record fish in oregon as of 2001

[shadrackjack]

Record Fish of Oregon

Updated November, 2001

Oregon Cold Water Game Fish Records


Species Weight Year Where Angler

Trout, Brook 9 lbs 6 oz 1980 Deschutes River

Burt Westbrook
Trout, Brown 27 lbs 12 oz 1993 Paulina Lake Guy Carl

Trout, Bull 23 lbs 2 oz 1989 Lake Billy Chinook Don Yow

Trout, Coastal Cutthroat 6 lbs 4 oz 1984 Siltcoos Lake Kay Schmidt

Lahontan Trout 9 lbs 8 oz 1986 Malheur River Phillip Grove

Trout, Golden 7 lbs 10 oz 1987 Eagle Cap Wilderness Douglas White
Trout, Macinaw or Lake 40 lbs 8 oz 1984 Odell Lake H V Hannon

Trout, Rainbow 28 lbs 0 oz 1982 Rogue River Mike McGonagle

Trout, Steelhead 35 lbs 8 oz 1970 Columbia River Berdell Todd

Salmon, Chinook 83 lbs 0 oz 1910 Umpqua River Ernie St Claire

Salmon, Chum 23 lbs 0 oz 1990 Kilchis River
Roger Nelson

Salmon, Coho 25 lbs 5.25 oz 1966 Siltcoos Lake Ed Martin

Salmon, Atlantic no data

Salmon, kokanee 5 lbs 5 oz May, 2000 Wallowa Lake Larry Campbell

Striped Bass 64 lbs 8 oz 1973 Umpqua River Beryl Bliss

Shad 5 lbs 13 oz 1994 Columbia River Patricia Ann Young

Whitefish 4 lbs 0 oz 1974 McKenzie River Todd Fisher



Oregon Warm Water Game Fish Records


Species Weight Year Where Angler

Bass, Hybrid, White 18 lbs 8 oz 1996 Ana Reservoir John Saunders

Bass, Largemouth 11 lbs 9.6 oz 1994 Farm Pond Randy Spaur

Bass, Smallmouth 7 lbs 14.0 October 8, 2000 Henry Hagg Lake Kevin Silver

Bass, Striped 64 lbs 8 oz 1973 Umpqua River Beryl Bliss

Bluegill 2 lbs 5.5 oz 1981 Farm Pond Wayne Elmore

Catfish, Bullhead 3 lbs 7 oz 2001 Henry Hagg Lake Bob Judkins

Catfish, Channel 36 lbs 8 oz 1980 McKay Reservoir Boone Haddock

Catfish, Flathead 42 lbs 0 oz 1994 Snake River Joshua Kralicek

Catfish, White 15 lbs 0 oz 1989 Tualatin River Wayne Welch

Crappie, Black 4 lbs 6.1 oz 1995 Pond Corvallis John Doss

Crappie, White 4 lbs 12 oz 1967 Gerber Reservoir Jim Duckett

perch Yellow 2 lbs 2 oz 1971 Brownsmead Ernie Affolter III

Perch, Sacramento 0 lbs 11.2 oz 1998 Lost river Jonathan Cogley

Sturgeon see below

Sunfish, Green 0 lbs 11 oz 1991 Umpqua River John Baker

Sunfish, Pumpkinseed 0 lbs 7.68 oz 1996 Lake Oswego Linda Mar

Sunfish, Redear 1 lbs 15.5 oz 1992 Reynolds Pond Terence Bice

Walleye 19 lbs 15.3 oz 1990 Columbia River Arnold Berg

Warmouth 1 lbs 14.2 oz 1975 Columbia Slough Jess Newell

[Knot in leader]

LM and SM bass records are old

[quacK5]

Super Fluke, Nick Rubeo from this board caught the new state record smallie in Hagg, at 8lbs 1.76oz (2005). And the newest state record largemouth was caught in Bellanger Pond in Springfield a few years ago (2002) and it was 12lb 1.6 oz by Adam Hastings. These numbers are posted on Oregon Bass and Panfish's web page.

