LOWA Fish Records
P.O. Box 8571
Clinton, LA 70722-8571

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DIVISIONS:
Fly Fishing Pond Rod & Reel

Fly Fishing

Amberjack, Greater Barracuda, Great Bass, Hybrid Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, Spotted Bass, White Jack, Black Runner, Blue Bluefish Bluegill Tunny, Little Buffalo, Bigmouth Buffalo, Smallmouth Catfish, Blue Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Gafftopsail Chub, Bermuda Cobia Crappie, Black Crappie, White Crevalle, Jack Dolphin Drum, Black Drum, Freshwater Drum, Red Flounder, Southern Gar, Spotted Ladyfish Mackerel, King Mackerel, Spanish Pickerel, Chain Pompano, Florida Rainbow Runner Sunfish, Redear Sheepshead Snapper, Grey Snapper, Red Spadefish, Atlantic Tarpon Tripletail Seatrout, Spotted Tuna, Blackfin Tuna, Yellowfin Wahoo Kingfish, Southern Shark, Blacktip Amberjack, Greater Seriola dumerili Weight(Lbs.) Angler's Name Location Caught Date Caught 43.13* Tony Fontenot Gulf of Mexico - South Timbalier Blocks April 15, 2004 38.06* Dr. Lee H. Grafton Gulg of Mexico at South Timbalier Blks April 15, 2004 25.45* Frank Genusa, Jr. Gulf of Mexico - Midnight Lumps April 10, 2004 23.25* Roger del Rio Gulf of Mexico at the Main Pass March 25, 2003 17.20* Gary Parrish Gulf of Mexico - Main Pass Block 313B March 25, 2003 Barracuda, Great Spyyraena barracuda Weight(Lbs.) Angler's Name Location Caught Date Caught 18.38* John Harry Hebert Gulf of Mexico - Green Canyon Blk. 184 July 19, 2003 7.98* Harry Hebert Gulf of Mexico - East Flower Gardens July 3, 2004 6.38* Joseph J. Cerise Gulf of Mexico - URSA August 3, 2002 Bass, Hybrid Striped Morone saxatilis x Morone chrysops Weight(Lbs.) Angler's Name Location Caught Date Caught 5.13* Robert Wells Unknown November 1994 4.31* Randy Lewis Unknown October 1994 Bass, Largemouth Micropterus salmoides Weight(Lbs.) Angler's Name Location Caught Date Caught 8.75 Vernon H. Sonnier Unknown March 1979 8.50 Nesbitt H. Hargood, III Unknown April 1971 7.38 Dr. James W. Lorio Unknown December 1975 7.19 Roland Thibodeaux Unknown March 1976 7.00 Rene J. Russo Unknown April 1976 6.69 Gordon L. King, Sr. Unknown October 1965 6.50 J.S. Drew Unknown June 1962 6.50* Norman Davidson, Jr. Lacassine Nat. Wildlife Refuge September 1998 6.38 Leonard Kleinpeter Unknown March 1982 6.25 William I. Lake, Jr. Unknown March 1981 Bass, Spotted(aka Kentucky Bass) Micropterus punctulatus Weight(Lbs.) Angler's Name Location Caught Date Caught 2.25* Pete Cooper, Jr. Unknown June 1992 Bass, White Morone chrysops Weight(Lbs.) Angler's Name Location Caught Date Caught 2.94* Randy Lewis Unknown September 1994 Jack, Black Caranx lugubris Weight(Lbs.) Angler's Name Location Caught Date Caught 0.84* Donald Douglas Unknown June 1995 Runner, Blue Caranx crysos Weight(Lbs.) Angler's Name Location Caught Date Caught 2.00* Jack R. Little Mississippi Canyon June 30, 2001 Bluefish Pomatomus saltatrix Weight(Lbs.) Angler's Name Location Caught Date Caught 3.60* Chip Metz,M.D. Unknown November 2, 2000 3.25* Victor Tedesco, III, M.D. Gulf