Missouri State Fish Records

I recently researched Missouri 's fish records these

are the results of my research. If you catch a fish
that you believe will establish a new record, the fish
has to be weighed on a certified scale and witnessed
by an employee of the Missouri Department of
Conservation. The species of the fish has to then be
properly identified by the Department of Conservation
Fisheries Biologists or Conservation Agent familiar with
the genus. If the two department are not sure, they
will call at no cost to you a fish identification expert.

I am rather surprised at the results of my research.
I thought some would be smaller and some would be
larger.

The results are as follows:

Species Weight Location Angler Date

• American Eel 4 lbs 8 oz Meramec River Steven Buerk 8/23/1993


• Bigmouth Buffalo 56 lbs 0 oz Lock Loma Lake Dr. W. J. Long 8/1/1976
• Black Buffalo 53 lbs 0 oz Lake Wappapello Marty R. Yount 4/6/1989
• Black Bullhead 4 lbs 11 oz Binder Lake Ron Miller 6/5/1977
• Black Crappie 4 lbs 8 oz Private Pond Ray Babcock 5/28/1967
• Blue Catfish 103 lbs 0 oz Missouri River Clarence H. Kerr 9/16/1991
• Blue Sucker 9 lbs 14 oz Missouri River Randy Christian 4/12/1997
• Bluegill Sunfish 3 lbs 0 oz Private Pond Bevier Robert Giovanini 6/8/1963
• Bowfin 19 lbs 0 oz Duck Creek Clois Coomer 3/1/1963
• Brown Bullhead 3 lbs 3 oz Lock Loma Lake Greg Clanahan 4/25/1990
• Brown Trout 26 lbs 13 oz Bull Shoals Lake Rob Caudel 11/10/1997
• Carp 50 lbs 6 oz Rothwell Park Lake Russell Tarr 6/2/1996
• Chain Pickerel 5 lbs 1 oz Clearwater Dam Spillway George Burlbaw 11/4/1974
• Channel Catfish 34 lbs 10 oz Lake Jacomo Gerald Siebenmorgen 10/12/1976
• Flathead Catfish 77 lbs 8 oz Montrose Lake Scott L Brown 4/28/2003
• Flier Sunfish 0 lbs 11 oz Private Pond Anthony Sifford 3/15/1991
• Freshwater Drum 40 lbs 8 oz Lake of the Ozarks Ronald P. Wagner 7/11/1996
• Gizzard Shad 1 lbs 6 oz Truman Lake Johnny L. Ash 6/5/2001
• Golden Redhorse 2 lbs 3 oz Meramec River Mike Jackson 6/27/1995
• Goldeye 1 lbs 7 oz Des Moines River James Dockery 4/6/2002
• Grass Carp 69 lbs 0 oz Crowder S P Jim Shull 11/13/2002
• Grass Pickerel 1 lbs 3 oz Old River (farm pond) Will Dougherty 3/20/2005
• Green Sunfish 2 lbs 2 oz Stockton Lake Paul Dilley 6/18/1971
• Hybrid Striper 20 lbs 8 oz Lake of the Ozarks Richard Slaybaugh 11/22/1986
• Hybrid Sunfish 2 lbs 3 oz Private Pond James Closson 6/12/1997
• Largemouth Bass 13 lbs 14 oz Bull Shoals Lake Marvin Bushong 4/1/1961
• Longnose Gar 27 lbs 0 oz Bull Shoals Lake Dale Davis 5/17/1999
• Muskellunge 41 lbs 2 oz Lake of the Ozarks Gene Snelling 3/9/1981
• Northern Hog Sucker 3 lbs 5 oz Current River David W. Cletcher 8/21/1988
• Northern Pike 18 lbs 9 oz Stockton Lake Gene Moore 4/26/1975
• Paddlefish 139 lbs 4 oz Table Rock Lake George W. Russell 3/15/2002
• Rainbow Trout 18 lbs 1 oz Roaring River Jason Harper 8/14/2004
• Redear Sunfish 2 lbs 7 oz Whetstone Creek Glenda Gollaher 5/28/1988
• River Redhorse 8 lbs 1 oz Meramec River Joe N. Tousignant 7/24/1995
• Rock Bass 2 lbs 12 oz Big Piney River William J. Rod 6/15/1968
• Sauger 5 lbs 1 oz Osage River John Hennessy 1/23/1994
• Shorthead Redhorse 2 lbs 6 oz Meramec River Mike Jackson 6/20/1995
• Shovelnose Sturgeon 4 lbs 0 oz Des Moines River James M. Dockery 6/3/2001
• Silver Redhorse 5 lbs 10 oz Sac River Teresa Meadors 3/23/2000
• Smallmouth Bass 7 lbs 2 oz Stockton Lake Kevin S. Clingan 12/18/1994
• Smallmouth Buffalo 36 lbs 12 oz Lake of the Ozarks Allen A. Schweiss 6/10/1986
• Spotted Bass 7 lbs 8 oz Table Rock Lake Gene Arnaud 4/6/1966
• Spotted Gar 6 lbs 0 oz Boeuf Creek Brent Meyer 8/27/2005
• Striped Bass 51 lbs 0 oz Bull Shoals Lake Jasper Bouse 7/23/1989
• Tiger Muskellunge 22 lbs 0 oz Stockton Lake Ned Posenki 4/25/1986
• Walleye 21 lbs 1 oz Bull Shoals Lake Gerry Partlow 3/26/1988
• Warmouth 1 lbs 4 oz Private Pond Tony Fincher 7/31/1984
• White Bass 5 lbs 6 oz Table Rock Lake Scott Flood 3/19/2002
• White Crappie 4 lbs 9 oz Private Pond Samuel H. Barbee 3/5/2000
• White Sucker 4 lbs 8 oz Lake Taneycomo James Baker Jr. 9/1/1990
• Yellow Bullhead 5 lbs 13 oz Private Pond J.D. Hall 4/6/1986
• Yellow Perch 1 lbs 2 oz Bull Shoals Tom Statler 11/16/2004