Tennessee's Record Fish as of January 2000
Sport Fishing Methods
| Common Name | Weight | Date Caught | Location |
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Largemouth Bass | 14 lbs. 8 oz. | 10/17/54 | Sugar Creek |
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Smallmouth Bass | 11 lbs. 15 oz. | 7/9/55 | Dale Hollow Reservoir |
| Spotted Bass | 5 lbs. 8 oz. | 2/4/89 | Center Hill Reservoir |
| Coosa Bass | 1 lb. 14.5 oz. | 8/18/91 | Parksville Reservoir |
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Striper (rockfish) | 63 lbs. 12 oz. | 2/7/98 | Melton Hill Reservoir |
| White Bass | 5 lbs. 2 oz. | 4/22/89 | Parksville Reservoir |
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Cherokee (Hybrid) | 23 lbs. 3 oz. | 4/17/98 | Stones River |
| Yellow Bass | 2 lbs. 9 oz. | 2/27/98 | Duck River (near Waverly) |
| Black Crappie | 4 lbs. 4 oz. | 3/23/85 | Brown's Creek Lake |
| White Crappie | 5 lbs. 1 oz. | 4/20/68 | |
| Walleye* | 25 lbs. 0 oz. | 8/3/60 | Old Hickory Lake |
| Sauger | 7 lbs. 6 oz. | 2/19/73 | Old Kentucky Reservoir |
| Saugeye | 10 lbs. 12 oz. | 7/18/98 | Melton Hill Reservoir |
| Yellow Perch | 1 lb. 15 oz. | 12/6/92 | Hiwassee River |
| Yellow Perch | 1 lb. 15 oz. | 8/25/96 | Melton Hill Reservoir |
| Northern Pike | 24 lbs. 7.5 oz. | 3/28/95 | South Holston Reservoir |
| Muskellunge | 42 lbs. 8 oz. | 4/27/83 | Norris Reservoir |
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Chain Pickerel | 7 lbs. 7 oz. | 2/2/91 | Kentucky Reservoir |
| Bluegill | 3 lbs. 0 oz. | 12/19/87 | Pond- Bledsoe Co. |
| Bluegill | 3 lbs. 0 oz. | 6/27/77 | Fall Creek Falls Creek |
| Pumpkinseed | 5 oz. | 6/14/98 | Dogwood Lake |
| Round Flier | 5.5 oz. | 3/3/87 | Blair Lake, Madison Co. |
| Orangespotted Sunfish | 5.44 oz. | 5/30/82 | Nolichucky River |
| Redear Sunfish | 3 lbs. 5.5 oz. | 9/1/79 | Private Pond |
| Longear Sunfish | 12.75 oz. | 5/15/85 | Pond- Overton Co. |
| Green Sunfish | 1 lb. 4 oz. | 6/8/91 | North Cross Creek |
| Redbreast Sunfish | 1 lb. 5 oz. | 6/22/74 | Holston River |
| Rock Bass | 2 lbs. 8 oz. | 1958 | Stones River |
| Warmouth | 1 lb. 12 oz. | 5/26/84 | Nolichucky River |
| Channel Catfish | 41 lbs. 0 oz. | 7/30/82 | Fall Creek Falls Lake |
| Flathead Catfish | 85 lbs. 15 oz. | 7/25/93 | Hiwassee River |
| Blue Catfish | 112 lbs. 0 oz. | 6/7/98 | Lock C, Cumberland River |
| Black Bullhead | 3 lbs. 5.5 oz. | 2/20/97 | Pond - Cannon Co. |
| Brown Bullhead | 2 lbs. 14 oz. | 6/5/80 | Chickamauga Reservoir |
| Yellow Bullhead | 4 lbs. 8 oz. | 4/21/79 | Chickamauga Reservoir |
| Brook Trout | 3 lbs. 14 oz. | 8/15/73 | Hiwassee River |
| Brown Trout | 28 lbs. 12 oz. | 8/30/88 | Clinch River |
| Cutthroat Trout | 6 oz. | 6/1/69 | Obey River |
| Rainbow Trout | 15 lbs. .25 oz. | 6/18/94 | Boone Reservoir |
| Ohrid Trout | 14 lbs. 5 oz. | 3/28/86 | Watauga Reservoir |
| Lake Trout | 20 lbs. .79 oz. | 4/2/94 | Watauga Reservoir |
| Bigmouth Buffalo | 46 lbs 5 oz. | 4/9/82 | Watts Bar Reservoir |
| Smallmouth Buffalo | 34 lbs. 4 oz. | 3/9/86 | Chickamauga Creek |
| Black Buffalo | 55 lbs. 8 oz. | 5/3/84 | Cherokee Reservoir |
| Longnose Gar | 23 lbs. 0 oz. | 1963 | Kentucky Reservoir |
| Shortnose Gar | 5 lbs. 12 oz. | 5/10/95 | Watts Bar Reservoir |
| Spotted Gar | 9 lbs. 4.8 oz. | 6/27/99 | Cross Creeks |
| Common Carp | 42 lbs. 8 oz. | 8/12/56 | Boone Reservoir |
| Bighead Carp | 47 lbs. 0 oz. | 6/6/99 | Nickajack Reservoir |
| Bighead Carp | 47 lbs. 0 oz. | 7/1/99 | Guntersville Reservoir |
| Israeli Carp | 53 lbs. 0 oz. | 5/21/97 | Marrowbone Lake |
| Golden Shiner | 15 oz. | 3/26/99 | Chickamauga Reservoir |
| Skipjack Herring* | 3 lbs. 12 oz. | 2/14/82 | Watts Bar Reservoir |
| Drum | 54 lbs. 8 oz. | 4/20/72 | Nickajack Reservoir |
| Paddlefish | 75 lbs. 0 oz. | 4/28/84 | Center Hill Lake. |
| Bowfin | 15 lbs. 7 oz. | 6/22/83 | Reelfoot Lake |
| Redhorse | 11 lbs. .01 oz. | 4/6/93 | Duck River |
| Golden Redhorse | 2 lbs. 9 oz. | 10/10/98 | Elk River |
| Stoneroller (Hornyhead) | 9.76 oz. | 5/1/83 | Hiwassee River |
| Goldeye | 14 oz. | 4/17/93 | Cumberland River |
| Mooneye | 14 oz. | 4/12/90 | Hiwassee River |
| Northern Carpsucker | 1 lb. 9 oz. | 2/28/80 | Laurel Hill Lake |
| White Amur | 67 lbs. 0 oz. | 4/13/99 | Norris Reservoir |