of Mexico off of Southwest Pass August 24, 2001 3.20* David Coignet Southwest Pass October 17, 2000 3.13* Victor Tedesco, III, M.D. Grand Isle September 1999 3.06* Larry Twiner Grand Isle September 1999 Bluegill - New Category 1994 Lepomis macrochirus Weight(Lbs.) Angler's Name Location Caught Date Caught 1.64* Tony Boatwright Kincaid Lake October 1999 Tunny, Little Euthynnus alletteratus Weight(Lbs.) Angler's Name Location Caught Date Caught 16.90* Kevin Natali West Cameraon Blks June 19, 2004 14.25* Victor Tedesco, III MD Gulf of Mexico - Mississippi Canyon June 26, 2001 13.59* Victor Tedesco, III, M.D. Southwest Pass September 1997 12.25* David Coignet Gulf of Mexico - Mississippi Canyon June 26, 2001 11.38* Victor Tedesco, III MD Gulf of Mexico - Mississippi Canyon June 26, 2001 10.38* Chip Young Unknown June 1993 10.30* Kevin Natali Calcasieu Pass Buoy #14 July 21, 2004 9.72* Bubby Douglas Gulf of Mexico June 1997 9.69* David Coignet Gulf of Mexico - Mississippi Canyon June 26, 2001 9.38* Capt. Will Drost West Cameron Blk. 253A June 1997 Buffalo, Bigmouth - New Category - 2001 Ictiobus cyprinellus Weight(Lbs.) Angler's Name Location Caught Date Caught 4.29* Jay Boe Fountain Bayou, Baton Rouge, LA. June 18, 2001 Buffalo, Smallmouth - New Category - 2005 Ictiobus bubalus Weight(Lbs.) Angler's Name Location Caught Date Caught 12.06* Robert Wells Unknown Sept. 1994 Catfish, Blue Ictalurus furcatus Weight(Lbs.) Angler's Name Location Caught Date Caught 23.25* Robert Wells Unknown November 1994 Catfish, Flathead - New Category 1994 Pylodictis olivaris Weight(Lbs.) Angler's Name Location Caught Date Caught 0.00 None in Category None in Category None in Category Catfish, Gafftopsail - New Category 2000 Bagre marinus Weight(Lbs.) Angler's Name Location Caught Date Caught 6.00* David Coignet Southwest Pass October 17, 2000 5.20* Chip Metz,M.D. Unknown November 2, 2000 5.11* Larry Twiner Four Bayous,Grand Isle October 15, 2000 Chub, Bermuda Kyphosus sectatrix Weight(Lbs.) Angler's Name Location Caught Date Caught 4.31* Theda Little Mississippi Canyon June 30, 2001 3.00* Jack R. Little Mississippi Canyon June 30, 2001 2.33* Ransome Little Mississippi Canyon June 30, 2001 2.28* Susan K. Gros West Delta Block 152 August 6, 2000 2.19* Jack R. Little Mississippi Canyon June 30, 2001 2.18* Susan K. Gros West Delta Block 152 August 6, 2000 Cobia Rachycentron canadum Weight(Lbs.) Angler's Name Location Caught Date Caught 57.50* Rob Blaine West Delta Blk. 40 July 9, 2000 53.56* Robert Lummis, Jr. Off of Grand Isle April 2000 46.00* Bubby Rodriguez West Delta Blk. 58 July 1998 45.35* Pete V. Cooper, Jr. West Delta Blk. 49 October 2001 41.50* Pete V. Cooper, Jr. 1994 Fish of the Year Unknown September 1994 32.31* Victor Tedesco, III MD Off of Grand Isle August 27, 2000 24.60* Kevin Natali Calcasieu Pass, Buoy #22 September 27, 2003 21.50* Leanne Heaton West Delta April 1996 19.19* Victor Tedesco, III MD Mississippi Canyon June 26, 2001 15.94* J. Harry Hebert Unknown July 1994 Crappie, Black - New Category 1994 