State & World Records

ALL – TIME VERMONT STATE FISH RECORDS

through 2003

ANGLING & ICE FISHING

SALMONIDS

FISHERMAN

WHERE AND WHEN CAUGHT

Brook Trout  - 5 lbs. 12 oz.

Dennis Harwood, Shaftsbury

Paran Creek – 1977

Brown Trout  - 22 lbs. 3 oz.

Barry Bouker, Whitingham

Sherman Reservoir - 1990

Rainbow Trout - 13 lbs. 8 oz.

Grant Delphia, Salisbury

Lake Dunmore - 1976

Lake Trout  - 35 lbs. 2 oz.

Shawn Dutil, Whitefield, NH

Willoughby Lake - 200

Landlocked Salmon  - 12.65 lbs.

Brian Latulippe, Winooski

Lake Champlain -1994

Whitefish   - 9 lbs. 4 oz.

Victor Raymond, Shelburne

Lake Champlain –1999

SUNFISH

FISHERMAN

WHERE AND WHEN CAUGHT

Largemouth Bass  - 10 lbs. 4 oz.

Tony Gale, Salisbury

Lake Dunmore –1988

Smallmouth Bass - 6 lbs. 12 oz.

George Carlson, Brookfield, CT

Lake Champlain – 1978

Rock Bass  - 2lbs. 0 oz.

Brad French, Essex Jct.

Lake Champlain - 1981

Black Crappie  - 2.47 lbs.

Tim Bertrand, Orwell

Lake Champlain - 1999

Pumpkinseed - 14.4 oz.

Carroll G. Bryce, Alburg

Lake Champlain – 1994

Bluegill  - 1 lbs. 5 oz.

John Regan, Chicopee MA

Connecticut River - 2000

SMELT

FISHERMAN

WHERE AND WHEN CAUGHT

Rainbow Smelt  - 12 oz.

Bernadine Maranville, Rutland

Lake Champlain - 1978

PIKE

FISHERMAN

WHERE AND WHEN CAUGHT

Chain Pickerel  - 6 lbs. 4 oz.

Robert Purdy, Bennington

Harriman Reservoir - 1974

Chain Pickerel  - 6 lbs. 4 oz.

Wendy St. Laurence

Harriman Reservoir - 1989

Northern Pike  - 30 lbs. 8 oz.

Bernard Golob, Easthampton, MA

Glen Lake - 1977

Muskellunge - 29 lbs. 8 oz.

Stephen Demar, Swanton

Missisquoi River  - 1978

Tiger Muskie - 17 lbs. 13 oz.

Daniel W. Magoon, Springfield

Connecticut River - 1987

PERCH

FISHERMAN

WHERE AND WHEN CAUGHT

Sauger  - 3 lbs.  2 oz.

David Paya, Milton

Lake Champlain - 1980

Walleye  - 13.44 lbs.

Doug Niles, Newport Center

Clyde River - 1997

Yellow Perch - 2 lbs. 2 oz.

Sheldon Meaker Jr., Essex Jct.

Lake Champlain - 1981

White Perch - 1.41 lbs.

Brian Fetters, Highgate Ctr., VT

Lake Champlain - 2001

CATFISH

FISHERMAN

WHERE AND WHEN CAUGHT

Brown Bullhead  - 3 lbs. 6 oz.

Frank Parker, East Boston, MA

Roach Pond - 1976

Channel Catfish - 34 lbs. 14 oz.

Hubert O. Dumas, Bristol

Monkton Pond - 1996

MINNOWS

FISHERMAN

WHERE AND WHEN CAUGHT

Fallfish - 2 lbs. 9 oz.

Scott A. Graham, Williston

Winooski River - 1990

Carp  - 27 lbs. 8 oz.

Robert Corbiere, Swanton

Missisquoi River - 1984

EEL

FISHERMAN

WHERE AND WHEN CAUGHT

American Eel  - 6 lbs. 4 oz.

Robert Tatro, Jr., St. Albans

Lake Champlain – 1989

SUCKERS

FISHERMAN

WHERE AND WHEN CAUGHT

Redhorse Sucker  - 8 lbs. 6 oz.

Arnold Perron, Swanton

Missisquoi River - 1981

GAR

FISHERMAN

WHERE AND WHEN CAUGHT

Gar - 15 lbs. 8 oz.

