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Iowa All Time Record Fish


Species Weight Length Where Caught County Date Angler City
Bass
(Largemouth)		 10 lb. 12 oz. 23 1/2" Lake Fisher Davis 5-84  Patricia Zaerr Davenport
Bass
(Ocean Striped)		 9 lb. 4 oz. 29" Lake Rathbun Appanoose 7-83 Richard Pauley Mystic
Bass
(Rock)		 1 lb. 8 oz. 10 1/2" Mississippi
River		 Dubuque 6-73 Jim Driscoll Dubuque
Bass
(Smallmouth)		 7 lb. 12 oz. 22 3/4" West Okoboji Dickinson 9-90 Rick Gray Dickinson
Bass
(White)		 3 lb. 14 oz. 20" West Okoboji Dickinson 5-72 Bill Born Milford
Bass
(Wiper)		 19 lb. 10 oz. 33" Des Moines River Polk 8-05 Youa Lovan Altoona

Bass
(Yellow)		 1 lb. 9 oz.
1 lb. 9 oz.		 14 1/2"
13 1/2"		 Lake Manawa
Lake Anita		 Pottawattamie
Cass		 4-91
5-00		 Bill Campbell
Michael Gradick		 Council Bluffs
Underwood
Bluegill 3 lb. 2 oz. 12 7/8" Farm Pond Madison 7-86 Phil Algreen Earlham
Bowfin
(Dogfish)		 11 lb. 9 oz. 31 1/2" Mississippi River Clayton 5-94 Bill Gretten Blue Grass
Bullhead 5 lb. 8 oz. 22" Farm Pond Hamilton 1989 Michael Hurd Ellsworth
Buffalo 64 lb. 6 oz. 41 1/2" Lake Manawa Pottawattamie 4-07 Ronald Anderson Omaha, NE
Carp
(Bighead)		 54 lb.  48" Red Rock Spillway Marion 07-03 Randall Moore Prairie City
Carp
(Common)		 50 lb.  44" Glenwood Lake Mills 5-69 Fred Hougland Glenwood
Catfish
(Blue)		 101 lb. 53" Missouri River Mills 6-04 Mike Rush Bellevue, NE
Catfish
(Channel)		 38 lb. 2 oz. 40" Missouri River Pottawattamie 6-05 Dustin Curtis Bellevue, NE
Catfish
(Flathead)		 81 lb. 52" Lake Ellis Lucas 6-58 Joe Baze Chariton
Crappie 4 lb. 9 oz. 21 1/4" Green Castle Lake Marshall 5-81 Ted Trowbridge Marshalltown
Freshwater
Drum		 46 lb. 38 1/2" Spirit Lake Dickinson 10-62 R.F. Farra Clarion
Gar
(Longnose)		 17 lb. 8 oz. 51" Mississippi River Clayton 9-92 Kevin Riley Cedar Rapids
Gar
(Shortnose)		 5 lb. 8 oz. 32.8" Red Rock Lake Marion 05-08 Albert Augustin  
Goldeye
/Mooneye		 2 lb. 15 oz. 20" Mississippi River Clayton 8-04 Scott Kinkead Central City
Green
Sunfish		 2 lb. 1 oz. 12 1/2" Farm Pond Marion 7-00 Ralph Mayer Knoxville
Muskellunge 50 lb. 6 oz. 52" Spirit Lake Dickinson 8-00 Kevin Cardwell Spirit Lake
Tiger
Muskie		 27 lb. 2 oz. 47" West Okoboji Dickinson 8-89 Shannon Green Spencer
Northern
Pike		 25 lb. 5 oz. 45" West Okoboji Dickinson 2-77 Allen Forsberg Albert City
Paddlefish 107 lb. 69 1/2" Missouri River Monona 3-81 Robert Pranschke Onawa

Perch
(Yellow)		 2 lb. 3 oz.
2 lb. 3 oz.
2 lb. 3 oz.		 14 3/4"
15 1/2"
15"		 Morse Lake
Bussey Lake
Mississippi River, Pool 10		 Wright
Clayton
Allamakee		 3-94
12-01
01-05		 Daniel Borchardt
Steven Moore
Jerry Kuchenbecker		 Mason City
Guttenberg
McGregor
Sauger 6 lb. 8 oz. 25" Missouri River Woodbury 10-76 Mrs. W. Buser Sloan
Saugeye 12 lb.4 oz. 29 1/2" Des Moines River Polk 3-00 Don Ostergaard Des Moines
Sturgeon
(Shovelnose)		 12 lb. 33" Des Moines River Van Buren 4-74 Randy Hemm Douds
Suckers
(Misc.)		 15 lb. 1 oz. 32 1/4" Missouri River Monona 9-83 Glen E. Dittman Onawa
Sunfish
(Misc.)		 NONE - - - - - -
Trout
(Brook)		 7 lb. 19 3/4" Fountain Springs Delaware 7-96 Doug Kovarik Marion
Trout
(Brown)		 15 lb. 6 oz. 29" North Prairie Lake Blackhawk 6-95 Gerold Lewis Gladbrook
Trout
(Rainbow)		 19 lb. 8 oz. 35" French Creek Allamakee 7-84 Jack Renner Waterloo
Walleye 14 lb. 8 oz. 30 1/2" Des Moines River Polk 9-86 Gloria Eoriatti Ankeny
White Amur 85 lb. 8 oz. 48" Greenfield Lake Adair 5-07 Jesse Lane Greenfield
 

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