Maine Freshwater Fish Records

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Maine Freshwater Fish Records

Below is a list of Maine freshwater fish records last updated on 12/16/2023. Listings are by species, weight, angler name, angler hometown (if disclosed), body of water the fish was caught in, and date caught.

  • Atlantic Salmon: 28 lbs. 1 oz., Howard Clifford, Portland, undisclosed location 10/9/1980; it is currently illegal to fish for sea-run Atlantic Salmon because they are considered federally endangered.
  • Black Crappie: 3 pounds, 9.76 ounces, Quinn Warren, Messalonskee Lake, 2/2012
  • Blueback Trout: 5.24 lbs., Carter McLaughlin, Mapleton, Pushineer Pond, 8/20/2008
  • Bluegill: .955 lbs. (15.28 oz.), Michael Gibbs, Lebanon, Murdock Lake (Hatfield Pond), Berwick, 6/21/2020
  • Brook Trout: 9-pounds 2-ounces, Patrick Coan, Waterboro, Mousam Lake, 1/8/2010
  • Brown Trout: 23 1/2 lbs., Robert Hodsdon, Sanford, Square Pond, 3/6/1996
  • White Catfish: 6.69 lbs., Danny Shores, Albion, undisclosed location, 7/7/2015
  • Common Carp: 16.3 lbs., Samuel Foster, Augusta, Kennebec River, 9/2014
  • Cusk: 18 lbs. 8 oz., Annette Dumond, Fort Kent, Eagle Lake, 3/15/1986
  • Fallfish: 3 lbs. 12 oz., Wayne S. Morey, Benton, Sibley Pond, 9/12/1986
  • Lake Trout: 39.2 lbs., Erik T. Poland, Andover, Richardson Lake, 7/2/2020
  • Landlocked Salmon: 22 lbs. 8 oz., Edward Blakely, Darien, CT, Sebago Lake, 1907
  • Largemouth Bass: 11 lbs. 10 oz., Robert Kamp, Denmark, Moose Pond, 1968
  • Muskellunge (Muskie): 33 lbs., Onezime Dufour, Madawaska, St. John River, 5/15/2010
  • Northern Pike: 31.2 lbs., Lance Bolduc, Skowhegan, North Pond, 3/25/1998
  • Pickerel: 7 lbs. 02 oz., Josh Gagnon, Lebanon, Balch Lake, 3/10/2007
  • Pumpkinseed Sunfish: 1.19 lbs., 10.5″ long, Olivia Jean Hanna, Belgrade, North Pond, Smithfield, 8/20/2016
  • Rainbow Trout: 13 lbs. 9 oz., Timothy Kelley, Conway, AR, Quarry Pond, 6/4/2016
  • Smallmouth Bass: 8 lbs., George Dyer, Augusta, Thompson Lake 1970
  • Splake: 14.7 pounds; 32-1/2″ long; Drew Leavitt, Greene, Pleasant Pond, Turner, 8/2/2019
  • Walleye: 5.7 pounds, Nathan Lawler, Portland, Messalonskee Lake, 8/1/2009
  • White Perch: 3.51 pounds, Matthew Lund, Bath, undisclosed location, 1/1/2022
  • Whitefish: 7 lbs. 8 oz., Neil Sullivan, Worcester, MA, Sebago Lake, 1958
  • Yellow Perch: 2.12 lbs., Martina Drugovich, Southwest Harbor, undisclosed location, 2/11/2020

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