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The following list of state record fish is according to the Arkansas Game & Fish Commission.

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SPECIES	SIZE	LOCATION	ANGLER	DATE
Hybrid Striped	27lb 5oz	Greers Ferry Lake	Jerald C. Shaum	04/24/97
Largemouth	16lb 4oz	Mallard Lake	Aaron Mardis	03/02/76
Ozark	1lb 8oz	Lake Norfork	Jerry Heard	08/02/82
Shadow	1 lb 12oz	Spring River	James E. Baker	07/05/99
Smallmouth	7lb 5oz	Bull Shoals Lake	Acie Dickerson	04/01/69
Spotted	7lb 15oz	Bull Shoals Lake	Mike Heilich	03/26/83
Striped	64lb 8oz	Beaver Tailwaters - White River	Jeff Fletcher	04/28/00
White	5lb 4oz	Bull Shoals Lake	William Wilson	04/23/84
Yellow	1 lb 13oz	Hargrove Reservoir	Bill Kennedy	07/29/89
Yellow	1 lb 13oz	Old River	Floyd E. Norfleet	02/10/97
BUFFALO	SIZE	LOCATION	ANGLER	DATE
Bigmouth	35 lbs 2oz	Lake Conway	John Bales	12/02/98
Black	92 lbs 8oz	Lake Maumelle	Kenny DeLuca	02/26/01
Smallmouth	68lb 8oz	Lake Hamilton	Jerry Dolezal	05/15/84
CARP	SIZE	LOCATION	ANGLER	DATE
Bighead	75 lbs 8oz	AR River	Mark Matthews	05/17/02
Common	53lb	Lake Hamilton	Lynn Bradley	03/23/85
Grass	65lb 14oz	Horseshoe Lake	Gary Todd Brewer	4/28/95
Silver	39lb 4oz	Arkansas River	Ryan McKim	5/11/95
CATFISH	SIZE	LOCATION	ANGLER	DATE
Black Bullhead	4lb 12oz	Point Remove Creek	Janet Story	04/11/86
Blue	116lb 12oz	MS River	Charles Ashley, Jr.	08/03/01
Channel	38lb	Lake Ouachita	Joe Holleman	06/03/89
Flathead	80lb	Arkansas River	Wesley White	10/28/89
CRAPPIE	SIZE	LOCATION	ANGLER	DATE
Black Crappie	5lb	Lake Wilhelmina	Donivan Echols	6/6/12
White Crappie	4lb 7oz	Mingo Creek	Shelby Cooper	04/12/93
GAR	SIZE	LOCATION	ANGLER	DATE
Alligator Gar	215lb	Arkansas River	Alvin Bonds	07/31/64
Gar, Longnose	35 lb 12 oz	Taylor Old River Lake	Tommy Cantrell	06/28/05
Gar, Shortnose	4lb 7oz	Lake Dardanelle	Lindsey Lewis	4/24/2008
Spotted Gar	6lb 12oz	Mellwood Old River	Vernon Neal	10/03/95
SUNFISH	SIZE	LOCATION	ANGLER	DATE
Bluegill	3lb 4oz	Fulton County Pond	Albert Sharp	08/07/98
Green	1 lb 11oz	Pond, Dierks	K. McCullough	04/12/76
Longear	1 lb 2oz	Table Rock Lake	Carl Bohannan	04/22/91
Redear	2lb 14oz	Lake Bois d' Arc	Glenda Tatom	05/04/85
TROUT	SIZE	LOCATION	ANGLER	DATE
Brook Trout	5lb	North Fork River	Billy J. Meeks	06/03/02
Brown	40lb 4oz	Little Red River	H. "Rip" Collins	05/09/92
Cutthroat	9lb 9oz	White River	Scott Rudolph	10/6/85
Lake	11 lb 5oz	Greers Ferry Lake	Clark Stevenson	12/15/97
Rainbow	19lb 1oz	White River	Jim Miller	03/14/81
OTHER	SIZE	LOCATION	ANGLER	DATE
American Eel	4lb 12oz	Arkansas River	Gregg Armstrong	05/26/02
Bowfin	17lb 5oz	Desha County	Doug Smith	02/21/77
Drum	45lb 7 oz	Lake Wilson	Chuck Piker	07/11/04
Flier	14oz	Saline River	Harvey Jones	07/10/85
Herring, Skipjack	2lb 13oz	Ouachita River	Monte Pascoe	04/04/97
Muskie, Tiger	23lb 12oz	Spring River	Randy Wyatt	06/27/95
Pacu	7lb 1oz	Lakewood Lake #1, NLR	Gerald H. Kenedy	07/22/95
Paddlefish	98lb 8oz	Ouachita River	Michael Langley	07/19/94
Pickerel, Chain	7lb 10oz	Little Red River	Abe Vogel	01/06/79
Northern Pike	16lb 1oz	DeGray Lake	Dick Cooley	12/27/73
Sauger	6lb 12oz	Arkansas River	Claude Eubanks	12/15/76
Saugeye	6lb 1oz	Crown Lake	C. Henderson	02/05/93
Shad, Alabama	2lb 13oz	Ouachita River	Monte Pasco	04/04/97
Shad, Gizzard	2lb 14oz	White River	Charles Jordan	05/09/92
Sturgeon, Shovelnose	3lbs	Mississippi River	Billy Robertson	10/29/06
Tilapia	2lb 7oz	Win-Meadow Lake	B.F. Glover	10/148/05
Walleye	22lb 11oz	Greers Ferry Lake	Al Nelson	03/12/82
Warmouth	1lb 8oz	Black Bayou	Michael Curtis	05/20/98

The above list of state record fish is according to the Arkansas Game & Fish Commission.

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