Biggest Fish Caught in Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania's Biggest Fish of 2008

Angler Award Program Summary
Top Fish Submitted for each Category

You MUST submit an application to the Commission's Angler Award Program to be considered for this listing.
These are the largest 5 fish, by weight, submitted in the Senior Angler and Junior Angler categories only.
Lists are not provided for Husky Musky, First Fish, and Catch and Release categories.

Note weights and sizes are not verified, all submissions accepted on the honor system.

PA state record fish

Angler Award Program rules and application

Official measuring stations

PRIOR YEARS -- 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

BASS, LARGEMOUTH
Angler	Hometown	Water	Date	Bait	Weight	Length (inches)	Girth (inches)
Joseph J. Zajko	Philadelphia	Schuylkill River	8/25	4" Minnow	8 lb. 2.25 oz.	22.75	16.75
Garry L. Shook	Hawley	Wallenpaupack	1/27	Minnow	7 lb. 3 oz.	23.5	17.5
Cole B. Nickolls	Monongahela	Brokenstraw Creek	7/1	Rapala	7 lb. 1.5 oz.	24.5	-
Ryan P. Fanning	Moshannon	Stevenson Dam	7/14	Rubber Worm	7 lb. 1 oz.	24	18.5
Jamie Jones	Scottdale	Mammoth Park	6/21	Buzz Bait	7 lb. 1 oz.	21.5	15.75

BASS, ROCK
Angler	Hometown	Water	Date	Bait	Weight	Length (inches)	Girth (inches)
Mike Weyandt	Julian	N Brh Susquehanna Rvr	6/30	Trick Stick	1 lb. 5 oz.	11	13
Charles M. Leidig	Steelton	Stoney Creek	10/21	Nightcrawler	1 lb. 3 oz.	12	10
Steve Notestine	Coalmont	North Beach Susquehann	6/20	Football Scr	1 lb. 2 oz.	10	12.23
Regan Kline	New Cumberland	Shermans Creek	4/19	Worm	1 lb.	9.38	-
Charles Chaplain Iv	Williamsport	Wb Susquehanna River	4/30	Med Shiner	0 lb. 15 oz.	11.25	8.75

BASS, SMALLMOUTH
Angler	Hometown	Water	Date	Bait	Weight	Length (inches)	Girth (inches)
Douglas E. Whitaker	North Royalton, OH	Walnut Cr Marina	5/13	Shinner	7 lb. 12 oz.	22	17.50
Anthony Fisher	Chambersburg	Lake Erie	4/21	Blade Jig	7 lb. 7 oz.	22.25	18
Bill Cowell	Scottdale	Lake Erie	5/10	Tube Jig	7 lb. 6 oz.	22	19
Stephen A. Santa	Conneaut Lake	Erie	6/6	Ridge Runner	7 lb. 4 oz.	23.50	17
Mark R. Clepper	Newville	Conodoguinet Creek	8/10	Helgrimite	7 lb. 2 oz.	24.25	-

BASS, STRIPED -- LAKE
Angler	Hometown	Water	Date	Bait	Weight	Length (inches)	Girth (inches)
Franklin E. Boyer	Marysville	Lake Raystown	8/2	Alewife	32 lb. 1	44	30
Sean E. Crager	Wormleysburg	Raystown Lake	5/25	Alewife	29 lb. 8.50 oz.	37	-
Kevin Phelps	Allentown	Beltzville Lake	4/23	Jerkbait	28 lb.	42	-
Donald J. Hudson	Harrisburg	Lake Raystown	8/2	Alewife	27 lb. 3 oz.	42.25	24
Brian Zink	Phoenixville	Raystown Lake	6/20	Shad	26 lb.	37	25

BASS, WHITE
Angler	Hometown	Water	Date	Bait	Weight	Length (inches)	Girth (inches)
Dana Green	Rome	Lake Erie	8/12	Nk	2 lb. 8 oz.	17	12
Michael S. Mccloy	Erie	Lake Erie	7/10	Spoon	1 lb. 11 oz.	15	10
Luke Painter	Trafford	Lake Erie	8/14	Nk	1 lb. 9 oz.	14	11
Charles Lanehart	Hancock, MD	Lake Erie	8/2	Night Crawle	-	15.50	15.75
Paul Rosa	Aliquippa	Raccoon Creek	10/31	Rebel Deep W	-	17	-

