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Georgia Fishing Records

The following list of state record fish is according to the Georgia Department of Natural Resources.

SPECIES SIZE LOCATION ANGLER DATE

BASS

Smallmouth 7 lbs
2 oz
Lake Chatuge Jack Hall 3/28/73
Largemouth 22 lbs
4 oz
Montgomery Lake George Perry 6/2/1932
Redeye 3 lbs
7 oz
Lake Hartwell Steve Williams 4/17/04
Shoal 8 lbs
3 oz
Flint River David Hubbard 10/23/77
Spotted 8 lbs
2 oz
Lake Burton Wayne Holland 3/23/05
Striped 63 lbs Oconee River Kelly A. Ward 5/30/67
Suwannee 3 lbs
9 oz
Ochlocknee River Laverne Norton 10/6/84
White 5 lbs
1 oz
Lake Lanier J.M. Hobbins 6/16/71
CATFISH SIZE LOCATION ANGLER DATE
Blue 75 lbs Private Lake Tyler Dodson 12/24/08
Brown Bullhead 5 lbs
8 oz
O.F. Veal Pond James W. Andrews 5/22/78
Channel 44 lbs
12 oz
Altamaha River Bobby M. Smithwick 5/18/72
Flathead 83 lbs Altamaha River Carl Sawyer 6/22/06
Flathead 83 lbs Altamaha River Jim Dieveney 7/11/2010
White 8 lbs
10 oz
Savannah River James D. Sanders 6/10/96
Yellow Bullhead 4 lbs
15 oz
Ogeechee River Glenn Settles 10/12/03
CRAPPIE SIZE LOCATION ANGLER DATE
Black 4 lbs
4 oz
Acree's Lake
Lake Spivey
Shirley Lavender Steve Cheek 71/75
White 5 lbs Bibb County Theresa Kemp 4/10/84
GAR SIZE LOCATION ANGLER DATE
Longnose 28 lbs
6 oz
Flint River Richard Johnson 1/28/95
PICKEREL SIZE LOCATION ANGLER DATE
Chain 9 lbs
6 oz
Homerville Baxley McQuaig, Jr. 2/61
Redfin 2 lbs
10 oz
Lewis' Pond Gene Brantley 7/7/82
SUNFISH SIZE LOCATION ANGLER DATE
Bluegill 3 lbs
5 oz
Shamrock Lake P.F. Gumm 7/3/77
Flier 1 lb 4 oz Lowndes County pond Curt Brooks 2/26/96
Green 1 lb 7 oz Private pond Jeff Sumner 2/25/06
Redbreast 1 lb
11 oz
Coweta County pond Emory Walden 4/16/98
Redear 4 lbs
2 oz
Richmond County pond Pat Lawrence 6/6/95
Spotted 10 oz Brier Creek Mike Markovcic 10/3/03
Warmouth 2 lbs Private pond C. Robbins 5/4/74
TROUT SIZE LOCATION ANGLER DATE
Brook 5 lbs
10 oz
Waters Creek Russell Braden 3/29/86
Brown 18 lbs
6 oz
Chattahoochee River Charles Edwin Ford 11/12/01
Rainbow 17 lbs
8 oz
Soque River Mark Cochran 5/7/04
OTHER SIZE LOCATION ANGLER DATE
Bowfin 16 lbs Stephen Foster S.P. Charles O.  Conley 5/25/76
Carp 35 lbs
12 oz
Lake Jackson Rev. Donald Clark 1972
Muskellunge 38 lbs Lake Blue Ridge Rube Golden 6/57
Northern Pike 18 lbs
2 oz
Lake Rabun Keith Gragg 6/27/82
Sauger 4 lbs
3 oz
Clarks Hill Lake Stuart Bowers 4/5/86
Shad, American 8 lbs
3 oz
Savannah River Henry Baxley 4/5/86
Shad, Hickory 1 lb
15 oz
Ogeechee River Mark D. Bowers 4/2/95
Walleye 11 lbs
6 oz
Richard B. Russell Lake Neal C. Watson 9/11/95
Yellow Perch 2 lbs
8 oz
Lake Burton Charles M. Poole 2/23/80
         



 

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