[BuKuBass]

The real story of the record Golden Trout:

In the fall of '83 while deer hunting in the Wallowa Mtns. I noticed that there were golden trout in ^**&$# creek. I mentioned it to a friend of mine who replied, "I used to run a pack string up there. We called it the "Hellhole".
I observed, "You know DW, there isn't any record on the books for a golden trout in Oregon".
Fast forward to 1987. DW went into the Hellhole, cot a golden trout, put it on ice and took it to the store in Richland where it was measured to be 10" long and weigh 7 ounces.
With typical bureaucratic efficency and accuracy, that fish was recorded to be: SEVEN pounds, TEN ounces! :blush:
That record will never be broken!!!

[fishnfun]

that sunfish record is mighty small. Out of my home lake too!!
Someone should easily beat that.

[john montana]

where is the carp record? heh heh...

[haringsjosh]

48lb carp, Hells Canyon Reservoir two years ago. Will try to dig up pic. Wife and Pine Creek store as witness. Electronic Scale, not to sure if working correctly but huge fish. Caught fishing for catfish, thought i had a huge flathead but turned out to be nasty carp.

[JustCallMeDave]

Here's the ODFW page that shows current records.

[Dave Smith]

That Golden Trout record is hilarious!! California actually has some really big ones so I never really questioned the OR record before. Does anyone know that story on the Rogue River "Rainbow" record????? Does it seem a little odd that the record rainbow would come from a river that also has steelhead? Does anyone find that "fishy" or what's the story??????

[Hagen]

Originally Posted by Dave Smith

That Golden Trout record is hilarious!! California actually has some really big ones so I never really questioned the OR record before. Does anyone know that story on the Rogue River "Rainbow" record????? Does it seem a little odd that the record rainbow would come from a river that also has steelhead? Does anyone find that "fishy" or what's the story??????

I remember that fish from when I was just a kid living in Prospect Just up the road from where it was caught. They (ODFW) did test the fish to see if it might have been a Steele but to no avail it had never seen Salt water
It was almost as fat as long from what I remember from the picture.
But hey that was only 25 years ago.

Hagen

[Pelhament]

Originally Posted by Dave Smith

Does anyone know that story on the Rogue River "Rainbow" record????? Does it seem a little odd that the record rainbow would come from a river that also has steelhead? Does anyone find that "fishy" or what's the story??????

I don't know the story but it was probably caught in the Holy Water section where the trout can grow huge. I also don't think Steelhead or Salmon can get to it because of the dam.

[mpmax]

Originally Posted by Hagen

I remember that fish from when I was just a kid living in Prospect Just up the road from where it was caught. They (ODFW) did test the fish to see if it might have been a Steele but to no avail it had never seen Salt water
It was almost as fat as long from what I remember from the picture.
But hey that was only 25 years ago.

Hagen

Hey, I was a kid growing up in Prospect too!! (in the 60's)

[Hagen]

Originally Posted by Pelhament

I don't know the story but it was probably caught in the Holy Water section where the trout can grow huge. I also don't think Steelhead or Salmon can get to it because of the dam.

It was actually caught about 10 miles down river from the dam, it was in a section behind a ranch that is right on the river.

[Masty]

Lived in Prospect for five years and always enjoyed fishing behind the springer fishermen for LG trout. Used the salmon flies sm hooks with a fly bobber 4lb line on the noodle rod.

Didn't land a hug one but got to fight a few!

Wife took my rig on a day trip upriver and did come home with a 8lber once. I never could understand how she landed it, the reel was backlashed so bad I had to cut half of the line off of it! And it was a spinning reel!

The late summer fishing was great was in the upper Rouge above HWY 62 JCT. ultra light equipment!

Man I miss that area!

Masty

[topwaterguy]

Hmmm
i could of easily beat the sunfish record because last year there were enormous sunfish at a pond down the street from my house and they were huge. So i just went down there with a fly rod and caught about 20 of these huge fish. This year they have not gotten as big so i would have to find 1 big 1 . But luckily it may not take that long :grin:.

[fishnfun]

too bad this wasn't caught in oregon it would have been a new sunfish record for sure 11 inches long by 9 around!