Pomoxis nigromaculatus Weight(Lbs.) Angler's Name Location Caught Date Caught 2.23* Tony Boatwright Kincaid Lake February 2000 1.76* Robert "Bob" Wells Bayou Cheramie January 7, 2005 1.50* Kevin Cormier False River February 2000 1.46* Glen Cormier Old River September 1997 Crappie, White - New Category 1994 Pomoxis annularis Weight(Lbs.) Angler's Name Location Caught Date Caught 1.74* Bill Stall Cypress Lake Dam May 1999 Crevalle, Jack Caranx hippos Weight(Lbs.) Angler's Name Location Caught Date Caught 30.56* Theda Little 2002 Fish of the Year - Fly Fishing Gulf of Mexico off off Fourchon April 4, 2002 29.75* Nick Lease Blk. 21 June 1998 28.75* Olen C. Bryant, Jr. Bay Long Pass March 2, 2006 28.20* Kevin Natali Calcasieu Pass / Buoy #6 July 2003 27.00* David Coignet Off of Grand Isle, LA. April 27, 2003 25.50* Victor Tedesco, III, M.D. Grand Isle August 2005 25.10* Alwyn J. Justrabo, Jr. Grand Bayou (Port Sulphur, LA.) March 12, 2003 24.25* Victor Tedesco, III, MD Mississippi Canyon June 26, 2001 24.12* Victor Tedesco, III, M.D. Gulf of Mexico at Grand Isle Block 17 April 27, 2003 23.25* David Coignet Beach front at Grand Isle, LA April 15, 2003 Dolphin Coryphaena hippurus Weight(Lbs.) Angler's Name Location Caught Date Caught 29.37* Victor Tedesco, III, M.D. Unknown May 1993 27.00* Theda Little Gulf of Mexico - Mississippi Canyon Blocks July 3, 2004 25.45* Jeffery D. Pierce Gulf of Mexico - Ocean America Floater Rig July 30, 2003 21.00* Gary E. Parrish, Jr. Gulf of Mexico at West Delta Block 144 June 22, 2003 18.25* David Coignet Gulf of Mexico - Mississippi Canyon June 26, 2001 13.50* Scott Avanzino 70 miles south of South Pass May 1999 10.20* Kevin Natali Calcasieu, Buoy #14 July 21, 2004 4.31* Scott Henry Unknown July 1994 Drum, Black Pogonias cromis Weight(Lbs.) Angler's Name Location Caught Date Caught 54.55* Tom Stevenson Hopedale February 18, 2006 51.38* F.H. "Chip" Metz Gulf of Mexico off of Grand Isle, LA. June 19, 2003 49.00* Stephen M. Robert Bayou Dularge (Taylor Bayou) April 10, 2004 45.00* Mark Markmann Meagan's Flat outside of Port Sulphur July 30, 2006 42.63* Susan K. Gros Little Lake, Lafitte, LA July 1999 39.38* David Coignet Marshes of Grand Isle May 19, 2003 38.25* Mark Markmann IGFA World Record - 4 Pound Tippet Hanna's Flat, Port Sulphur July 2005 38.00* Ron Begnaud Calcasieu Estuary August 11, 2003 38.00* Capt. Rich Waldner Gulf of Mexico at the Shell Island Breaks February 24, 2003 37.50* Victor Tedesco, III, M.D. Mendicant Island, Grand Isle May 24, 2003 Drum, Freshwater Aplodinotus grunniens Weight(Lbs.) Angler's Name Location Caught Date Caught 6.67* Robert G. Cormier Unknown April 1994 Drum, Red(aka Redfish) Sciaenops ocellatus Weight(Lbs.) Angler's Name Location Caught Date Caught 41.62* Conway X. Bowman New IGFA World Record - 2004 Hopedale January 2004 38.10* Kevin Natali LOWA 2005 Fish of the Year - Fly Fishing Lake Calcasieu March 2005 36.00* Pete V. Cooper, Jr. E. Jetty Southwest Pass November 1997 33.67* James Smith, Jr. New IGFA World Record - 8# Tippet - 2006 Hopedale November 