Maine Freshwater Record Fish
SPECIES | WEIGHT | ANGLER | DATE | LOCATION |
Atlantic Salmon | 28 lbs. 1 oz | Howard Clifford | 10/9/1980 | location undisclosed |
Black Crappie | 3 lbs 9.76 oz | Quinn Warren | Feb-12 | Messalonskee Lake |
Blueback Trout | 5.24 lbs | Carter McLaughlin | 8/20/2008 | Pushineer Pond |
Brook Trout | 9 lbs 2 oz | Patrick Coan | 1/8/2010 | Mousam Lake |
Brown Trout | 23.5 lbs | Robert Hodsdon | 3/6/1996 | Square Pond |
White Catfish | 6.69 lbs | Danny Shores | 7/7/2015 | location undisclosed |
Common Carp | 16.3 lbs | Samuel Foster | Sep-14 | Kennebec River |
Cusk | 18 lbs 8 oz | Annette Dumond | 3/15/1986 | Eagle Lake |
Fallfish | 3 lbs 12 oz | Wayne S. Morey | 9/12/1986 | Sibley Pond |
Lake Trout | 31 lbs 8 oz | Hollis Grindle | 1958 | Beech Hill Pond |
Landlocked Salmon | 22 lbs 8 oz | Edward Blakely | 1907 | Sebago Lake |
Largemouth Bass | 11 lbs 10 oz | Robert Kamp | 1968 | Moose Pond |
Muskellunge | 33 lbs | Onezime Dufour | 5/15/2010 | St. John River |
Northern Pike | 31.2 lbs | Lance Bolduc | 3/25/1998 | North Pond |
Pickerel | 7 lbs 2 oz | Josh Gagnon | 3/10/2007 | Balch Lake |
Rainbow Trout | 13 lbs 9 oz | Timothy Kelley | 6/4/2016 | Quarry Pond |
Smallmouth Bass | 8 lbs | George Dyer | 1970 | Thompson Lake |
Splake | 10 lbs 3 oz | Daniel R. Paquette | 5/8/1993 | Basin Pond |
Walleye | 5.7 lbs | Nathan Lawler | 8/1/2009 | Messalonskee Lake |
White Perch | 3.48 lbs | Jeffery Curtis | 1/23/2016 | location undisclosed |
Whitefish | 7 lbs 8 oz | Neil Sullivan | 1958 | Sebago Lake |
Yellow Perch | 1.74 lbs | Austin Mitchell | 3/28/2015 | Long Pond |
Pumpkinseed Sunfish | 0.6 lbs | Gregory T. Schmidt | 9/9/2014 | Knights Pond |
Maine Saltwater Record Fish
Species | Method | Weight | Place | Angler | Date |
Striped Bass | HL | vacant | |||
RR | 67.0 lbs. | Sheepscot River | Douglas Dodge | 9/20/1978 | |
FR | vacant | ||||
JM | vacant | ||||
JF | vacant | ||||
Bluefish | HL | vacant | |||
RR | 19.66 lbs. | Boothbay Harbor | Denis Moran | 8/8/1994 | |
FR | vacant | ||||
JM | vacant | ||||
JF | vacant | ||||
Atlantic Cod | HL | vacant | |||
RR | 80 lbs. 7 oz. | Perkins Cove, Ogunquit | Neil Downey | 9/8/1992 | |
FR | vacant | ||||
JM | 46.12 lbs.* | Perkins Cove, Ogunquit | Willy Goldsmith | 6/5/2003 | |
JM HL | 9.76 lbs. | Camp Ellis, Saco | Trevor MacDonald | 9/9/2006 | |
JF | 26.5 lbs.* | Perkins Cove, Ogunquit | Rebecca Ranta | 7/9/2000 | |
Cunner | HL | vacant | |||
RR | 2.53 lbs. | Boothbay Harbor | Ira Kitograd | 10/2/1999 | |
FR | vacant | ||||
JM | vacant | ||||
JF | vacant | ||||
Cusk | HL | vacant | |||
RR | 33.42 lbs. | Perkins Cove, Ogunquit | Kenton Geer | 10/11/2002 | |
FR | vacant | ||||
JM | vacant | ||||
JM HL | 2.70 lbs. | Camp Ellis, Saco | Trevor MacDonald | 9/9/2006 | |
JF | vacant | ||||
Winter Flounder | HL | vacant | |||
RR | 4 lbs. 3 oz. | Perkins Cove, Ogunquit | Lisa Boughner | 6/28/1989 | |
FR | vacant | ||||
JM | vacant | ||||
JF | vacant | ||||
Goosefish | HL | vacant | |||
RR | 49 lbs. 12 oz.* | Perkins Cove, Ogunquit | Nancy Lee Regimbald | 7/9/1991 | |
FR | vacant | ||||
JM | vacant | ||||
JF | vacant | ||||
Haddock | HL | vacant | |||
RR | 15.61 lbs. | Perkins Cove, Ogunquit | Jared Keniston | 5/11/2004 | |
FR | vacant | ||||
JM | vacant | ||||
JM HL | 2.52 lbs. | Camp Ellis, Saco | Trevor MacDonald | 9/9/2006 | |
JF | 5.73 lbs. | Perkins Cove, Ogunquit | Allyson Fuehrer | 6/3/2004 | |
Red hake | HL | vacant | |||
RR | vacant | ||||
FR | vacant | ||||
JM | vacant | ||||
JF | vacant | ||||
