Official List of Idaho Record Fish

As of: September 2008

Trout Family
Species	Weight	Length	Girth	Location	Angler	Address	Lure	Test	Date
Atlantic Salmon	13 lb. 6 oz.	29.75"	17.75"	Deadwood Reservoir	Garrett Buffington	Emmett	Jensen Krocodile	6#	10/15/95
Brook	7 lb. 1 oz.	23.5"	15.5"	Henry’s Lake	DeVere Stratton	Idaho Falls	Worm	6#	8/16/78
Brown	27 lb. 5 oz.	37"	24"	Ashton Reservoir	Wes Case	Ashton	Bait	8#	11/6/07
Bull (Dolly Varden)	32lb.	—	—	Pend Orielle Lake	Nelson Higgins	—	—	—	1949
Chinook (fresh water)	42 lb.	41.25"	29.75"	Coeur d' Alene Lake	Jane Clifford	Coeur d'Alene	Hootchie	30#	9/13/87
Chinook (ocean run)	54 lb.	—	—	Salmon River	Merrold Gold	—	—	—	1956
Coho	6 lb.	23.5"	—	Cascade Reservoir	Ted Bowers	Horseshoe Bend	Z-ray Green	12#	9/19/92
Cutthroat	18 lb. 15 oz.	—	—	Bear Lake	Roger Grunig	Montpelier	—	—	4/30/70
Species	Weight	Length	Girth	Location	Angler	Address	Lure	Test	Date
Golden	5 lb. 2 oz.	—	—	White Sands Lake	George Wolverton	—	—	—	1958
Grayling	2 lb. 7 oz.	18.125"	—	Nez Perce Lake	Velma Mahaffey	Lemhi	Horse Fly	4#	6/21/92
Kamloops	37 lb.	—	—	Pend Oreille Lake	Wes Hamlet	—	—	—	1947
Kokanee	6 lb. 9.5 oz.	24.5"	14.5"	Priest Lake	Jerry Verge	Spokane, WA	—	—	6/9/75
Lake (Mackinaw)	57 lb. 8 oz.	49"	32.5"	Priest Lake	Lyle McClure	Spokane, WA	—	—	11/14/71
Lake Whitefish	3 lb. 8 oz.	22"	—	Lake Pend Oreille	Jesse Peterson	—	Jig	12#	5/3/06
Mountain Whitefish	5 lb. 14.4 oz.	22.5"	14"	Island Park Reservoir	Robert Hall	Glenns Ferry	Caddis Fly	8#	1997
Rainbow	19 lb.	—	—	Hayden Lake	R.M. Williams	—	—	—	11/47
Rainbow/ Cutthroat Hybrid	24 lb.	35.5"	24.5"	Pend Oreille Lake	Irwin H. Donart	Nampa	Bucktail Fly	12#	11/21/91
Species	Weight	Length	Girth	Location	Angler	Address	Lure	Test	Date
Sockeye	5 lb.	24"	—	Redfish Lake	June McCray	Boise	—	—	8/8/70
Splake	10 lb. 12.5 oz.	28.5"	18.875"	Ririe Reservoir	Brian Allison	—	Frenzy Deep Diver Lure	8#	5/12/06
Steelhead	30 lb. 2 oz.	44"	—	Clearwater River	Keith Powell	Lewiston	—	—	11/23/73
No Longer Legally Harvested                   Recently Added

