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How does your catch measure up to those of others?
Click on the All Time Records button to display the largest recorded fish caught since Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department started tracking Record Fish in 1969
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Narrow down your search by filling in one or more of the choices above and click on the Search button.
You may enter partial information for Lake or Stream
ie: For Lake Champlain, you may simply enter champ.
How do I enter a state record fish?
- Check the All Time Records database to see how your fish measures up to the largest recorded fish.
- Fill out a Vermont State Record Fish Entry Form, available at Fish & Wildlife offices statewide and from state Game Wardens
or download a copy from our website
- Entry Rules
- Fish must be weighed on state inspected scales, any market scales are suggested.
- Length and girth measurements and a photo of the fish are required.
- The body of water where the fish was caught must be listed.
- A department fisheries biologist must inspect the fish.
- The fish must be fresh or frozen when inspected. Mounted fish will not do.
- Entry forms and photo must be submitted within six months of the capture date.
- Listed below are the fish species eligible for the State Record Fish Program:
| Eligible Fish Species List |
| Species | Current State Record |
| American Eel | 6 lbs 4 oz |
| American Shad | No Record Established |
| Bass, Largemouth | 10 lbs 4 oz |
| Bass, Rock | 2 lbs 0 oz |
| Bass, Smallmouth | 6 lbs 13 oz |
| Bluegill | 1 lbs 9.3 oz |
| Bowfin | 14 lbs 8 oz |
| Bullhead | 3 lbs 6 oz |
| Burbot | 8 lbs 13 oz |
| Carp | 42 lbs 7.4 oz |
| Channel Catfish | 35 lbs 14.7 oz |
| Cisco (Lake Herring) | No Record Established |
| Crappie, Black and White | 3 lbs 8.5 oz |
| Fallfish | 2 lbs 5 oz |
| Freshwater Drum | 20 lbs 7.4 oz |
| Gar, Longnose | 18 lbs 12 oz |
| Muskellunge | 38 lbs 3.5 oz |
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| Species | Current State Record |
| Northern Pike | 30 lbs 8 oz |
| Perch, White | 2 lbs 2.9 oz |
| Perch, Yellow | 2 lbs 2 oz |
| Pickerel, Chain | 6 lbs 4 oz |
| Pike-Pickerel Hybrid | 8 lbs 7 oz |
| Pumpkinseed Sunfish | 1 lbs 4 oz |
| Salmon, Landlocked Atlantic | 12 lbs 10.4 oz |
| Smelt, Rainbow | 12 oz |
| Sucker, Redhorse | 10 lbs 3.5 oz |
| Sucker, White and Longnose | 6 lbs 5.4 oz |
| Trout, Brook | 5 lbs 12 oz |
| Trout, Brown | 22 lbs 2.5 oz |
| Trout, Lake | 35 lbs 3.2 oz |
| Trout, Rainbow | 13 lbs 12 oz |
| Walleye | 14 lbs 8.8 oz |
| Whitefish, Lake | 9 lbs 7 oz |
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