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State  Weight Length Location Angler Date
Alabama 10 lbs 8 oz   Wheeler Dam Tailwater Owen F. Smith 10/8/1950
Arizona 7 lbs 0.96 oz 22.75" Roosevelt Lake Dennis K. Barnhall 3/18/1988
Arkansas 7 lbs 5 oz   Bull Shoals Lake Acie Dickerson 4/1/1969
California 9 lbs 1 oz   Clair Engle Lake Tim Brady 3/20/1976
Colorado 5 lbs 12 oz 21" Navajo Reservoir Carl Dewey 1993
Connecticut 7 lbs 12 oz   Shenipsit Lake Joseph Mankauskas Jr. 1980
Delaware 4 lbs 15 oz   Brandywine River Jerry Proffitt 5/29/1989
Georgia 7 lbs 2 oz   Lake Chatuge Jack Hall 3/28/1973
Hawaii 4 lbs 2.24 oz   Manoa Stream Brian Suyeoka 3/25/1997
Idaho 9 lbs 11.5 oz 23.75" Dworshak Reservoir Dan Steigers 10/28/2006
Illinois 6 lbs 7 oz   strip mine lake Mark Samp 3/26/1985
Indiana 7 lbs 4 oz   Twin Lake Dana Yoder 1992
Iowa 7 lbs 12 oz 22.75" West Okoboji Lake Rick Gray 9/1990
Kansas 6 lbs 6 oz 21.25" Milford Reservoir Jimmy Gilreath 4/26/1997
Kentucky 8 lbs 7.36 oz   Laurel River Lake Coolie Williams 5/16/1998
Maine 8 lbs 0 oz   Thompson Lake George Dyer 1970
Maryland 8 lbs 4 oz   Liberty Reservoir Gary Peters 10/4/1974
Massachusetts 8 lbs 2 oz   Wachusett Reservoir Barbara Sasen 1991
Michigan 9 lbs 4 oz 27.25" Long Lake W.F. Shoemaker 1906
Minnesota 8 lbs 0 oz   West Battle Lake John Creighton 1948
Mississippi 7 lbs 15 oz   Pickwick Lake - Yellow Creek Arm Thomas Wilbanks 1/24/1987
Missouri 7 lbs 2 oz   Stockton Lake Kevin S. Clingan 12/18/1994
Montana 6 lbs 6.4 oz 21.25" Flathead River Ken Riska 4/16/2000
Montana 6 lbs 6. oz 21" Fort Peck Reservoir Mike Otten 7/30/2002
Nebraska 7 lbs 4 oz 22" MISSOURI RIVER DENNIS SWANSON 9/16/2000
Nevada 5 lbs 1 oz 20" South Fork Reservoir Tom R. Grant 2000
New Hampshire 7 lbs 14.5 oz 23.25" Goose Pond Francis H. Lord 8/1/1970
New Jersey 7 lbs 2 oz   Round Valley Reservoir Carol Marciniak 1990
New Mexico 6 lbs 14 oz 22" Navajo Lake David L. Young 5/15/1999
New York 8 lbs 4 oz   Lake Erie Andrew C. Kartesz 6/4/1995
North Carolina 10 lbs 0 oz   Hiwassee Reservoir Archie Lampkin 6/1/1951
North Dakota 5 lbs 9 oz   Lake Sakakawea Andrew Mark 1999
Ohio 9 lbs 8 oz 23.5" Lake Erie Randy Van Dam 6/16/1993
Oklahoma 8 lbs 3 oz 23.5" Lake Eufaula Steve McLarty 3/4/2007
Ontario 9 lbs 84 oz   N/A   0
Oregon 8 lbs 12 oz   Henry Hagg Lake Nick Rubeo 10/8/2005
Pennsylvania 8 lbs 8 oz   Scotts Run Lake Robert T. Steelman 1997
Rhode Island 5 lbs 15 oz 22" N/A   0
South Carolina 9 lbs 7 oz   Lake Jocassee Terry Dodson 2001
South Dakota 6 lbs 2 oz   Lewis & Clark Lake Loran Moore 10/3/1999
Tennessee 11 lbs 15 oz   Dale Hollow Reservoir unknown 7/9/1955
Texas 7 lbs 14.88 oz 23" Lake Meredith Timothy Teague 3/13/1998
Utah 7 lbs 6 oz 22" Midview Reservoir (Lake Borham) Alan Iorg 1996
Vermont 6 lbs 12 oz   Lake Champlain George Carlson 1978
Virginia 8 lbs 1 oz   New River Donald S. Eaton, Jr 3/12/2003
Washington 8 lbs 12 oz   Columbia River - Hanford Reach Ray Wonacott 4/23/1966
West Virginia 9 lbs 12 oz 24.25" South Branch David Lindsay 1971
Wisconsin 9 lbs 1 oz   Indian Lake unknown 6/21/1950
Wyoming 5 lbs .94 oz 21" Flaming Gorge Reservoir Bubba O'Neil 2003