BLUEGILL
Angler	Hometown	Water	Date	Bait	Weight	Length (inches)	Girth (inches)
Todd M. West	Westfield	Beechwood Lake	6/29	Nightcrawler	2 lb. 4.64 oz.	11	14.50
Holly Abbott	Butler	Lake Arthur	8/3	Meal Worm	2 lb. 2 oz.	11	14.75
Paul Cline	E Springfield	Nursery Pond	6/8	Worm	1 lb. 7 oz.	11.25	12.25
Jesse Wull	Tamaqua	Rabbit Run	8/18	Worm	1 lb. 2 oz.	12	11.50
Kennedy Ann Wood	Wilkes-Barre	Francis Slocum State P	7/19	Rooster Tail	1 lb. 1 oz.	8	9.50

BOWFIN
Angler	Hometown	Water	Date	Bait	Weight	Length (inches)	Girth (inches)
Michael D. Lindenmuth	Erie	Presque Isle Bay	5/6	Broken Back	8 lb. 1 oz.	31	18
Austin Barnes	Ellwood City	Conneaut Lake	7/7	Minnow	-	26.50	-

CARP
Angler	Hometown	Water	Date	Bait	Weight	Length (inches)	Girth (inches)
Casey Seaman	Liverpool	Susquehanna River	1/6	Motor Oil Ji	37 lb.	41	26
Rebecca Lang	Media	Schuylkill River	4/24	Fake Boilie	34 lb. 1	36	-
Matt Coll	Philadelphia	Schuykill River	6/8	Fake Corn	33 lb. 2 oz.	33	-
Dana Fisher	Hamburg	Stovers Lake	4/22	Bread	30 lb. 2 oz.	35	-
Louis Cook	Media	Schuylkill River	4/18	Fake Corn	30 lb. 1 oz.	34	-

CATFISH, BULLHEAD
Angler	Hometown	Water	Date	Bait	Weight	Length (inches)	Girth (inches)
Stanley Pawlak	Pittsburgh	Allegheny River	10/3	Hot Dog	5 lb.	24	-
Jesse M. Boyer	Fogelsville	Lake Leaser	7/5	Live Shiner	2 lb. 8 oz.	18	10
David Hunsicker	Palmerton	Beltzville Lake	8/23	Ckn Liver	2 lb. 1 oz.	16	-
Tristan Fleet	Butler	Lake Wilhelm	5/31	Maggot	1 lb. 11 oz.	13.50	16.50
Emily Borroni	Ellwood City	Enon Swamp	7/1	Worms	1 lb. 1 oz.	11.75	9

CATFISH, CHANNEL
Angler	Hometown	Water	Date	Bait	Weight	Length (inches)	Girth (inches)
Ken Schoemer	Bunola	Monongahela River	7/4	Catfish Bait	29 lb.	38	25
Andrew Buday	Johnstown	Lake Erie	7/22	Worm	16 lb. 2 oz.	35	19
James Rodgers	Lehighton	Beltzville Lake	7/31	Alewife	15 lb.	32	19.50
Matthew Mellert	Pen Argyl	Delaware River	7/5	Cutbait	12 lb. 3.50 oz.	29	17.50
John K. Wanger	Norristown	Schuylkill River	7/3	Worms	12 lb. 2 oz.	28	-

CATFISH, FLATHEAD
Angler	Hometown	Water	Date	Bait	Weight	Length (inches)	Girth (inches)
Thomas Keiser	Wexford	Ohio River	6/13	Live Shiner	37 lb. 8 oz.	43	21
Ryan Romanski	Media	Schuylkill River	7/14	Sunfish	32 lb. 6 oz.	43	-
Mike Gardill	Fredonia	Shenango River	8/30	Black Sucker	31 lb.	38.50	-
Stephen Killian	New Kensington	Lock And Dam #4	9/7	Live Trout	30 lb. 8 oz.	-	-
Dean M. Kestner	New Kensington	Alleghany River	8/10	Bluegill	29 lb.	39.50	-