2006 31.13* Leland Ledet Lake Pelto February 1, 2003 30.88* David Coignet Four Bayous - Grand Isle, LA April 15, 2003 30.69* Rudolph Hall, Jr. Grand Gosier Is. March 1998 30.25* Lance Ledet Pelican Bayou / Terrebonne November 11, 2000 30.00* Alwyn J. Justrabo, Jr. Near Port Sulphur November 12, 2003 29.88* Victor Tedesco, III. MD. Gulf of Mexico - Sandy Point Rigs July 17, 2001 Flounder, Southern Paralichthys lethostigma Weight(Lbs.) Angler's Name Location Caught Date Caught 7.21* Dr. James J. LaNasa Unknown December 1994 5.73* Tom Fouquet Lake Borgne May 1998 2.67* Bennet deBoisblanc Unknown July 1993 2.52* Victor Tedesco, III, M.D. Grand Isle May 1998 2.44* Larry Twiner Unknown September 14, 2000 2.20* David Coignet Lil Deuce, near Theriot, LA.. May 10, 2001 Gar, Spotted Lepisosteus oculatus Weight(Lbs.) Angler's Name Location Caught Date Caught 6.18* Charles John Hages Pontchatolawa Bayou (Covington, LA.) July 8, 2002 2.32* Jay Boe Harvey Canal June 2000 Ladyfish Elops saurus Weight(Lbs.) Angler's Name Location Caught Date Caught 3.50* David Coignet Southwest Pass September 29, 2002 2.31* Victor Tedesco III, M.D. Grand Isle September 15, 2000 2.25* Victor Tedesco III, M.D. Grand Isle September 15, 2000 2.12* Kurt Loup Fourchon Surf August 1996 2.06* David Coignet Gulf of Mexico - West Delta Blocks June 26, 2001 1.94* Victor Tedesco, III, M.D. Grand Isle September 1999 1.94* Larry Twiner Grand Isle September 15, 2000 Mackerel, King Scomberomorus cavalla Weight(Lbs.) Angler's Name Location Caught Date Caught 36.00* Pete Cooper, Jr. Southwest Pass December 1995 13.65* Kevin Natali Gulf of Mexico at West Cameron Blk 181 July 3, 2004 11.69* Capt. Will Drost West Cameron Blk. 253A June 1997 10.98* Dennis Vidrine Unknown July 1994 9.00* Victor Tedesco, III, M.D. Southwest Pass September 1997 Mackerel, Spanish Scomberomorus maculatus Weight(Lbs.) Angler's Name Location Caught Date Caught 7.40* David Coignet Southwest Pass October 18, 2000 6.25* Larry Twiner Grand Isle September 1999 4.94* David Coignet Gulf of Mexico - West Delta Blocks August 24, 2002 4.31* Victor Tedesco, III. MD. Boom Rigs July 7, 2001 4.15* Kevin Natali Calcasieu Pass - Buoy #14 July 21, 2004 3.95* Kevin Natali Calcasieu Pass - Buoy #14 July 21, 2004 3.88* David Coignet Grand Isle August 27, 2000 3.81* Dennis Vidrine Unknown July 1994 3.75* Larry Twiner Grand Isle September 1999 3.69* Victor Tedesco, III, M.D. Grand Isle September 1999 Pickerel, Chain Esox niger Weight(Lbs.) Angler's Name Location Caught Date Caught 1.27* Ardes Johnson Hardwater Lake, near Jena, LA April 1, 2002 Pompano, Florida Trachinotus carolinus Weight(Lbs.) Angler's Name Location Caught Date Caught 2.62* Victor Tedesco, III, M.D. Gulf of Mexico - Sandy Point Rigs July 2004 2.17* Roger del Rio Bay Marchand - Gulf of Mexico April 26, 2003 1.94* David Coignet Grand Isle August 27, 2000 1.31* David L. Coignet Gulf of Mexico - Ship Shoal Rigs September 2001 Rainbow Runner Elagatis bipinnulata Weight(Lbs.) Angler's Name Location Caught Date Caught 9.67* Susan K. Gros Mars