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Wisconsin's Record Fish - Hook and Line - Revised February 17, 2001
New records for year are in italics.

This is a list of Wisconsin Record fish as Provided by the DNR. 

 

Species Weight Length
(inches)		 Angler Date
Caught		 Place
Caught		 County
Mooneye 1 lb. 9 oz. 16.0 08/08/99 Lake Winnebago Winnebago
Muskellunge 69 lbs. 11 oz. 63.5 10/20/49 Chippewa Flowage Sawyer
Muskellunge, Tiger 51 lbs. 3 oz. 54.0 07/16/19 Lac Vieux Desert Vilas
Northern Pike 38 lbs. 0 oz. not available 08/06/52 Lake Puckaway Green Lake
Perch, White 0 lbs. 11.3 oz. 10.5 05/01/2000 Fox River Brown
Perch, Yellow 3 lbs. 4 oz. not available 1954 Lake Winnebago Winnebago
Pumpkinseed 1 lb. 1 oz. 10.3 06/17/97 Schmidt Pond Ozaukee
Redhorse, Silver 11 lbs. 7 oz. 29.25 05/29/85 Plum Creek Vilas
Rudd, European 1 lb. 3 oz. 12.6 03/10/91 North Lake Waukesha
Salmon, Atlantic 23 lbs. 15 oz. 37.0 07/18/80 Lake Michigan Milwaukee
Salmon, Coho 26 lbs. 1.2 oz. 38.0 08/21/99 Lake Michigan Milwaukee
Salmon, Chinook 44 lbs. 15 oz. 47.5 07/19/94 Lake Michigan Door
Salmon, Kokanee 1 lb. 0 oz. 15.5 09/29/92 Upper Bass Lake Menominee
Salmon, Pink 6 lbs. 1.9 oz. 24.0 08/10/99 Lake Michigan Kewaunee
Sauger 5 lbs. 13 oz. 23.5 11/08/88 Lake Wisconsin Columbia
Saugeye 8 lbs. 3 oz. not available 03/17/95 Mississippi River Crawford
Shad, Gizzard 4 lbs. 7 oz. 21.5 02/10/82 Lake Michigan Ozaukee
Sturgeon, Lake 170 lbs. 10 oz. 79.0 09/22/79 Yellow Lake Burnett
Sturgeon, Shovelnose 3 lbs. 13.9 oz. 31.75 05/31/98 Mississippi River Buffalo
Sucker, White 6 lbs. 2 oz. 23.1 08/27/97 Miller Flowage Taylor
Sunfish, Green 1 lb. 9 oz. not available 08/23/67 Wind Lake Racine
Trout, Brook (inland) 9 lbs. 15 oz. not available 09/02/44 Prairie River Lincoln
Trout, Brook (outlying) 10 lbs. 1 oz. 24.5 06/08/99 Lake Michigan Ozaukee
Trout, Brown (inland) 18 lbs. 6 oz. 34.3 05/07/84 Lake Geneva Walworth
Trout, Brown (outlying) 35 lbs. 1.9 oz. 38.5 09/08/96 Lake Michigan Kewaunee
Trout, Lake (inland) 35 lbs. 4 oz. not available 06/01/57 Big Green Lake Green Lake
Trout, Lake (outlying) 47 lbs. 0 oz. not available 09/09/46 Lake Superior Bayfield
Trout, Rainbow 27 lbs. 2 oz. 42.5 07/26/97 Lake Michigan Kewaunee
Trout, Splake (Lk x Bk) 14 lbs. 4 oz. 31.0 06/07/67 Ada Lake Langlade
Trout, Tiger (Bk x Br) 20 lbs. 13 oz. 33.75 08/12/78 Lake Michigan Sheboygan
Walleye 18 lbs. 0 oz. not available 09/16/33 High Lake Vilas
Warmouth 0 lbs. 13 oz. 10.25 01/09/90 Trump Lake Forest
Whitefish, Lake 11 lbs. 11 oz. 29.0 05/07/77 Lake Superior Iron
Mooneye 1 lb. 9 oz. 16.0   08/08/99 Lake Winnebago Winnebago
