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The following list of state record fish is according to the Mississippi Wildlife Fisheries & Parks.

SPECIES	SIZE	LOCATION	ANGLER	DATE
BASS
Smallmouth	7 lbs 15 oz	Pickwick Lake	Thomas Wilbanks	1/24/87
Largemouth	18.15 lbs	Natchez State Park Lake	Anthony Denny	12/31/92
Hybrid Black Bass	11 lbs 4.5 oz		Hunter Yarborough	1964
Spotted	8 lbs 2 oz	Jones County	S. Ross	9/2/75
Striped	37.82 lbs	Bowie River	Tony Graves	5/13/93
White	5 lbs 6 oz	Grenada Res. Spillway	William Mulvihill	4/21/79
CATFISH	SIZE	LOCATION	ANGLER	DATE
Blue Catfish	95.0 lbs	Mississippi River	Dakota Hinson	200/12/09
Black Bullhead	5.56 lbs	Sunrise Lake	H. Alexander	6/12/88
Brown Bullhead	6.13 lbs	Farm Pond	B. Gibson, Jr.	1/19/91
Channel	51 lbs 12 oz	Lake Tom Bailey	Tom Edwards	5/31/97
Flathead	77 lbs	Tenn-Tom Waterway	Joey Pounders	11/2/2009
Yellow Bullhead	2 lbs 13 oz	Mossy Lake	Robert Cason	5/26/74
CRAPPIE	SIZE	LOCATION	ANGLER	DATE
Black	4 lbs 4 oz	Arkabutla Reservoir	Gerald Conlee	3/19/91
Magnolia Crappie	3.46 lbs	Lake Charlie Capps	Tom M. Box Jr.	4/24/04
White	5 lbs 3 oz	Enid Reservoir	Fred Bright	7/31/57
GAR	SIZE	LOCATION	ANGLER	DATE
Longnose	40.0 lbs	Grenada Lake Spillway	J.E. Bennett	1/16/04
Shortnose	5.83 lbs	Enid Spillway	Robert Mills	8/22/99
Spotted	5 lbs 8 oz	Lake Lee	Greg Sarringar	5/8/03
PICKEREL	SIZE	LOCATION	ANGLER	DATE
Chain	6 lbs 4 oz	Bay Springs Lake	Ronnie Boren	10/4/86
SUNFISH	SIZE	LOCATION	ANGLER	DATE
Bluegill	3.45 lbs	Farm Pond	G. Thurmond	2/2/95
Green	1.26 lbs	Waltman's Lake	Craig Jones	5/21/86
Redear	3.33 lbs	Tippah County Lake	James Martin	11/5/91
Warmouth	1 lb 8 oz	Black Creek	Lillian Morris	6/17/79
TROUT	SIZE	LOCATION	ANGLER	DATE
Rainbow	2.96 lbs	Lake Whittington	William Tribble	3/21/01
OTHER	SIZE	LOCATION	ANGLER	DATE
American Eel	5 lbs 1 oz	Mississippi River	Mitch McLendon	7/12/94
Bighead Carp	83 lbs 2 oz	Wolf River	Franklin Buehler	9/2009
Bigmouth Buffalo	42 lbs 8 oz	Sardis Reservoir	C.B. O'Daniel	11/15/77
Bowfin	18 lbs 14 oz	Ross Barnett Reservoir	B. H. Toney	11/23/78
Carp	74.0 lbs	Pelahatchie Lake	Curtis Wade	6/13/63
Drum	25.27 lbs	MP&L Lake	G. Anderson	3/26/89
Grass Carp	48.4 lbs	Cameron Plantation Lake	Andy Welch	2/29/04
Paddlefish	65.0 lbs	Ross Barnett Res. Spillway	Randy Pues	6/23/74
Sauger	2.52 lbs	Mississippi River	Pete Mauceli	8/5/92
Saugeye	4.66 lbs	Bay Springs Lake	Scott Wood	2/26/00
Smallmouth Buffalo	57 lbs 12 oz	Ross Barnett Reservoir	Charles M. Cox	11/21/83
Walleye	9.66 lbs	Tennessee River	C. Hobbs	1/19/85

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