Other Species
Species	Weight	Length	Girth	Location	Angler	Address	Lure	Test	Date
Black Crappie	3 lb. 8.96 oz.	17.5"	15"	Brownlee Reservoir	Jason Monson	Middleton	—	—	6/8/03
Bluegill	3lb. 8 oz.	—	—	C.J. Strike Reservoir	Darrell Grim	Nampa	—	—	1966
Bluegill/ Pumpkinseed Hybrid	1 lb. .03 oz.	9.875"	10.25"	Star Lane Pond	Kevin Graveline	Eagle	1/16 oz. jig	4#	5/8/01
Bullhead Catfish	3 lb. 14 oz.	20.5"	11.875"	Brownlee Reservoir	James Winter	Gooding	Dead Minnow	10#	5/25/86
Channel Catfish	31 lb .05 oz	38"	23.5"	Mann Lake	Kenny Decker	Kooskia	Nightcrawler	30#	8/25/01
Flathead Catfish	58 lb. 8 oz.	48"	31"	Brownlee Reservoir	J. Newberry/ K.McCormick	Star	Snell Hooks	20#	8/23/94
Green Sunfish	5 oz.	7.375"	6"	Hauser Lake	Tom Fulton	Post Falls	Rubber Worm	12#	5/26/94
Species	Weight	Length	Girth	Location	Angler	Address	Lure	Test	Date
Largemouth Bass	10 lb. 15 oz.	—	—	Anderson Lake	Mrs. M.W. Taylor	—	—	—	—
Ling (Burbot)	14 lb.	—	—	Kootenai River	P.A. Dayton	—	—	—	1954
Northern Pike	39 lb. 13 oz.	48.5"	27.5"	Coeur d' Alene Lake	Bob Ringer	Post Falls	—	14#	4/17/07
Pumpkinseed	14 oz.	9.75"	10"	Chase Lake	Bob Russell	Coeur d'Alene	Wedding Ring	8#	1977
Smallmouth Bass	9 lb. 11.5 oz.	23.75"	20.5"	Dworshak Reservoir	Dan Steigers	—	—	—	10/28/06
Sturgeon (Rod & Reel)	394 lb.	—	—	Snake River	Glenn Howard	—	—	—	1956
Sturgeon (Set Line)	675 lb.	—	—	Snake River	Unknown	—	—	—	1908
Tiger Muskie	38 lb. 7 oz.	48.25"	22.5"	Hauser Lake	Douglas Butts	Eureka, MT	Mepps Bucktail Yellow	30#	6/16/01
Species	Weight	Length	Girth	Location	Angler	Address	Lure	Test	Date
Walleye	17 lb. 6 oz.	33"	21.5"	Salmon Falls Creek Reservoir	Mark Abel	—	—	—	10/01/06
Warmouth	9.6 oz.	8.75"	8.5"	Snake River	Marvin Stevens	Twin Falls	Slip Bobber/ Worm	—	6/23/88
White Crappie	3 lb. 8.8 oz.	18"	15"	Crane Creek Reservoir	Cliff Watts	Weiser	Red & White Squid Tail Jig	6#	7/9/07
Yellow Perch	2 lb. 9.6 oz.	15.5"	—	Wilson Lake	Jerry Hamblin	Burley	—	—	1/3/76
No Longer Legally Harvested                   Recently Added

Nongame Species
Species	Weight	Length	Girth	Location	Angler	Address	Lure	Test	Date
Carp	41 lb. 5.6 oz.	39"	—	Snake River	Robert V. James	Emmett	—	—	5/25/08
Grass Carp	39 lb.	41.5"	26.5"	Snake River	Darin Patterson	Lewiston	Worm	10#	6/9/07
Chiselmouth	1.16 lbs.	14.25"	8.375"	Salmon River	Justin Powell	Nampa	Worm	10#	4/15/03
Largescale Sucker	8 lb. 6.7 oz.	26"	—	Lake Cascade	Patrick Perry	Boise	Worm	10#	4/30/05
Peamouth	1.06 lbs.	14.75"	7.75"	Clearwater River	Robert Riek	Peck	Worm	6#	5/4/04
Pikeminnow	7 lb. 14.24 oz.	25.25"	16"	Snake River	Emil Nowoj	Asotin, Wa.	Jig	8#	5/7/04
Tench	4 lb. 14 oz.	21"	—	Spokane River	Scotty Brueher	—	—	—	2000
Tilapia	4lb. 4.43 oz.	16"	—	Swan Falls Reservoir	Jason Arneson	Boise	Jig	—	8/3/08
Utah Chub	1lb. 4 oz.	13.25"	—	Snake River	Deborah Krick	Rigby	Worm	8#	3/18/07
Utah Sucker	7 lb. 11 oz.	25.5"	—	Portneuf River	Craig Curtiss	—	—	—	1999
No Longer Legally Harvested                   Recently Added