CRAPPIE
Angler	Hometown	Water	Date	Bait	Weight	Length (inches)	Girth (inches)
Jason Wingard	Union City	Lake Leboeuf	4/20	Tube Jig	3 lb. 1 oz.	19.25	14.25
Jamie Jones	Scottdale	Mammoth Park	6/3	Spinnerbait	3 lb. 1 oz.	15.50	15
Dennis Speece Sr	Reading	Blue Marsh Lake	4/26	Ricks Bait	2 lb. 15 oz.	17.75	14.50
William J. Ferro Jr	Reading	Lake Antelaunee	4/25	Micro Spin	2 lb. 14 oz.	17.25	14
Robert Sarnese	Prospect	Lake Arthur	7/13	Minnow	2 lb. 13 oz.	17.50	14.89

DRUM, FRESHWATER (SHEEPSHEAD)
Angler	Hometown	Water	Date	Bait	Weight	Length (inches)	Girth (inches)
Mikey Doerflinger	Slippery Rock	Lake Erie	8/1	Goby	7 lb. 12.75 oz.	26	18.75
Chris Meyers	Pittsburgh	Lake Erie	7/18	Northrn King	7 lb. 4 oz.	24	18
Richard Boniconti	North East	Lake Erie	7/10	Northrn King	6 lb. 12 oz.	25	17.50
Roy Fatur	Greensburg	Lake Erie	7/14	Northrn King	6 lb. 9 oz.	24.50	16.50
David Bauchman Jr	Clearfield	Lake Erie	7/25	Nk	6 lb. 4 oz.	24.50	17

MUSKELLUNGE
Angler	Hometown	Water	Date	Bait	Weight	Length (inches)	Girth (inches)
Gary J. Cascio	Greenville	Pymatuning Lake	5/14	Minnow	55 lb.*	51	-
Gary J. Cascio	Greenville	Pymatuning	5/5	Minnow	55 lb.*	50	-
Stephen Ross	Altoona	Canoe Creek State Park	4/12	Trout	44 lb. 4 oz.	50.50	25
Charles Lauria Jr	Guys Mills	Lake Lebouf	8/16	Creepy Crawl	42 lb.	50	22.75
Larry Koprivnak	Edinburg	Pymatuning Lake	4/27	Yellow Twist	41 lb. 7 oz.	51	26.50
* Catches were not verified and fish were not submitted for consideration as a PA state record. The current state record muskellunge is 54 lb. 3 oz.

MUSKELLUNGE, TIGER
Angler	Hometown	Water	Date	Bait	Weight	Length (inches)	Girth (inches)
Nathan Zeigler	Elliottsburg	Juniata River	1/18	Firetiger Gr	33 lb. 8 oz.	46	26

PERCH, WHITE
Angler	Hometown	Water	Date	Bait	Weight	Length (inches)	Girth (inches)
James Stempka	North East	Lake Erie	8/31	Minnow	1 lb. 8 oz.	14	9.25
Gerald L. Groover	Canton	Lake Erie	8/11	Worm	1 lb. 3 oz.	13	10
Walt Jagger	Wyalusing	Lake Erie	8/11	Worm	1 lb. 2 oz.	13	10
Dana Green	Rome	Lake Erie	8/11	Worm	1 lb. 2 oz.	12.50	10.50
Brett Jagger	Le Raysville	Lake Erie	8/11	Worm	1 lb.	12.50	9.50

PERCH, YELLOW
Angler	Hometown	Water	Date	Bait	Weight	Length (inches)	Girth (inches)
Michael Martonik	Kane	East Branch Res	2/15	Shiner	2 lb. 1 oz.	15.50	11
Lucas Black	Erie	Presque Isle Bay	4/2	Black Ant	2 lb.	14	11
Matthew A. Crager	Wormleysburg	Raystown Lake	5/25	Alewife	2 lb.	15	-
Austin Schroll	Girard	Lake Erie	7/7	Minnow	1 lb. 11 oz.	14.75	11
Gary Amboyer	North East	Lake Erie	7/1	Minnow	1 lb. 11 oz.	15	11

