Every State Walleye Record In America

Did you know the world record Walleye was caught in Tennessee? That's right, I said TENNESEE!

Typically when people think of Walleye they think of Nothern states with blistering cold winters and strong allegiances to dairy. This is not wrong as Walleye were originally found only in the Great Lakes Region and Missouri and Mississippi River Basins.

However, thanks to hard work from state agencies and non-profit organizations throughout the country, Walleye have been successfully introduced to over 40 US states! This introduction has strengthened walleye fishing and culture to ensure a bright future for the next generation of anglers. So, get out to your Walleye lake and start fishing, you're not going to catch the next state record sitting on the couch!

Walleye State Records:

State: Weight: Location: Angler: Date:

Alabama 10 lbs 14 oz Weiss Reservoir Julia Hurley 6/24/1980

Arizona 16 lbs 1.76 oz Show Low Lake Gregg Munck 11/18/2002

Arkansas 22 lbs 11 oz Greers Ferry Lake Al Nelson 3/12/1982

Colorado 18 lbs 13 oz Standley Lake Scott Regan 1997

Connecticut 14 lbs 8 oz Candlewood Lake George Britto 1941

Delaware 6 lbs 14 oz Brandywine River Nesbit Copenhaver 7/23/1995

Georgia 11 lbs 6 oz Richard B. Russell Lake Neal Watson 9/11/1995

Idaho 17 lbs 14 oz Oakley Reservoir Damon Rush 9/10/2011

Illinois 15 lbs 0.8 oz Pecatonica River James Zimmerman 2012

Indiana 14 lbs 4 oz Little Kankakee River Leon Richart 1974

Indiana 14 lbs 4 oz Tippecanoe River Donal Tedford 1977

Iowa 14lbs 8 oz Des Moines River Gloria Eoriatti1986

Kansas 13 lbs 2.56 oz Wilson Reservoir Dustin Ritter 4/17/1996

Kentucky 21 lbs 8 oz Lake Cumberland Abe Black 10/1/1958

Maryland 14 lbs 4 oz Jennings Randolph Reservoir John McCarley 5/16/1998

Massachusetts 11 lbs 0 oz Quabbin Reservoir Robert Methot 1975

Michigan 17 lbs 3.04 oz Pine River Ray Fadely 1951

Minnesota 17 lbs 8 oz Seagull River Leroy Chiovitte 5/13/1979

Mississippi 9 lbs 10.56 oz Tennessee River Clayton E. Hobbs 1/19/1985

Missouri 21 lbs 1 oz Bull Shoals Lake Gerry Partlow 3/26/1988

Montana 17 lbs 12 oz Tiber Reservoir Robert Bob Hart 11/18/2007

Nebraska 16 lbs 2 oz Lake McConaughy Herbert J. Cutshall 7/5/1971

Nevada 15 lbs 4 oz Lahontan Reservoir Billy Foster 1998

New Hampshire 12 lbs 8.8 oz Connecticut River Anthony Bartolini 5/4/1992

New Jersey 13 lbs 9 oz Delaware River George Fundell 1993

New Mexico 16 lbs 9 oz Clayton Lake G.L. Peppers 9/19/1999

New York 16 lbs 9 oz Mystic Lake Thomas Reed 1/20/2009

North Carolina 13 lbs 8 oz Lake Chatuge Lamar L. Cofer 8/16/1986

North Dakota 15 lbs 13 oz Missouri RiverNeal Leier 2018

Ohio 16 lbs 3.04 oz Lake Erie Tom Haberman 11/23/1999

Oklahoma 12 lbs 13 oz Robert S Kerr Kerry Carter 5/8/2004

Oregon 19 lbs 15.3 oz Columbia River Arnold Berg 1990

Pennsylvania 18 lbs 2 oz Youghiogheny RiverRichard Nicholson 2021

South Carolina 10 lbs 0 oz Richard B. Russell Lake Robert Huskins 1994

South Dakota 15 lbs 3 oz Lake Sharpe George Heyde 4/7/1979

Tennessee 25 lbs 0 oz Old Hickory Reservoir Mabry Harper 8/3/1960

Texas 11 lbs 14.08 oz Lake Meredith Hank McWilliams Jr. 2/26/1990

Utah 15 lbs 9 oz Provo River Jeffery Tanner 1991

Vermont 14 lbs 8.8 oz Lake Champlain Richard Levesque 2/10/2010

Virginia 15 lbs 15 oz New River Anthony P. Duncan 12/15/2000

Washington 19 lbs Columbia River Mike Hepper 2/5/2007

West Virginia 17 lbs .82 oz Kanawha River Steve Skeens 2003

Wisconsin 18 lbs 0 oz High Lake unknown 9/16/1933

Wyoming 17 lbs 6.72 oz Boysen Reservoir Stan Seivewright 1991