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Washington Records  
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Species  Weight Location Angler Date Photo
Albacore Tuna 52 lbs 0 oz Pacific Ocean  Kurt Strickland 10/1/1997  
American Shad 3 lbs 8 oz Columbia River Tom Magnuson 6/21/2005  
Atlantic Salmon 14 lbs 6.08 oz Green River  Ron Howard 9/22/1999  
Big Skate 130 lbs 0 oz Pacific Ocean - Double Bluff Dan Cartwright 5/18/1986  
Black Bullhead 1 lbs 12 oz Mud Lake  John E. Moore 6/29/1998  
Black Crappie 4 lbs 8 oz Lake Washington  John W. Smart 5/1/1956  
Black Rockfish 10 lbs 4 oz Pacific Ocean - Tacoma Narros Joseph Eberling 5/20/1980  
Blue Catfish 17 lbs 12 oz Columbia River  Rangle Hawthorne 7/9/1975  
Blue Rockfish 3 lbs 14.56 oz Pacific Ocean - Westport Erik M. Herbig 6/22/1996  
Bluegill Sunfish 2 lbs 5.3 oz Tampico Park Pond  Ron Hinote 6/10/1984  
Bocaccio Rockfish 23 lbs 10 oz Pacific Ocean - Swiftsure Bank Carson Kendall 8/8/1987  
Bridgelip Sucker 3 lbs 0.96 oz Palmer Lake  John E. Moore 5/27/1999  
Brook Trout 9 lbs 0 oz Wobbly Lake  George G. Weekes 5/7/1988  
Brown Bullhead 11 lbs 0.625 oz unnamed lake Justin E. Andrews 6/3/2000  
Brown Trout 22 lbs 0 oz Sullivan Lake  R.L. Henry 5/22/1965  
Bull Trout 22 lbs 8 oz Tieton River  Louis Schott 4/23/1961  
Burbot 17 lbs .37 oz Bead Lake Mike Campbell 4/24/2004  
Cabezon 23 lbs 0 oz Pacific Ocean - Duneness Spit Wesley S. Hunter 8/4/1990  
Canary Rockfish 10 lbs 9 oz Pacific Ocean - Neah Bay Ben Phillips 8/30/1986  
Carp 41 lbs 4 oz Long Lake  Kevin Wolf 6/21/1980  
Channel Catfish 36 lbs 3.2 oz I-82 Pond #6  Ross Kincaid 9/6/1999  
China Rockfish 4 lbs 3 oz Pacific Ocean - Duncan Rock Steven Ripley 7/11/1989  
Chinook (King) Salmon 68 lbs 4.16 oz Elochoman River  Mark Salmon 10/5/1992  
Chinook (King) Salmon 70 lbs 8 oz Pacific Ocean - Sekiu Chet Gausta 9/6/1964  
Chum Salmon 27 lbs 15.52 oz Satsop River  Johnny Wilson 10/19/1997  
Chum Salmon 25 lbs 4.16 oz Pacific Ocean - near Grays Harbor Fred Dockendorf 8/7/2001  
Coho Salmon 25 lbs 4.32 oz Quinault River  Brad Wilson 11/11/2001  
Coho Salmon 25 lbs 5.44 oz Pacific Ocean - Sekiu Martin Cooper 9/28/2001  
Copper Rockfish 10 lbs 0 oz Pacific Ocean - Point Roberts Reef David Norhtington 8/6/1989  
Cutthroat Trout 12 lbs 0 oz Crescent Lake  W. Welsh 7/1/1961  
Dolly Varden Trout 10 lbs 15 oz White Chuck River  Leroy Thompson 8/5/1999  
Flathead Catfish 22 lbs 12.8 oz Snake River  C.L. McCary 6/28/1981  
Golden Trout 3 lbs 12.96 oz N/A Mark S. Morris 8/6/1991  
Great Sculpin 4 lbs 9.5 oz Pacific Ocean - Port Angeles Harbor Mark Reynolds 7/29/1999  
Green Sunfish 0 lbs 12.64 oz Bailey Lake  Mickey Hough 5/29/1994  
Greenstripe Rockfish 1 lbs 10 oz Pacific Ocean - Possession Bar David Wedeking 1/19/1985  
Kokanee Salmon 6 lbs .25 oz Lake Roosevelt  Clarence F. Rief 6/25/2003  
Lahontan Trout 18 lbs 0.64 oz Omak Lake  Dan Beardslee 7/1/1993  
Lake Trout 35 lbs 7.04 oz Lake Chelan  John G. Hossack 12/31/2001  
Lake Whitefish 6 lbs 10.08 oz Lake Roosevelt - Hanson Harbor Jerry Hamilton 3/31/1997  