Platform July 1999 5.06* Joseph J. Cerise Gulf of Mexico - URSA August 3, 2002 Sunfish, Redear(aka Chinquapin, Shellcracker) Lepomis microlophus Weight(Lbs.) Angler's Name Location Caught Date Caught 0.88* Joseph N. Bourgeois, III Bayou Black April 2005 Sheepshead Archosargus probatocephalus Weight(Lbs.) Angler's Name Location Caught Date Caught 7.82* Tony Kirk A site near Hopedale, LA January 7, 2006 7.75* Paul Wagner Bay Eloi July 20, 2004 6.00* Mark Skinner Back bay Elmer's Is. May 1998 5.94* Robert J. Korose Grand Isle, at the rocks at buoy 13 July 30, 2006 4.78* Glen "Catch" Cormier Lake Palourde June 1997 4.50* Victor Tedesco, III, M.D. Mendicant Island, Grand Isle March 8, 2003 4.13* Theda Little Leesville marshes March 29, 2002 3.88* R. Luke Bordelon, MD Gulf of Mexico, Fourchon March 3, 2001 3.68* Roger del Rio Airplane Lk/Myrtle Grove August 1997 3.31* Victor Tedesco, III, MD Grand Isle July 3, 2000 Snapper, Grey(aka Mangrove Snapper) Lutjanus griseus Weight(Lbs.) Angler's Name Location Caught Date Caught 9.59* Jeffery D. Pierce Gulf of Mexico - Ship Shoal Rigs May 10, 2004 9.30* Susan Gros Gulf of Mexico - South Timbalier Blocks July 15, 2002 9.19* Jeffrey D. Pierce Gulf of Mexico - Ship Shoal Rigs May 10, 2004 7.56* Jeffrey D. Pierce Gulf of Mexico - Ship Shoal Rigs May 10, 2004 6.88* Susan Gros Gulf of Mexico - South Timbalier Blocks July 15, 2002 6.00* Kevin Greve Gulf of Mexico - South Timbalier Block July 15, 2002 2.31* David Coignet Gulf of Mexico - West Delta Blocks June 26, 2001 Snapper, Red Lutjanus campechanus Weight(Lbs.) Angler's Name Location Caught Date Caught 22.00* Susan Gros Gulf of Mexico - Ship Shoal Block 204 May 10, 2004 11.25* Arthur C. Seale, DVM 14 miles S Rockefeller Refuge March 1996 7.50* Will Drost W. Cameron Blk. 212 February 1997 7.00* Susan Gros Gulf of Mexico - Ship Shoal Block 99 September 2001 6.15* David Coignet Gulf of Mexico - Ship Shoal Rigs September 2001 5.81* Victor Tedesco, III, M.D. S. Timbalier Blk. 112 February 1999 4.94* Will Drost W. Cameron Blk. 212 February 1997 4.00* Susan K. Gros Unknown August 6, 2000 2.56* Capt. Tommy Pellegrin Unknown September 19, 2000 2.31* Don Dubuc Unknown September 19, 2000 Spadefish, Atlantic Chaetodipterus faber Weight(Lbs.) Angler's Name Location Caught Date Caught 5.50* Scott Henry Unknown July 1994 2.69* David Coignet Gulf of Mexico - West Delta Blocks August 24, 2002 Tarpon Megalops atlanticus Weight(Lbs.) Angler's Name Location Caught Date Caught 130.00* Robert T. Cunningham, Jr. LOWA 2003 Fish of the Year Gulf of Mexico - Southwest Pass August 24, 2003 Tripletail Lobotes surinamensis Weight(Lbs.) Angler's Name Location Caught Date Caught 11.30* Pete V. Cooper, Jr. West Delta Blk. 48 September 1997 10.35* Capt. Van Joffrion Lake Borgne August 19, 2002 9.31* Ted Bercier Gulf of Mexico August 1996 6.31* Pete V. Cooper, Jr. Unknown May 1994 4.75* Ted Bercier Gulf of Mexico August 1996 3.81* Ted Bercier Gulf of Mexico August 1996 2.63* Ted Bercier Gulf of Mexico August 1996 Seatrout, Spotted(aka Speckled Trout) Cynoscion