Washington State Fishing Records

Species WeightLocationAnglerDate
Albacore Tuna52 lbs 0 ozPacific Ocean Kurt Strickland10/1/1997
American Shad3 lbs 8 ozColumbia RiverTom Magnuson6/21/2005
Atlantic Salmon14 lbs 6.08 ozGreen River Ron Howard9/22/1999
Big Skate130 lbs 0 ozPacific Ocean - Double BluffDan Cartwright5/18/1986
Black Bullhead1 lbs 12 ozMud Lake John E. Moore6/29/1998
Black Crappie4 lbs 8 ozLake Washington John W. Smart5/1/1956
Black Rockfish10 lbs 4 ozPacific Ocean - Tacoma NarrosJoseph Eberling5/20/1980
Blue Catfish17 lbs 12 ozColumbia River Rangle Hawthorne7/9/1975
Blue Rockfish4 lbs 13.44 ozPacific Ocean - WestportChris McMillin7/2/2011
Bluegill Sunfish2 lbs 5.3 ozTampico Park Pond Ron Hinote6/10/1984
Bocaccio Rockfish23 lbs 10 ozPacific Ocean - Swiftsure BankCarson Kendall8/8/1987
Bridgelip Sucker3 lbs 0.96 ozPalmer Lake John E. Moore5/27/1999
Brook Trout9 lbs 0 ozWobbly Lake George G. Weekes5/7/1988
Brown Bullhead11 lbs 0.625 ozunnamed lakeJustin E. Andrews6/3/2000
Brown Trout22 lbs 0 ozSullivan Lake R.L. Henry5/22/1965
Bull Trout22 lbs 8 ozTieton River Louis Schott4/23/1961
Burbot17 lbs .37 ozBead LakeMike Campbell4/24/2004
Cabezon23 lbs 0 ozPacific Ocean - Duneness SpitWesley S. Hunter8/4/1990
Canary Rockfish10 lbs 9 ozPacific Ocean - Neah BayBen Phillips8/30/1986
Carp41 lbs 4 ozLong Lake Kevin Wolf6/21/1980
Channel Catfish36 lbs 3.2 ozI-82 Pond #6 Ross Kincaid9/6/1999
China Rockfish4 lbs 3 ozPacific Ocean - Duncan RockSteven Ripley7/11/1989
Chinook (King) Salmon68 lbs 4.16 ozElochoman River Mark Salmon10/5/1992
Chinook (King) Salmon70 lbs 8 ozPacific Ocean - SekiuChet Gausta9/6/1964
Chum Salmon27 lbs 15.52 ozSatsop River Johnny Wilson10/19/1997
Chum Salmon25 lbs 4.16 ozPacific Ocean - near Grays HarborFred Dockendorf8/7/2001
Coho Salmon25 lbs 4.32 ozQuinault River Brad Wilson11/11/2001
Coho Salmon25 lbs 5.44 ozPacific Ocean - SekiuMartin Cooper9/28/2001
Copper Rockfish10 lbs 0 ozPacific Ocean - Point Roberts ReefDavid Norhtington8/6/1989
Cutthroat Trout12 lbs 0 ozCrescent Lake W. Welsh7/1/1961
Dolly Varden Trout10 lbs 15 ozWhite Chuck River Leroy Thompson8/5/1999
Flathead Catfish22 lbs 12.8 ozSnake River C.L. McCary6/28/1981
Golden Trout3 lbs 12.96 ozN/AMark S. Morris8/6/1991
Great Sculpin4 lbs 9.5 ozPacific Ocean - Port Angeles HarborMark Reynolds7/29/1999
Green Sunfish0 lbs 12.64 ozBailey Lake Mickey Hough5/29/1994
Greenstripe Rockfish1 lbs 10 ozPacific Ocean - Possession BarDavid Wedeking1/19/1985
Kokanee Salmon6 lbs .25 ozLake Roosevelt Clarence F. Rief6/25/2003
Lahontan Trout18 lbs 0.64 ozOmak Lake Dan Beardslee7/1/1993
Lake Trout35 lbs 7.04 ozLake Chelan John G. Hossack12/31/2001
Lake Whitefish6 lbs 10.08 ozLake Roosevelt - Hanson HarborJerry Hamilton3/31/1997
Largemouth Bass11 lbs 9 ozBanks Lake Carl Pruitt4/9/1977