PICKEREL, CHAIN
Angler	Hometown	Water	Date	Bait	Weight	Length (inches)	Girth (inches)
Rich Robinson	Jermyn	Lake Lackawanna	2/8/2009	Live Minnow	7 lb. 6 oz.	28.50	-
Perry S. Focht	Blandon	Lake Ontelaune	1/26	Minnow	5 lb. 2 oz.	26	12
Kevin J. Long	Bernville	Lake Wallenpaupack	2/3	Large Shiner	4 lb. 5 oz.	25	12.25
Barry Buchecker	Neffs	Beltsville Dam	5/31	3" Shad Worm	4 lb. 5 oz.	29	14
David Hunsicker	Palmerton	Leaser Lake	10/3	Zara Spook	4 lb. 3 oz.	25.50	-

PIKE, NORTHERN
Angler	Hometown	Water	Date	Bait	Weight	Length (inches)	Girth (inches)
Shaun McGurgon	Pittsburgh	Allegheny River	9/20	Xrap	21 lb.	46	20
Dan Phillips	Kane	Allegheny Reservoir	1/27	Shiner	18 lb. 8 oz.	39	17
William James Shoop	Verona	Allegheny River	6/16	Worm	14 lb. 3 oz.	44	-
Charles T. Evans	Jefferson Hills	Laurel Hill Lake	7/17	Torpedo	11 lb. 9 oz.	35.50	-
Thomas Iivari	West Chester	Lake Marburg	10/31	Minnow	-	46.50	19

SALMON, PINK
Angler	Hometown	Water	Date	Bait	Weight	Length (inches)	Girth (inches)
Todd Whitermoyer	Morgantown, WV	Elk Creek	10/5	Wollybugger	4 lb. 2 oz.	25	14

SAUGER
Angler	Hometown	Water	Date	Bait	Weight	Length (inches)	Girth (inches)
Rick Young	Wexford	Ohio River	5/26	Crankbait	2 lb. 5 oz.	19	-
Katie Prince	Aliquippa	Raccoon Creek	6/16	Jig	-	14.50	-
Paul Rosa	Aliquippa	Raccoon Creek	11/3	Little Big O	-	20	-

SHAD, AMERICAN
Angler	Hometown	Water	Date	Bait	Weight	Length (inches)	Girth (inches)
Perry S. Focht	Blandon	Delaware	4/25	Fluttr Spoon	-	24	-

SUCKERS
Angler	Hometown	Water	Date	Bait	Weight	Length (inches)	Girth (inches)
Peyton Kline	New Cumberland	Susquehanna River	2/18	Ckn Liver	2 lb. 11 oz.	19.13	-
Logan D. Rickley	Johnstown	Tionesta Creek	7/6	Red Worm	2 lb. 8 oz.	20	-
Regan Kline	New Cumberland	Susquehanna River	2/18	Ckn Liver	1 lb. 14 oz.	17.50	-
John Pendleton Jr	Brockway	Toby	5/3	Red Worm	-	19.25	12.50
Mark W. Anderson	Home	Allegheny River	7/14	Nightcrawler	-	20	14

TROUT, BROOK
Angler	Hometown	Water	Date	Bait	Weight	Length (inches)	Girth (inches)
Richard A. Waitkus	Vandergrift	Beaver Run	5/12	Salted Minno	5 lb. 7 oz.	20	13
Steven Long	Hartleton	Moose Creek	5/5	Corn	5 lb. 4 oz.	20.63	14.75
James A. Wrightsman	Cortland, OH	The Branch	4/19	Minnow	5 lb.	19.50	14
Mark R. Clepper	Newville	Yellow Breeches	9/1	Butter Worm	4 lb. 9 oz.	21.12	-
Albert Szwedko	Pittsburgh	West Hickory Creek	4/19	Minnow	4 lb. 7 oz.	18.25	13