Muskellunge 69 lbs. 11 oz. 63.5   10/20/49 Chippewa Flowage Sawyer
Muskellunge, Tiger 51 lbs. 3 oz. 54.0   07/16/19 Lac Vieux Desert Vilas
Northern Pike 38 lbs. 0 oz. not available   08/06/52 Lake Puckaway Green Lake
Perch, White 0 lbs. 11.3 oz. 10.5   05/01/2000 Fox River Brown
Perch, Yellow 3 lbs. 4 oz. not available   1954 Lake Winnebago Winnebago
Pumpkinseed 1 lb. 1 oz. 10.3   06/17/97 Schmidt Pond Ozaukee
Redhorse, Silver 11 lbs. 7 oz. 29.25   05/29/85 Plum Creek Vilas
Rudd, European 1 lb. 3 oz. 12.6   03/10/91 North Lake Waukesha
Salmon, Atlantic 23 lbs. 15 oz. 37.0   07/18/80 Lake Michigan Milwaukee
Salmon, Coho 26 lbs. 1.2 oz. 38.0   08/21/99 Lake Michigan Milwaukee
Salmon, Chinook 44 lbs. 15 oz. 47.5   07/19/94 Lake Michigan Door
Salmon, Kokanee 1 lb. 0 oz. 15.5   09/29/92 Upper Bass Lake Menominee
Salmon, Pink 6 lbs. 1.9 oz. 24.0   08/10/99 Lake Michigan Kewaunee
Sauger 5 lbs. 13 oz. 23.5   11/08/88 Lake Wisconsin Columbia
Saugeye 8 lbs. 3 oz. not available   03/17/95 Mississippi River Crawford
Shad, Gizzard 4 lbs. 7 oz. 21.5   02/10/82 Lake Michigan Ozaukee
Sturgeon, Lake 170 lbs. 10 oz. 79.0   09/22/79 Yellow Lake Burnett
Sturgeon, Shovelnose 3 lbs. 13.9 oz. 31.75   05/31/98 Mississippi River Buffalo
Sucker, White 6 lbs. 2 oz. 23.1   08/27/97 Miller Flowage Taylor
Sunfish, Green 1 lb. 9 oz. not available   08/23/67 Wind Lake Racine
Trout, Brook (inland) 9 lbs. 15 oz. not available   09/02/44 Prairie River Lincoln
Trout, Brook (outlying) 10 lbs. 1 oz. 24.5   06/08/99 Lake Michigan Ozaukee
Trout, Brown (inland) 18 lbs. 6 oz. 34.3   05/07/84 Lake Geneva Walworth
Trout, Brown (outlying) 35 lbs. 1.9 oz. 38.5   09/08/96 Lake Michigan Kewaunee
Trout, Lake (inland) 35 lbs. 4 oz. not available   06/01/57 Big Green Lake Green Lake
Trout, Lake (outlying) 47 lbs. 0 oz. not available   09/09/46 Lake Superior Bayfield
Trout, Rainbow 27 lbs. 2 oz. 42.5   07/26/97 Lake Michigan Kewaunee
Trout, Splake (Lk x Bk) 14 lbs. 4 oz. 31.0   06/07/67 Ada Lake Langlade
Trout, Tiger (Bk x Br) 20 lbs. 13 oz. 33.75   08/12/78 Lake Michigan Sheboygan
Walleye 18 lbs. 0 oz. not available   09/16/33 High Lake Vilas
Warmouth 0 lbs. 13 oz. 10.25   01/09/90 Trump Lake Forest
Whitefish, Lake 11 lbs. 11 oz. 29.0   05/07/77 Lake Superior Iron

Effective November 1, 2000, a new law -- 1999 Wisconsin Act 88 -- allows individuals to request their personal identifiers be excluded from any list of 10 or more individuals that the DNR is requested to provide to another person under the Open Records Law. As a precaution, we have chosen to remove angler names from the list of record fish.