# List of West Virginia State Fishing Records

This list of West Virginia State Fishing Records includes all major records of the largest fish of each species taken by hook and line in West Virginia waters.

## Records

| Species | Year | Total Length (Inches) | Total Weight (Pounds) | Location | Angler | Record |
| Largemouth bass | 1994 | 24.8 | 12.28 | Grant County | David W. Heeter | Weight |
| Largemouth bass | 2001 | 25.75 | 9.62 | Dog Run Lake | Eli Gain | Length |
| Smallmouth bass | 1971 | 24.25 | 9.75 | South Branch | David Lindsay | Weight |
| Smallmouth bass | 1976 | 25.5 | 7.5 | New River | Franklin J. Elliott | Length |
| Rock bass | 1964 | 13.8 | 1.75 | Big Sandy Creek | Warren Ryan | |
| Spotted bass | 1988 | 19 | 3.82 | RD Bailey Lake | Leonard Blankenship | |
| Spotted bass | 2000 | 19 | 4.77 | RD Bailey Lake | Kevin Dameron | |
| Striped bass | 2000 | 47.16 | 45.69 | Bluestone Lake | James Brooks | |
| Hybrid striped bass | 1985 | 31.5 | 16.75 | Kanawha River | Robert Honaker | Weight |
| Hybrid striped bass | 2000 | 32.1 | 14 | Kanawha River | Frankie Harris | Length |
| White bass | 1985 | 20 | 4.56 | New River | Louis Puskas | |
| Bluegill | 1964 | 13.75 | 2.25 | Fayette County | Dennis Criss | Length |
| Bluegill | 1986 | 11.7 | 2.75 | Randolph County | Mark Allan Lewis | Weight |
| Bowfin | 1994 | 32.25 | 7.54 | Berkeley County | Donald E. Newcomb, III | Length |
| Bowfin | 2024 | 30.20 | 10.60 | Ohio River | Lauren Noble | Weight |
| Buffalo | 1976 | 41 | 38 | Little Kanawha River | Hobert Null | |
| Common carp | 1988 | 41 | 41.5 | Stonecoal Lake | Charles J. Cook | Length |
| Common carp | 1998 | 39.3 | 47 | Preston County | Gary Johnson | Weight |
| Grass carp | 2002 | 50.75 | 71.69 | Warden Lake | William R. Taucher | |
| Blue catfish | 2023 | 50.51 | 69.45 | Ohio River | Michael John Drake | |
| Bullhead catfish | 1977 | 22.75 | 6.1 | Tygart Lake Headwaters | Gary R. Freeman | |
| Channel catfish | 2005 | 40.3 | 33.38 | Patterson Creek | Michael Sears | |
| Flathead catfish | 1956 | 52 | 70 | Little Kanawha River | L.L. McClung | |
| Chain pickerel | 2001 | 27.75 | 6.19 | Tuckahoe Lake | Steven Demma | |
| Black crappie | 2024 | 17.36 | 2.85 | Woodrum Lake | Craig Webb | |
| Crappie | 1971 | 19.75 | 4.05 | Meathouse Fork | Leonard Edgell | |
| Eel | 1977 | 44 | 7.25 | Bunker Hill Quarry | Arlie R. Ruble | Weight |
| Eel | 1983 | 44.25 | 6.27 | Elk River | Steve Woods | Length |
| Fallfish | 1970 | 21.25 | 3.5 | North Fork of South Branch | James Blackwell | |
| Freshwater drum | 1954 | 37 | 25 | Little Kanawha River | Bill Dawkins | Length |
| Freshwater drum | 1989 | 35.5 | 27 | South Fork Hughes River | Charles Mickel Lott | Weight |
| Longnose gar | 1993 | 50.5 | 19.08 | Kanawha River | Michael Shan Casey | Weight |
| Longnose gar | 2003 | 50.63 | 16.75 | Fish Creek | Brian Klug | Length |
| Goldeye | 1983 | 18.5 | 3 | Ohio River | Delbert McWilliams | |
| Muskellunge | 1997 | 50.37 | 49.75 | Stonecoal Lake | Anna Marsh | Weight |
| Muskellunge | 2003 | 52.7 | 38.5 | Stonecoal Lake | Glenn Boyd | Length |
| Northern pike | 1989 | 42.6 | 22.06 | Dog Run Lake | Boyd O. Pratt Sr | |
| Redbreast sunfish | 2024 | 9.29 | .57 | New Creek Dam | Zach Adkins | |
| Sauger | 1985 | 23 | 4.75 | Ohio River | Steve Powell | |
| Saugeye | 2000 | 26.0 | 7.25 | Ohio River | Dru Beck | Weight |
| Saugeye | 2000 | 27.1 | 6.13 | East Lynn Lake | Wendell Williamson | Length |
| Skipjack herring | 2000 | 18.9 | 2 | Ohio River | Christian Pyles | Length |
| Skipjack herring | 2002 | 18.4 | 2.61 | Kanawha River | Steve Skeens | Weight |
| Tiger muskie | 1994 | 49.25 | 36.5 | Mountwood Lake | Clyde E. Beckett | |
| Trout | 1981 | 23.5 | 4.78 | Lost River | Jack E. Foltz | |
| Brook trout | 2004 | 22.25 | 7.64 | Shavers Fork of Cheat River | Gary M. Chapman | |
| Brown trout | 1968 | 32 | 16 | South Branch | Paul Barker | |
| Golden rainbow trout | 1987 | 27.5 | 8.63 | Stonecoal Lake | Gerald Estep | Length |
| Golden rainbow trout | 1998 | 26.4 | 9.31 | Brushy Fork Lake | Danny Crider | Weight |
| Rainbow trout | 1993 | 31.7 | 11.74 | Stonecoal Lake | John P. Arnett | |
| Tiger trout | 2010 | 28.7 | 10.63 | Krodel Lake | Mike Connolly | Length |
| Tiger trout | 2024 | 26.3 | 11.98 | New Creek Dam | Nathaniel Smith | Weight |
| Walleye | 1976 | 35 | 15 | Kanawha Falls | Fred Cline | Length |
| Walleye | 2003 | 32.0 | 17.82 | Kanawha River | Steve Skeens | Weight |
| Yellow perch | 2008 | 15.25 | 1 | | Joshua D. Carr | Length |
| Yellow perch | 1985 | 14.5 | 1.83 | Tygart Lake | Charles Mayle | Weight |