A new Ohio state record hybrid crappie was caught in April by Ohio angler Jesse Miller. The record setting fish had a length of 18.3, girth of 16 inches, and weighed 4.27 pounds. Miller’s fish marks the first entry into … Continued
In May, the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA) confirmed that a new state record for a Largemouth Bass has been established. Darren Nunley caught the record fish in Nickajack Reservoir on Feb. 28 that weighed 15 pounds, 7 1/2 ounces, … Continued
The West Virginia Division of Natural Resources (WVDNR) recently announced that Matt Born of Reedsville, West Virginia, caught a new state record chain pickerel. Born landed the 27.95-inch, 5.65-pound fish on April 21 using a homemade spinner on a 4-pound … Continued
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) recently certified a new catch-and-release state record lake sturgeon. Caught by Travis Keating April 18 on the Rainy River in Lake of the Woods County, the massive sturgeon had a length of 80 … Continued
In February, 2026, angler Kyle Hatrock landed a 27 inch long Westslope cutthroat trout while fishing on Lake Pend Oreille. Hatrock’s fish set a new Idaho state record for the species in the catch-and-release category. “We’d just got all the … Continued