Silver Hake | HL | vacant | |||
RR | 4.51 lbs.* | Perkins Cove, Ogunquit | Erik M. Callahan | 8/8/1995 | |
FR | vacant | ||||
JM | vacant | ||||
JF | vacant | ||||
White Hake | HL | vacant | |||
RR | 46 lbs. 4 oz.* | Perkins Cove, Ogunquit | John Audet | 10/26/1986 | |
FR | vacant | ||||
JM | 35.2 lbs. | Perkins Cove, Ogunquit | Alec Levine | 7/4/2007 | |
JF | 30.64 lbs. | Perkins Cove, Ogunquit | Allyson Fuehrer | 8/31/2004 | |
Atlantic Halibut | HL | vacant | |||
RR | 215.0 lbs. | Bailey Island | Richard F. Hincman | 8/14/1965 | |
FR | vacant | ||||
JM | vacant | ||||
JF | vacant | ||||
Atlantic Herring | HL | vacant | |||
RR | 0.1 lbs. | Perry | James Stanley | 9/5/2004 | |
FR | vacant | ||||
JM | vacant | ||||
JF | vacant | ||||
Atlantic Mackerel | HL | vacant | |||
RR | 2.44 lbs. | Bailey Island | Ian T. Bexon | 7/25/1995 | |
FR | vacant | ||||
JM | vacant | ||||
JF | vacant | ||||
Oceanpout | HL | closed | |||
RR | closed | ||||
FR | closed | ||||
JM | closed | ||||
JF | closed | ||||
Pollock | HL | vacant | |||
RR | 46 lbs. 10.9 oz. | Perkins Cove, Ogunquit | Linda Paul | 10/24/1990 | |
FR | vacant | ||||
JM | 34.0 lbs.* | Perkins Cove, Ogunquit | Andrew Tuttle | 8/11/1997 | |
JF | 38.0 lbs. | Perkins Cove, Ogunquit | Dawn Hersom | 8/14/1986 | |
Torpedo Ray | HL | vacant | |||
RR | 35 lbs. 5 oz.* | Perkins Cove, Ogunquit | Don Carigan | 8/24/1995 | |
FR | vacant | ||||
JM | vacant | ||||
JF | vacant | ||||
Redfish | HL | vacant | |||
RR | vacant | ||||
FR | vacant | ||||
JM | vacant | ||||
JF | vacant | ||||
Black Seabass | HL | vacant | |||
RR | 1.75 lbs. | Ogunquit | David Hutchins | 6/8/2002 | |
FR | vacant | ||||
JM | vacant | ||||
JF | vacant | ||||
Shorthorn Sculpin | HL | vacant | |||
RR | 2.84 lbs. | Perry | James Stanley | 9/5/2004 | |
FR | vacant | ||||
JM | vacant | ||||
JF | vacant | ||||
American Shad | HL | vacant | |||
RR | vacant | ||||
FR | vacant | ||||
JM | vacant | ||||
JF | vacant | ||||
Blue Shark | HL | vacant | |||
RR | 470.5 lbs. | South Portland | Dustin Gieryn | 9/5/2008 | |
FR | 101.0 lbs. | Bath | Fred Danforth | 8/30/1996 | |
JM | vacant | ||||
JF | vacant | ||||
Mako Shark | HL | 724.0 lbs. | Portland | Mark Chase | 8/15/1992 |
RR | 680.0 lbs. | Saco | Jim Hinkley, Jr. | 8/15/1990 | |
FR | vacant | ||||
JM | vacant | ||||
JF | vacant | ||||
Porbeagle Shark | HL | 495.0 lbs. | Phippsburg | Jerry Dillon | 7/28/1996 |
RR | 548.0 lbs. | Bailey Island | Wesley Hurst, Jr. | 7/22/1995 | |
FR | vacant | ||||
JM | vacant | ||||
JF | vacant | ||||
Spiny Dogfish Shark | HL | vacant | |||
RR | vacant | ||||
FR | vacant | ||||
JM | vacant | ||||
JF | vacant | ||||
Thresher Shark | HL | 628.0 lbs. | South Portland | Stephen York | 9/9/2006 |
RR | 425.0 lbs. | Boothbay Harbor | John Shostak | 7/14/1998 | |
FR | vacant | ||||
JM | vacant | ||||
JF | vacant | ||||
White Sharke | HL | closed | |||
RR | closed | ||||
FR | closed | ||||
JM | closed | ||||
JF | closed | ||||
Swordfish, Atlantic Broadbill Swordfish | HP | vacant | |||
HL | vacant | ||||
RR | vacant | ||||
FR | vacant | ||||
JM | vacant | ||||
JF | vacant | ||||
Bluefin Tuna | HP | 1155.0 lbs. | Perkins Cove, Ogunquit | Tim Tower/Percy Stevens, Jr. | 8/20/1981 |
HL | 810.0 lbs. | Portland | Ian T. Bexon | 9/7/1998 | |
RR | 819.0 lbs. | Bath | Jerry Jamison | 8/10/1977 | |
FR | vacant | ||||
JM | vacant | ||||
JF | vacant | ||||
Atlantic Wolffish | HL | closed | |||
RR | 30.0 lbs. ** | Perkins Cove, Ogunquit | Gunther Schultz | 8/21/1990 | |
FR | closed | ||||
JM | closed | ||||
JF | closed |