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The following list of state record fish is according to the Alabama Department of Natural Resources. We also have the Alabama Saltwater fishing Records.

We are looking for additional pictures and fishing stories of any fish that has been an Alabama state record. E-mail us your stories and pictures to todd@southeasternoutdoors.com.

SPECIES	SIZE	LOCATION	ANGLER	DATE
Bass
Largemouth	16 lbs 8 oz	Mtn. View Lake, Shelby Co	Thomas (T. M.) Burgin	11/3/87
Redeye †	3 lbs 2 oz	Choccolocco Creek	Terry Johnson	3/8/2000
Rock	1 lb 6 oz	Paint Rock River	James R. Stewart	5/6/95
Shoal	6 lbs 11 oz	Hallawakee Creek	Darrell Trawick	2/25/96
Smallmouth	l0 lbs 8 oz	Wheeler Dam tailwater	Owen F. Smith	10/8/50
Spotted	8 lbs 15 oz	Lewis Smith	Phillip C. Terry	3/18/78
Striped	55 lbs	Tallapoosa River	Charles Totty	1955
Striped Hybrid	25 lbs 15 oz	Sipsey Fork	E. H. Hodges	9/13/96
White	4 lbs 9 oz	Warrior River	Ben DeMott	2/14/87
Yellow †	2 lb 8 oz	Guntersville Reservoir, Jackson Co.	Dennis M. Woebbeking	4/12/00
CARP	SIZE	LOCATION	ANGLER	DATE
Buffalo	57 lbs	Guntersville Reservoir	Ralph B. Lowery	4/13/90
Bullhead	3 lbs 13 oz	Private Pond/Montgomery. Co.	Charles A. Lane	4/8/84
Common	35 lbs	Bear Creek, Colbert County	Darrin Jackson	4/19/80
Grass	70 lbs	Lake Martin	Michael White Jr.	4/12/99
CATFISH	SIZE	LOCATION	ANGLER	DATE
Blue	120 lbs 4 ozs	Holt Reservoir	John Nichols	3/9/12
Channel	40 lbs	Inland Lake	Donald R. Cox	6/17/67
Flathead	80 lbs	Alabama River	Rick Conner	6/22/86
White	10 lbs 5 oz	Chambers Co. Public Lake	Roy T. Britton	4/3/81
CRAPPIE	SIZE	LOCATION	ANGLER	DATE
Black	4 lbs 5 oz	pond/Jefferson Co.	William D. Webb	6/2/97
White	4 lbs 9 oz	Lake Martin	Jeremy S. White	5/8/00
GAR	SIZE	LOCATION	ANGLER	DATE
Alligator	151 lbs 5 oz	Tensaw River	Michael Houseknecht	8/13/04
Longnose	32 lbs 14 oz	Jordan Reservoir	Gary Smyth	4/18/85
Spotted	8 lbs 12 oz	Cotaco Creek	Winston Baker	8/26/87
SUNFISH	SIZE	LOCATION	ANGLER	DATE
Bluegill †	4 lbs 12 oz	Ketona Lake, Birmingham	T. S. Hudson	4/9/50
Green	15 oz	Bayview Lake	Stephen McArdle	4/28/85
Longear	8 oz	Yellow River	Jerry Jones	5/12/90
Redbreast	1LB 4 oz	Choctawhatchee River	Archie Russ	6/12/10
Redear	4 1bs 4 oz	Chattahoochee R.	Jeff Lashley	5/5/62
OTHER	SIZE	LOCATION	ANGLER	DATE
American Eel	5 lbs 8 oz	Lake Shechi	Tod A. Groover	5/11/89
Bowfin	17 lbs 12 oz	Mobile Delta	David C. Wood	8/13/78
Drum	41 lbs 8 oz	Wilson Reservoir	Wilson Brock	7/24/49
Muskellunge**	19 lbs 8 oz	Wilson Dam tailwater	Steve Leatherwood	l2/31/72
Paddlefish*	52 lbs 12 oz	Wilson Dam tailwater	Susan Holland	3/18/82
Perch, Yellow	1 lb 15 oz	Wheeler Reservoir, Limestone Co.	Matthew K. Patterson	2/26/00
Pickerel, Chain	6 lbs 5.5 oz	Dyas Creek, Baldwin County	Michael P. Ryan	6/24/76
Pickerel, Redfin	9 oz	Crosbys Creek	Luke Myers	9/2/02
Rainbow Trout	9 lbs 1 oz	Mud Creek, Tannehill State Park	Otha G. Hamm	4/22/06
Redhorse, Silver†	14 lbs 14 oz	Wilson Dam tailwater	Chris Stephenson	4/24/95
Sauger	5 lbs 2 oz	Wilson Dam tailwater	William F. Huntley	3/5/72
Walleye	10 lbs 14 oz	Weiss Reservoir	Julia Hurley	6/24/80
Warmouth	1 lb 12 oz	Farm Pond	Jimmy A. Barfield	4/25/86

† = World Record, Rod And Reel
* = now protected, release when captured
** = no longer stocked

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