nebulosus Weight(Lbs.) Angler's Name Location Caught Date Caught 9.31* Capt. Jeff Poe Calcasieu Lake December 1996 8.62* David Coignet Grand Isle Marshes December 7, 2003 8.40* Billy J. Payton Calcasieu Lake March 2005 7.60* W. H. "Skip" Cox, II Near Venice November 11, 2003 7.50* David Coignet Catfish Lake/Lafourche Parish October 1999 7.25* Chris Dinwiddie South Pass May 17, 2001 6.88* David Coignet Grand Isle February 1999 6.75* Mark D. Wentz, III Calcasieu Lake March 2005 6.75* David Coignet Catfish Lake February 8, 2002 6.50* David Coignet Grand Isle February 1999 Tuna, Blackfin Thunnus atlanticus Weight(Lbs.) Angler's Name Location Caught Date Caught 27.00* Scott Harness Midnight Lump March 1999 25.05* Loren N. Vorlicky Midnight Lump January 1998 22.19* Joseph J. Cerise Gulf of Mexico at the Midnight Lumps February 17, 2002 20.56* Victor Tedesco, III, M.D. Gulf of Mexico - Midnight Lumps January 13, 2004 20.00* David Coignet Gulf of Mexico - Midnight Lumps January 13, 2004 20.00* Scott Harness Midnight Lump January 1998 15.50* David Coignet Gulf of Mexico - Midnight Lumps January 13, 2004 Tuna, Yellowfin Thunnus albacares Weight(Lbs.) Angler's Name Location Caught Date Caught 74.00* Richard I. Evans 2000 LOWA Fish of the Year Midnight Lump February 2000 70.35* Jeffrey D. Pierce Gulf of Mexico - Ram Powell Rig August 2004 67.00* Jack Denis, Jr. Midnight Lump February 1998 55.45* Rudolf A. Hall Unknown February 7, 2001 44.95* Roger del Rio Gulf of Mexico - MC 582 April 10, 2004 22.50* Pete V. Cooper, Jr. West Delta Blk. 143 May 1996 Wahoo Acanthocybium solandri Weight(Lbs.) Angler's Name Location Caught Date Caught 1.95* Roger del Rio Gulf of Mexico - MC 243 November 15, 2003 Kingfish, Southern - New Category 2002 Mentiairrhus americanus Weight(Lbs.) Angler's Name Location Caught Date Caught 1.13* Victor Tedesco, III, M.D. Four Bayous (Grand Isle, LA) April 14, 2002 Shark, Blacktip - New Category 2000 Carcharhinus limbatus Weight(Lbs.) Angler's Name Location Caught Date Caught 11.88* David L. Coignet Grand Isle August 27, 2000

Pond

Bass, Largemouth Bluegill Crappie, White Sunfish, Redear Bass, Largemouth Micropterus salmoides Weight(Lbs.) Angler's Name Location Caught Date Caught 13.50* Mark Leicher Waldheim, LA pond March 1999 12.98* Robert J. Habisreitinger Crane Lake, Bush, LA February 21, 2001 12.81* Timmy Jay Kleinpeter Unknown February 1995 12.03* Mike Belanger Unknown March 1995 11.71* W. Allen Saba Unknown February 1996 11.66* Reed Vial Baton Rouge Private Pond March 2006 10.87* Mark M. Howard Unknown July 31, 2000 9.43* Roger Conner Unknown August 1994 Bluegill - New Category 1994 Lepomis macrochirus Weight(Lbs.) Angler's Name Location Caught Date Caught 1.25* Walter J. Vaughan Private Pond in Greensburg April 11, 2004 1.10* Julius "Butch" Johnson Private Pond, DeRidder, LA JUne 2007 1.07* Chaz Messina Private Pond May 2007 Crappie, White - New Category 1994 Pomoxis annularis Weight(Lbs.) Angler's Name Location Caught Date Caught 3.68* Peggy Harmon Private Pond, Hornbeck, LA May 2005 3.45* Cowboy