Largemouth Bass 11 lbs 9 oz Banks Lake  Carl Pruitt 4/9/1977  
Largescale Sucker 5 lbs 5.44 oz Mason Lake  Andrew J. Wallman 4/22/2001  
Ling Cod 61 lbs 0 oz Pacific Ocean - San Juan Islands Tom Nelson 7/30/1986  
Mountain Whitefish 5 lbs 2 oz Columbia River  Steven Becken 11/30/1983  
Northern Pike 34 lbs 6 oz Long Lake  Bryan McMannis 4/9/2004  
Pacific Cod 19 lbs 10 oz Pacific Ocean - Ediz Hook Ralph Bay 3/6/1984  
Pacific Halibut 288 lbs 0 oz Pacific Ocean - Swiftsure Bank Vic Stevens 9/9/1989  
Pacific Staghorn Sculpin 0 lbs 4.16 oz Pacific Ocean - Padilla Bay John E. Moore 11/6/2000  
Peamouth Chub 0 lbs 15.84 oz Columbia River - Hanford Reach Silvia Sanchez 7/18/1995  
Petrale Sole 7 lbs 9 oz Pacific Ocean - Jefferson Head John Stone 6/11/1990  
Pikeminnow 7 lbs 5.76 oz Mason Lake  Andrew Joe Wallman 4/5/2000  
Pile Perch Surfperch 3 lbs 9 oz Pacific Ocean - Quartermaster Harbor Steve Urban 3/14/1981  
Pink (Humpback) Salmon 14 lbs 13.76 oz Skykomish River  Alex Minerich 9/30/2001  
Pink (Humpback) Salmon 11 lbs 8.96 oz Pacific Ocean - Possession Point Jeff Bergman 8/25/2001  
Pumpkinseed Sunfish 1 lbs  Lake Terrell Barbie Hathawayn 7/2/2007  
Quillback Rockfish 7 lbs 3 oz Pacific Ocean - Middle Bank Bror Hultgren 10/29/1987  
Rainbow Trout 25 lbs 11.36 oz Rufus Woods Lake  Dick Hill 1/8/2001  
Red Irish Lord Sculpin 3 lbs 3 oz Pacific Ocean - Mid-channel Bank Ryan Dicks 7/5/1985  
Redtail Surfperch 4 lbs 0.8 oz Pacific Ocean - Kalaloch Chris Maynard 8/4/1996  
Rock Bass 1 lbs 6 oz Steilacoom Lake  William Jackson 6/28/1981  
Rock Sole 4 lbs 3 oz Pacific Ocean - Hein Bank Alan Schram 7/9/1989  
Sablefish 30 lbs 0 oz Pacific Ocean - Westport Jeff Rudolph 6/28/1994  
Sixgill Shark 220 lbs 0 oz Pacific Ocean - Gedney Island Jim Haines 1/30/1991  
Smallmouth Bass 8 lbs 12 oz Columbia River - Hanford Reach Ray Wonacott 4/23/1966  
Sockeye Salmon 10 lbs 10 oz Lake Washington  Gary Krasselt 7/20/1982  
Spiny Dogfish Shark 20 lbs 4 oz Pacific Ocean - Middle Bank Roger Petersen 5/22/1998  
Starry Flounder 8 lbs 9.12 oz Pacific Ocean - W. of Sekiu Point Danny Patterson 7/6/1997  
Steelhead Trout 35 lbs 1 oz Snake River  Gilbert Pierson 11/23/1973  
Striped Surfperch 2 lbs 1 oz Pacific Ocean - Quartermaster harbor Chris Urban 6/2/1980  
Tiger Muskellunge 31 lbs 4 oz Mayfield Lake  John V. Bays 9/22/2001  
Tiger Rockfish 7 lbs 8 oz Pacific Ocean - Middle Bank James Wenban 11/30/1989  
Vermillion Rockfish 7 lbs 1.12 oz Pacific Ocean - Makah Bay Gordon Thomson 7/25/2000  
Walleye 19 lbs  Columbia River Mike Hepper 2/5/2007  
Warmouth 0 lbs 8.48 oz Silver Lake  Linda Hatlelid 5/27/1996  
White Crappie 2 lbs 12.8 oz Columbia River - Burbank Slough Don J. Benson 7/21/1988  
Yellow Bullhead 1 lbs 10.08 oz Banks Lake  Mike Schlueter 5/22/1994  
Yellow Perch 2 lbs 12 oz Snelsons Slough  Larry Benthien 6/22/1968  
Yelloweye Rockfish 27 lbs 12 oz Pacific Ocean - Dallas Bank Jan Tavis 4/15/1989  
Yellowtail Rockfish 7 lbs 6 oz Pacific Ocean - Westport Ken Culver 9/15/1992  

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