TROUT, BROWN
Angler	Hometown	Water	Date	Bait	Weight	Length (inches)	Girth (inches)
Herb Wagner	Warren	Walnut Creek	1/18	Pink Egg Sac	13 lb.	30	18
Holman Hal James	Williamsport	Walnut Creek	11/16	Wolly Bugger	11 lb. 7 oz.	26.50	16.33
Bill Larosa	Melcroft	Indian Creek	10/12	Nightcrawler	10 lb. 2 oz.	27.50	16.50
Chuck Roman	Bentleyville	Elk Creek	2/9	Spoon	9 lb. 8 oz.	28.50	15.25
David E. Kremer	Bradford	Walnut Creek	10/25	Mini Foo	9 lb. 6 oz.	26	16.50

TROUT, GOLDEN RAINBOW
Angler	Hometown	Water	Date	Bait	Weight	Length (inches)	Girth (inches)
David Hunsicker	Palmerton	Maiden Creek	3/29	Spinner	12 lb. 3 oz.	28	18
Christopher Vogel	Emmaus	Jordan Creek	3/30	Bread	11 lb. 2 oz.	28	16
Tyler Palladino	Bechtelsville	Jordan Creek	3/29	Crappy Jig	11 lb. 1 oz.	29	18
Thomas Kram	Albrightsville	Little Lehigh Creek	3/29	Yellow Power	10 lb. 11 oz.	29	17.25
Gary Walthour	North Huntingdon	Loyal Hanna	4/13	Nt Crawl	10 lb. 7 oz.	29	17.50

TROUT, LAKE
Angler	Hometown	Water	Date	Bait	Weight	Length (inches)	Girth (inches)
Brad Spring	Meadville	Lake Erie	5/10	Glo Frog	25 lb. 3 oz.	39	22.50
Nicholas Peters	North East	Lake Erie	4/20	Stinger	20 lb. 3 oz.	36.50	23
John R. Millburn	Pittsburgh	Lake Erie	5/10	Spoon	15 lb. 8 oz.	33.25	18.25
Larry Snavely	Warren	Lake Erie	4/27	Spoon	-	30.25	-
Mike Bleech	Warren	Lake Erie	4/27	Spoon	-	30.75	-

TROUT, RAINBOW
Angler	Hometown	Water	Date	Bait	Weight	Length (inches)	Girth (inches)
George H. Wagner	Carlisle	Yellow Breeches Creek	10/1	Worm	13 lb. 6 oz.	27	-
Billy Eash	Johnstown	Youghigheny River	10/18	Salmon Egg	13 lb. 1 oz.	31	19.50
Tammi Hall	Orrtanna	Opossum Creek	4/20	Powerbait	11 lb. 2 oz.	27.25	18.50
Bruce Kramm	Bethlehem	Jordon Creek	8/8	Minnow	10 lb. 1	26.50	22.50
Bruce Kramm	Bethlehem	Jordan Creek	10/30	Bread	10 lb.	24	-

TROUT, STEELHEAD
Angler	Hometown	Water	Date	Bait	Weight	Length (inches)	Girth (inches)
William C. Reay	Herminie	Elk	10/18	Jig	14 lb. 8 oz.	32	19
Eric C. Rupert	Cheswick	Elk Creek	11/22	Suckerspawn	14 lb. 6 oz.	32.50	19.50
Nathan Lechene	Bolivar	20 Mile Creek	10/16	Egg Sac	14 lb. 3 oz.	35	18.75
John Pulice	Bridgeport, WV	Walnut Creek	12/25	Minnow	14 lb. 2 oz.	33	18.25
William Rethi	Marion Center	Walnut Creek	11/15	Minnow	13 lb. 13 oz.	33	19

WALLEYE
Angler	Hometown	Water	Date	Bait	Weight	Length (inches)	Girth (inches)
David B. Hege	Pinnacle, NC	Lake Erie	7/15	Worms	13 lb. 4 oz.	34.50	19
Scott Kemp	Cranesville	Alleghney River	3/10	Jig	12 lb. 7 oz.	30.50	19.25
Dean M. Kestner	New Kensington	Allegheny River	11/16	Sup Shad Rap	12 lb. 4 oz.	30	18.75
Steven E. Butcheck	Venango	Ppg Industrial Park La	6/3	Spinner Bait	12 lb. 3 oz.	29.50	17.25
Kevin D. Ceraso	Lower Burrell	Allegheny River	10/19	Earth Worm	12 lb. 1	31.75	18.50

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