Largescale Sucker5 lbs 5.44 ozMason Lake Andrew J. Wallman4/22/2001
Ling Cod61 lbs 0 ozPacific Ocean - San Juan IslandsTom Nelson7/30/1986
Mountain Whitefish5 lbs 2 ozColumbia River Steven Becken11/30/1983
Northern Pike34 lbs 6 ozLong Lake Bryan McMannis4/9/2004
Northern pikeminnow7 lbs 14.64 ozSnake RiverPamela A. Ramsden5/15/2008
Pacific Cod19 lbs 10 ozPacific Ocean - Ediz HookRalph Bay3/6/1984
Pacific Halibut288 lbs 0 ozPacific Ocean - Swiftsure BankVic Stevens9/9/1989
Pacific Staghorn Sculpin0 lbs 4.16 ozPacific Ocean - Padilla BayJohn E. Moore11/6/2000
Peamouth Chub1 lbs 1.92 ozColumbia RvierTanya Merrill6/29/2008
Petrale Sole7 lbs 9 ozPacific Ocean - Jefferson HeadJohn Stone6/11/1990
Pile Perch Surfperch3 lbs 9 ozPacific Ocean - Quartermaster HarborSteve Urban3/14/1981
Pink (Humpback) Salmon14 lbs 13.76 ozSkykomish River Alex Minerich9/30/2001
Pink (Humpback) Salmon11 lbs 8.96 ozPacific Ocean - Possession PointJeff Bergman8/25/2001
Pumpkinseed Sunfish1 lbs Lake TerrellBarbie Hathawayn7/2/2007
Quillback Rockfish7 lbs 3 ozPacific Ocean - Middle BankBror Hultgren10/29/1987
Rainbow Trout25 lbs 11.36 ozRufus Woods Lake Dick Hill1/8/2001
Red Irish Lord Sculpin3 lbs 3 ozPacific Ocean - Mid-channel BankRyan Dicks7/5/1985
Redtail Surfperch4 lbs 0.8 ozPacific Ocean - KalalochChris Maynard8/4/1996
Rock Bass1 lbs 6 ozSteilacoom Lake William Jackson6/28/1981
Rock Sole4 lbs 3 ozPacific Ocean - Hein BankAlan Schram7/9/1989
Sablefish30 lbs 0 ozPacific Ocean - WestportJeff Rudolph6/28/1994
Sixgill Shark220 lbs 0 ozPacific Ocean - Gedney IslandJim Haines1/30/1991
Smallmouth Bass8 lbs 12 ozColumbia River - Hanford ReachRay Wonacott4/23/1966
Sockeye Salmon10 lbs 10 ozLake Washington Gary Krasselt7/20/1982
Spiny Dogfish Shark20 lbs 4 ozPacific Ocean - Middle BankRoger Petersen5/22/1998
Starry Flounder9 lbs 8 ozPillar PointRobert Walton8/25/2009
Steelhead Trout35 lbs 1 ozSnake River Gilbert Pierson11/23/1973
Striped Surfperch2 lbs 1 ozPacific Ocean - Quartermaster harborChris Urban6/2/1980
Tiger Muskellunge31 lbs 4 ozMayfield Lake John V. Bays9/22/2001
Tiger Rockfish7 lbs 8 ozPacific Ocean - Middle BankJames Wenban11/30/1989
Vermillion Rockfish7 lbs 1.12 ozPacific Ocean - Makah BayGordon Thomson7/25/2000
Walleye19 lbs Columbia RiverMike Hepper2/5/2007
Warmouth0 lbs 8.48 ozSilver Lake Linda Hatlelid5/27/1996
White Crappie2 lbs 12.8 ozColumbia River - Burbank SloughDon J. Benson7/21/1988
Yellow Bullhead1 lbs 10.08 ozBanks Lake Mike Schlueter5/22/1994
Yellow Perch2 lbs 12 ozSnelsons Slough Larry Benthien6/22/1968
Yelloweye Rockfish27 lbs 12 ozPacific Ocean - Dallas BankJan Tavis4/15/1989
Yellowtail Rockfish7 lbs 6 ozPacific Ocean - WestportKen Culver9/15/1992
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