Raymond Greenwood, Essex Jct.

Lake Champlain - 1978

DRUM

FISHERMAN

WHERE AND WHEN CAUGHT

Sheepshead – 20.46 lbs.

Leon Andros, Essex Jct.

Malletts Bay, Lake Champlain – 2001

BOWFIN

FISHERMAN  

WHERE AND WHEN CAUGHT

Bowfin  - 14 lbs. 8 oz.

Randall Savage, Swanton

Missisquoi River - 1977

MOONEYE

FISHERMAN  

WHERE AND WHEN CAUGHT

Mooneye - 2 lbs. 7 oz.

Thomas LaVigne, Winooski

Lake Champlain - 1985

COD

FISHERMAN  

WHERE AND WHEN CAUGHT

Ling - 5 lbs. 0 oz.

John Hawthorn, Woodbury

Lake Memphremagog - 1979

SPECIES

BOW & ARROW FISHING

WHERE AND WHEN CAUGHT

Carp – 37 lbs. 9 oz.

Douglas Bushey, Swanton

Lake Champlain - 1981

Longnose Gar – 17.85 lbs.

Tom Casavant, Williamstown

Lake Champlain - 1996

Bowfin – 11 lbs. 10 oz.

Timothy J. Coleman, Swanton

Lake Champlain - 1989

Redhorse Sucker – 10 lbs. 4 oz.

Timothy J. Coleman, Swanton

Missisquoi River - 1987

WORLD RECORDS

SALMONIDS

FISHERMAN

WHERE AND WHEN CAUGHT

Brook Trout  -14 lbs. 8 oz.

Dr. W. J. Cook Nipigon River, Ontario - 1916

Brown Trout  - 40 lbs. 4 oz.

Rip Collins Little Red River, AZ - 1992

Rainbow Trout - 42 lbs. 2 oz.

David Robert White Bell Island, AK - 1970

Lake Trout  - 72 lbs. 0 oz.

Lloyd E. Bull Great Bear Lake, N.W.T. - 1995

Landlocked Salmon  - 22 lbs. 8 oz.

. Sebago Lake, ME - 1997

Lake Whitefish   - 14 lbs. 6 0z.

Dennis M. Laylock Meaford, Ontario - 1984

SUNFISH

FISHERMAN

WHERE AND WHEN CAUGHT

Largemouth Bass  - 22 lbs. 4 oz.

George W. Perry Montgomery Lake, GA - 1932

Smallmouth Bass - 10 lbs. 14 oz.

John T. Gorman Dale Hollow, TN - 1969

Rock Bass  - 3 lbs. 0 oz.

Peter Gulgin York River, Ontario - 1974

Black Crappie  - 4 lbs. 8 oz.

L. Carl Herring, Jr. Kerr lake, VA - 1981

Pumpkinseed - Still Looking

.

.

Bluegill  - 4 lbs. 12 oz.

T. S. Hudson Ketona Lake, AL - 1950

SMELT

FISHERMAN

WHERE AND WHEN CAUGHT

Rainbow Smelt  Still Looking

.  

PIKE

FISHERMAN

WHERE AND WHEN CAUGHT

Chain Pickerel  - 9 lbs. 6 oz.

Baxley McQuaig, Jr. Homerville, GA - 1961

Northern Pike  - 55 lbs. 1 oz.

Lothar Louis Lake of Grefeern, Germany - 1986

Muskellunge - 67 lbs. 8 oz.

Carl Johnson Hayward, WI - 1949

Tiger Muskie - 51 lbs. 3 oz.

John A. Knobla Lac Vieux-Desert, WI-MI - 1919

PERCH

FISHERMAN

WHERE AND WHEN CAUGHT

Sauger  - 8 lbs. 12 oz.

Mike Fischer Lake Sakakawea, ND - 1971

Walleye  - 25 lbs. 0 oz.

Mabry Harper Old Hickory Lake, TN - 1960

Yellow Perch - 4 lbs. 3 oz.

Dr. C. C. Abbot Bordentown, NJ - 1865

White Perch - 4 lbs. 12 oz.

Mrs. Earl Small Messalonskee Lake, ME - 1949

CATFISH