West Virginia State Fishing Records

SpeciesWeightLocationDateAngler
Bass Largemouth12.28Pond (Grant County)1994David W. Heeter
Smallmouth9.75South Branch1971David Lindsay
Rock Bass1.75Big Sandy Creek1964Warren Ryan
Spotted Bass4.77RD Bailey Lake2000Kevin Dameron
Striped Bass29.56Bluestone Lake2000Terry Watkins
Hybrid Striped Bass16.75Kanawha River1985Robert Honaker
White Bass4.56New River1985Louis Puskas
Bluegill2.75Pond (Randolph County)1986Mark Allan Lewis
Bowfin7.66Pond (Berkeley County)1994Carl A. Jaeger, III
Buffalo38Little Kanawha River1976Hobert Null
Carp Common41.5Stonecoal Lake1988Charles J. Cook
Grass Carp52.5Pond(Mason County)2002Joseph R. Spencer, II
Catfish Bullhead6.1Tygart Lake Headwaters1977Gary R. Freeman
Channel Catfish33.38Patterson Creek1993Johnny J. Weatherholtz, Jr.
Flathead Catfish70Little Kanawha River1956L.L. McClung
Chain Pickerel6.19Tuckahoe Lake2001Steven Demma
Crappie4.05Meathouse Fork1971Leonard Edgell
American Eel7.25Bunker Hill Quarry1977Arlie R. Ruble
Fallfish3.5North Fork of South Branch1970James Blackwell
Freshwater Drum27.88Kanawha River2021John A. Gibson
Longnose Gar19.08Kanawha River1993Michael Shan Casey
Goldeye3Ohio River1983Delbert McWilliams
Muskellunge49.75Stonecoal Lake1997Anna Marsh
Northern Pike22.06Dog Run Lake1989Boyd O. Pratt Sr
Sauger4.75Ohio River1985Steve Powell
Saugeye7.25Ohio River2000Dru Beck
Skipjack Herring3.1Ohio River2021Ethan Moss
Tiger Musky36.5Mountwood Lake1994Clyde E.Beckett
Brook Trout7.64Shavers Fork of Cheat River2004Gary M. Chapman
Brown Trout16South Branch1968Paul Barker
Golden Rainbow Trout9.31Brushy Fork Lake1998Danny Crider
Rainbow Trout11.74Stonecoal Lake1993John P. Arnett
Tiger Trout6.68Greenbrier River1986John Duncan
Walleye17.82Kanawha River2003Steve Skeens
Yellow Perch1.83Tygart Lake1985Charles Mayle