johns River Albert Judy 03/18/92
Black crappie 3.83 Lake Talquin Ben Curry, Sr. 01/21/92
Blue tilapia VACANT Qualifying Weight is 10 pounds
Bowfin 19.00 Lake Kissimmee Jim Brown 11/05/84
 *Common Carp 40.56 Apalachicola River Bernard Rowan 05/24/81
Flier 1.24 Lake Iamonia William Lane, Jr. 08/14/92
Oscar 2.34 Lake Okeechobee Jimmy Cook 03/16/94
Skipjack herring VACANT

Qualifying Weight is 2.5 pounds

Gar Weight Place Angler Date
Alligator 123.00 Choctawhatchee River Zachary Phillips 07/08/95
Florida 9.44 Lake Lawne Patric A. McDaniel 03/25/01
Longnose 41.00 Lake Panasoffkee Evan Merritt 04/14/85


 

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