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Tennessee Fishing Records

The following list is according to Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency. * represents a World Record.

SPECIES SIZE LOCATION ANGLER DATE
BASS (BLACK)
Coosa
1 lb. 14.5 oz.
Parksville Lake
Harry E. Parker
Aug-18, 1991
Smallmouth*
11 lb.
5 oz.
Dale Hollow Reservoir
D. L. Hayes
July 9, 1955
Largemouth
14 lb.
8 oz.
Sugar Creek
Louge Barnett
Oct-17, 1954
Spotted
5 lb. 8 oz.
Center Hill Lake
Gary Martin
Feb-4, 1989
BASS (TRUE)
Striper (Rockfish)
63 lb. 12 oz.
Bull Run Steam Plant
William L. Marsh, Jr.
Feb-7, 1998
White
5 lb. 2 oz.
Parksville Lake
Hubert Parker
Apr-22, 1989
Cherokee (Hybrid)
23 lb. 3 oz.
Stones River
Ray Pelfrey
Apr-17, 1998
Yellow
2 lb. 9 oz.
Duck River (near Waverly)
John T. Chappell
Feb-27, 1998
BUFFALO
Bigmouth
46 lbs. 5 ozs.
Watts Bar Reservoir
Gene Daniels
Apr-9, 1982
Smallmouth
35 lbs. 4 ozs.
Chickamauga Creek
Mark E. Norris
Mar-9, 1986
Black
55 lbs. 8 ozs.
Cherokee Reservoir
Ed H. Mc.Lain
May-3, 1984
CATFISH
Channel
41 lbs.
Fall Creek Falls Lake
Clint Walters, Jr.
July-30, 1982
Flathead
85 lbs. 15 ozs.
Hiwassee River
Larry Kaylor
July-25, 1993
Blue
112 lbs.
Lock C, Cumberland River
Robrert E. Lewis
June-7, 1998
Brown Bullhead
2 lbs. 14 ozs.
Chickamauga Reservoir
John Thomas Hammond
June-5, 1980
Black Bullhead
3 lbs. 5.5 ozs.
Embertons Pond (Cannon County)
Hunter Chance Gaither
Feb-20, 1997
Yellow Bullhead
4 lbs. 8 ozs.
Chickamauga Reservoir
Jessie R. Johnson
Apr-21, 1979
CRAPPIE
Black
4 lbs. 4 oz.
Brown's Creek Lake
Clyde Freeman
Mar-23, 1985
White
5 lbs. 1 oz.
Garner Brown's pond
Clyde Freeman
Apr-20, 1968
GAR
Longnose
23 lbs.
Pickwick Tailwaters
Jimmy Gravett
1963
Shortnose
5 lbs. 12 ozs.
Watts Bar Lake
Dennis J. Odom
May-10, 1995
Spotted
4 lbs. .5 ozs.
Little Pigeon River
Tim A. Burke
July-10, 1995
PERCH
Yellow
1 lbs. 15 oz.
Hiwassee River
Jerry Wills
Dec-6, 1992
Yellow
1 lbs. 15 oz.
Melton Hill
David C. Lyons
Aug-25, 1996
Sauger
7 lbs. 6 oz.
Pickwick Tailwaters
Rayford D. Voss
Feb-19, 1973
Saugeye
10 lbs. 12 oz.
Melton Hill
Chris Vittetoe
July-18, 1998
Walleye*
25 lbs
Old Hickory Reservoir
Mabery Harper
Aug-3, 1960
PIKE
Northern
24 lbs 7.5 ozs.
South Holston
Frank Childers
Mar-28, 1995
Muskellunge
42 lbs 8 ozs.
Norris Reservoir
Kyle F. Edwards
Apr-27, 1983
Chain Pickerel
7 lbs 7 ozs.
Kentucky Lake
Burke Williams
Feb-2, 1991
SUNFISH
Bluegill
3 lbs
Farm Pond
Brad Pendergrass
Dec-19, 1987
Bluegill
3 lbs
Fall Creek Falls Lake
Thelma Grissom
June-27, 1977
Pumpkinseed
5 ozs
Dogwood Lake
Lynn Middleton
June-14, 1998
Green
1 lb. 4 ozs
North Cross Creek
Dwight M. Lehman
June-8, 1991
Longear
12.75 ozs.
Pond, Overton County
Kay Fosberg
May-15, 1985
Redbreast
1 lb. 5 ozs.
Holston River
R. W. Gillespie
June-22, 1974
Redear
3 lb. 5.5 ozs.
Private Pond
Annelise S. Houston
Sept-1, 1979
Rock Bass
2 lb. 8 ozs.
Stones River
Bill Sanford
1958
Warmouth
1 lb. 12 ozs.
Nolichucky River
Frank E. Garrett
May-26, 1984
Round Flier
5.5 ozs.
Blair Lake
Hunter Henley
Mar-3, 1987
Orange Spotted
5.44 ozs.
Nolichucky River
Frank E. Garrett
May-26, 1984
TROUT
Brook
3 lb. 14 oz.
Hiwassee River
Jerry Wills
Aug-15, 1973
Brown
28 lb. 12 oz.
Clinch River
Greg Ensor
Aug-30, 1988
Cutthroat
6 oz.
Obey River, Below Dale Hollow Dam
Philip Neyman
June-1, 1969
Rainbow
15 lbs. .25 oz.
Boone Reservoir
Charles Bowles
June-18, 1994
Ohrid
14 lbs. .5 oz.
Watauga Reservoir
Richard Lynn Carter
Mar-28, 1986
Lake
20 lbs. .79 oz.
Watauga Reservoir
Eddie Southerland
Apr-2, 1994
OTHER
Golden Shiner
12 ozs.
Lake Taal
James Alex Bryant
July-7, 1996
River Herring
3 lbs. 12 ozs.
Watts Bar Reservoir
Paul D. Goddard
Feb-14, 1982
Common Carp
42 lbs. 8 ozs.
Boone Reservoir
Al Moore
Aug-12, 1956
Bighead Carp
44 lbs.
Below Pickwick Dam
Brent Daniel
Apr-22, 1998
Isralei Carp
53 lbs.
Below Pickwick Dam
Brent Daniel
Apr-22, 1998
Drum
54 lbs. 8 ozs.
Nick-a-Jack Reservoir
Benny Hull
Apr-20, 1972
Paddlefish
75 lbs.
Center Hill Reservoir
Shane S. Henery
Apr-28, 1984
Bowfin
15 lbs. 7 ozs.
Reelfoot Lake
Charles Aaron
June-22, 1983
Redhorse
11 lbs. .01 ozs.
Duck River
Cliff Crowell
Apr-6, 1993
Golden Redhorse
2 lbs. 9 ozs.
Elk River
K. Daniel Boone
Oct-10, 1998
Stoneroller
9.76 ozs.
Hiwassee River
Roy S. King
May-1, 1983
Goldeye
14 ozs.
Cumberland River
Harold A. Sanders
Apr-17, 1993
Mooneye
14 ozs.
Hiwassee River
Alan S. Cantrell
Apr-12, 1990
Northern Carpsucker
1 lb. 9 ozs.
Pickwick Tailwater
Jim Youmans
Feb-28, 1980
White Amur
61 lb. 1 ozs.
Roach Pond
Ricky l. Haag
Mar-2, 1997

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