Pennsylvania State Records as recorded by the PA State Fish and Game Commission
SPECIES | CAUGHT BY | WEIGHT | WHERE | YEAR |
Bass, Largemouth (Micropterus salmoides) | Donald Shade Waynesboro, PA |
11 lb. 3 oz. | Birch Run Reservoir Adams Co. |
1983 |
Bass, Rock (Ambloplites rupestris) | David L. Weber Lake City, PA |
3 lb. 2 oz. | Elk Creek Erie Co. |
1971 |
Bass, Smallmouth (Micropterus dolomieui) |
Robert T. Steelman Havertown, PA |
8 lb. 8 oz. | Scotts Run Lake Berks Co. |
1997 |
Bass, Striped - Landlocked Lake (Morone saxatilis) |
Robert Price Huntingdon, PA |
53 lb. 12 oz. | Raystown Lake Huntingdon Co. |
1994 |
Bass, Striped - Marine (Morone saxatilis) |
Donald J. Clark Boothwyn, PA |
53 lb. 13 oz. | Delaware River Delaware Co. |
1989 |
Bass, White (Morone chrysops) |
Robert H. Hornstrom Meadville, PA |
3 lb. 15.7 oz. | Conneaut Lake Crawford Co. |
2002 |
Bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus) |
Tom Twincheck Blairsville, PA |
2 lb. 9 oz. | Keystone Lake Armstrong Co. |
1983 |
Carp, Common (Cyprinus carpio) |
George Brown Saltillo, PA |
52 lb. | Juniata River Huntingdon Co. |
1962 |
Catfish, Bullhead Yellow bullhead (Amerius natalis) or Brown bullhead (Americus nebulosus) |
Eddie Lasorda Exton, PA |
4 lb. 4 oz. | Marsh Creek Chester Co. |
1983 |
Catfish, Channel (Ictalurus punctatus) | Austin E. Roth III Bowmanstown, PA |
35 lb. 2.5 oz. | Lehigh Canal Northampton Co. |
1991 |
Catfish, Flathead (Pylodictis olivaris) | James R. Shabrach, Jr. Boyertown, PA |
48 lb. 6 oz. | Blue Marsh Spillway Berks Co. |
2007 |
Crappie White crappie (Pomoxis annularis) or Black crappie (Pomoxis nigromaculatus) |
Richard A. Pino Covington, PA |
4 lb. 2.88 oz. | Hammond Lake Tioga Co. |
2000 |
Drum, Freshwater [Sheepshead] (Aplodinotus grunniens)![]() |
Tim Rogers Finleyville, PA |
19 lb. 14 oz. | Monongahela River Washington Co. |
1994 |
Muskellunge (Esox masquinongy) |
Lewis Walker, Jr. Meadville, PA |
54 lb. 3 oz. | Conneaut Lake Crawford Co. |
1924 |
Perch, White (Morone americana) |
James Clark Philadelphia, PA |
1 lb. 12 oz. | Delaware River Delaware Co. |
2008 |
Perch, Yellow (Perca flavescens) | Keith Meck Macungie, PA |
2 lb. 9 oz. | Beltzville Lake Carbon Co. |
2000 |
Pickerel, Chain (Esox niger) |
Dave Wilson Honesdale, PA |
8 lb. 14.8 oz | Long Pond Wayne Co. |
2002 |
Pike, Northern (Esox lucius) |
Carl Stoltz Bradford, PA |
35 lb. | Allegheny Reservoir McKean Co. |
2003 |
Salmon, Atlantic - Landlocked Lake (Salmo salar) |
Brian Keller Altoona, PA |
17 lb. 2 oz. | Raystown Lake Huntingdon Co. |
2001 |
Salmon, Chinook (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) | Gregory Lasko Erie, PA |
28 lb. 15 oz. | Lake Erie Erie Co. |
1990 |
Salmon, Coho (Oncorhynchus kisutch) | Jack Scheirer McMurry, PA |
15 lb. 5 oz. | Lake Erie Erie Co. |
1985 |
Salmon, Pink (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) | David A. Rabatin | 4 lb. 8 oz. | Elk Creek Erie Co. |
1995 |
Sauger (Sander canadensis) |
Tim Waltz Williamsport, PA |
4 lb. | Susquehanna River Lycoming Co. |
2001 |
Shad, American (Alosa sapidissima) | Anthony Mecca Peckville, PA |
9 lb. 9 oz. | Delaware River Pike Co. |
1986 |
Sucker, White (Catostomus commersoni) |
Raymond C. Szalewicz Titusville, PA |
12 lb. 14.4 oz. | Allegheny River Forest Co. |
2003 |
Trout, Brook (Salvelinus fontinalis) | Vonada Ranck Watsontown, PA |
7 lb. | Fishing Creek Clinton Co. |
1996 |
Trout, Brown (Salmo trutta) |
Fazle Buljubasic Erie, PA |
19 lb. 10 oz. | Walnut Creek Erie Co. |
2000 |
Trout, Golden Rainbow (Oncorhynchus mykiss) | Eli Borger Palmerton, PA |
13 lb. 8 oz. | Mahoning Creek Schuylkill Co. |
2008 |
Trout, Lake (Salvelinus namaycush) | Tom Illar, Jr Apollo, PA |
27 lb. 13 oz. | Lake Erie Erie Co. |
1996 |
Trout, Rainbow (Oncorhynchus mykiss) | Dennis L. Clouse Bethlehem, PA |
15 lb. 6.25 oz. | Jordan Creek Lehigh Co. |
1986 |
Trout, Steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss) | Corey T. Brown Osterburg, PA |
20 lb. 3 oz. | Walnut Creek Erie Co. |
2001 |
Walleye (Sander vitreus) |
Mike Holly Bradford, PA |
17 lb. 9 oz. | Allegheny Reservoir Warren Co. |
1980 |