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Florida State Fishing Records
| Species | Weight | Length(in.) | Girth | Date | Angler | Water Body | County | Notes | Image |
| Largemouth Bass | 17.27 pounds | unavailable | 7/6/1986 | Billy O'Berry | Polk County | ||||
| *Largemouth Bass | 20.13 | unavailable | 5/19/1923 | Frederick Friebel | Big Fish Lake, Pasco County | This fish was weighed on a postal scale and witnessed, but an FWC (or GFC) biologist did not document it at the time to establish an official record. |
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| **Redeye Bass | 7.83 pounds | unavailable | 2/18/1989 | William Johnston | Apalachicola River, Gadsden County | At one time it was believed redeye bass existed in panhandle Florida. It is now recognized that these fish were misidentified by the public and likely one of the other black bass species. |
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| Spotted Bass | 3.75 pounds | unavailable | 6/24/1985 | Dow Gilmore | Apalachicola River, Gulf County | ||||
| Suwannee Bass | 3.89 pounds | unavailable | 3/2/1985 | Ronnie Everett | Suwannee River, Gilchrist County | ||||
| Shoal Bass | 5.95 pounds | 22.4 | 11/18/2017 | Sheldon Grace | Chipola River | Calhoun | |||
| Striped Bass | 42.24 pounds | unavailable | 12/14/1993 | Alphonso Barnes | Apalachicola River, Gadsden | ||||
| White Bass | 4.69 pounds | unavailable | 4/9/1982 | Richard Davis | Apalachicola River, Gadsden County | ||||
| Sunshine Bass | 16.31 pounds | unavailable | 5/9/1985 | Thomas Elder | Lake Seminole, Jackson County | ||||
| Black Crappie | 3.83 pounds | unavailable | 1/21/1992 | Ben Curry, Sr. | Lake Talquin, Gadsden County | ||||
| Flier | 1.35 pounds | 12 Inches | 5/9/2015 | Twila Gates | A Cypress Pond in Jackson County | ||||
| Bluegill | 2.95 pounds | unavailable | 4/19/1989 | John LeMaster | Crystal Lake, Washington County | ||||
| Redbreast Sunfish | 2.08 pounds | unavailable | 4/29/1988 | Jerrel Dewees, Jr. | Suwannee River, Gilchrist County | ||||
| Redear Sunfish | 4.86 pounds | unavailable | 3/13/1986 | Joseph Floyd | Merritts Mill Pond, Jackson County | ||||
| Spotted Sunfish | 0.83 pounds | unavailable | 5/12/1984 | Coy Dotson | Suwannee River, Columbia County | ||||
| Warmouth | 2.44 pounds | unavailable | 10/19/1985 | Tony Dempsey | Yellow River, Okaloosa County | ||||
| Chain Pickerel | 6.96 pounds | unavailable | 6/11/2004 | Jep Dove | Lake Talquin, Gadsden County | ||||
| *Chain Pickerel | 8.00 pounds | unavailable | 7/5/1971 | Jimmy James | Lake Talquin, Gadsden County | ||||
| Redfin Pickerel | 1.06 pounds | unavailable | 6/6/1993 | Mike Milkerson | New River, Bradford County | ||||
| Common Carp | 35 pounds to qualify | 1/1/0001 | VACANT | ||||||
| *Common Carp | 40.56 pounds | unavailable | 5/24/1981 | Bernard Rowan | Apalachicola River, Gadsden County | ||||
| Channel Catfish | 44.50 pounds | unavailable | 5/19/1985 | Joe Purvis | Lake Bluff, Lake County | ||||
| Flathead Catfish | 69.9 pounds | 48.5 inches | 38.25 inches | 8/26/2020 | Lavon Nowling | Yellow River | Santa Rosa County | ||
| White Catfish | 18.88 pounds | unavailable | 9/21/1991 | Jim Miller | Withlacoochee River, Marion County | ||||
| Blue Catfish | 69.5 pounds | 48.5" | 31.75" | 5/30/2015 | William Stewart III | Choctawhatchee River | Washington County | ||
| Brown Bullhead | 7.02 pounds | unavailable | 2/12/2014 | Richard A. Clinton | Lake Iola, Pasco County | ||||
| Yellow Bullhead | 5.05 pounds | unavailable | 12/17/2010 | Tom Flynn | Crystal River, Citrus County | ||||
| Bowfin | 19.00 pounds | unavailable | 10/5/1984 | Jim Brown | Lake Kissimmee, Osceola county | ||||
| American Shad | 5.19 pounds | unavailable | 2/15/1990 | Bud Dankert | St. Johns River, Seminole County | ||||
| American Shad | 5.19 pounds | unavailable | 3/18/1992 | Albert Judy | St. Johns River, Volusia County | ||||
| Longnose Gar | 41.00 pounds | unavailable | 4/14/1985 | Evan Merritt | Lake Panasoffkee, Sumter County | ||||
| Alligator Gar | 123.00 pounds | unavailable | 7/8/1995 | Zachary Phillips | Choctawhatchee River, Walton County | ||||
| Florida Gar | 9.44 pounds | unavailable | 3/25/2001 | Patric A. McDaniel | Lake Lawne, Orange County | ||||
| Butterfly Peacock Bass | 9.11 pounds | 23 - 5/16 inches | 10/8/2021 | Felipe Prieto | Broward County Lake | Broward County | Note: Larger butterfly peacock bass have been documented by FWC biologists, but not all state record reporting requirements were met. |
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| Oscar | 2.34 pounds | unavailable | 3/16/1994 | Jimmy Cook | Lake Okeechobee | ||||
| Mayan Cichlid | 2.37 pounds | 13.6" | 13.1" | 11/28/2016 | Jonathan Johnson | Golden Gate Canal | Collier | ||
| Jaguar Guapote | 2.78 | unavailable | 6/29/2017 | Jerry Martin | Snapper Creek (C-2) Canal | Miami-Dade | |||
| Blue Tilapia | 9.57 pounds | unavailable | 8/31/2010 | Pamela Henry | St. Lucie River, Martin County | ||||
| Yellow Perch | 1.47 pounds | unavailable | 10/23/2005 | David Thomas | Dead Lake, Gulf County |
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