Kress La Pay E. Bas, Eunice March 2008 2.78* Christina Gault Cullen Pond March 24, 2002 2.65* Keith Schwab Private Lake March 2003 Sunfish, Redear(aka Chinquapin, Shellcracker) Lepomis microlophus Weight(Lbs.) Angler's Name Location Caught Date Caught 2.31* Lee J. Trahan Unknown March 1995 1.88* James Page Deer Park July 1996 1.69* Fred G. Hannie Sr. Private Pond, Lk. Charles July 1997 1.57* Joseph Lee Davis Private Pond off of Hwy. 1211, near Leesville, LA. July 9, 2003 1.49* Jeffry Brice Nickel Private Pond, Crowley, LA May 2005 1.05* Logan Alexander Knight Private Pond, Grant Parish April 27, 2002

Rod & Reel

Amberjack, Greater Barracuda, Great Bass, Hybrid Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, Spotted Bass, Striped Bass, White Jack, Black Runner, Blue Bluefish Bluegill Tunny, Little Bowfin Bream, Mixed Swordfish Buffalo, Bigmouth Buffalo, Smallmouth Carp, Common Catfish, Blue Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Gafftopsail Chub, Bermuda Cobia Crappie, Black Crappie, Mixed Crappie, White Crevalle, Jack Croaker, Atlantic Dolphin Drum, Black Drum, Freshwater Drum, Red Flounder, Southern Gar, Alligator Grouper, Gag Grouper, Warsaw Hind, Rock Jack, Horse-Eye Jack, Almaco Ladyfish Mackerel, King Mackerel, Spanish Marlin, Blue Marlin, White Sunfish, Ocean Pickerel, Chain Pickerel, Redfin Pompano, African Pompano, Florida Rainbow Runner Sunfish, Redear Sailfish Sauger Scamp Shark, Mako - Shortfin Shark, Spinner Sheepshead Snapper, Cubera Snapper, Grey Snapper, Lane Snapper, Mutton Snapper, Red Snapper, Vermillion Snapper, Yellowtail Spadefish, Atlantic Spearfish, Long Bill Stingray, Southern Tarpon Triggerfish, Queen Tripletail Seatrout, Spotted Seatrout, Sand Tuna, Blackfin Tuna, Bluefin Tuna, Skipjack Tuna, Yellowfin Wahoo Warmouth Grouper, Yellowfin Brotula, Bearded Grouper, Yellow Mouth Grouper, Yellowedge Grouper, Marbled Spot Tuna, Bigeye Triggerfish, Grey Catfish, Channel Bass, Yellow Amberjack, Greater Seriola dumerili Weight(Lbs.) Angler's Name Location Caught Date Caught 130.50 Mike Lane Unknown April 1977 126.25* Michael Marcello, II Gulf of Mexico at South Pass February 16, 2006 122.30* Charlie Pharr, Jr. Garden Banks August 2004 120.00 Steven Hebert Unknown September 1982 118.63 Aubrey Dauterive Unknown July 1982 114.25 Jay Davidson Unknown July 1985 113.50 Larry Hitter Unknown July 1984 109.00* John E. Lemke Garden Banks Rock September 2004 107.31* Danny Barras Vermillion Area July 2005 106.75 Milton J. Mouton Unknown August 1975 Barracuda, Great Spyyraena barracuda Weight(Lbs.) Angler's Name Location Caught Date Caught 50.00 A.C. Mills Unknown August 1970 48.50 Rhonda Green Unknown July 1981 48.00 Dr. T. Kramer Unknown October 1975 47.75* Clarence Foret, Jr. Off Grand Isle - Block 76 June 30, 2001 47.50 Lester L. Jay Unknown August 1972 47.50* Dennis L. Henry, DDS Gulf of Mexico at Main Pass Block 300 April 27, 2003 46.00 Peter E. LaRosa, Jr. Unknown August 1988 46.00* Danny Jackson Gulf of Mexico at West Delta Blk. 152 May 27, 2001 44.50 Jep. E. Turner, Jr. Unknown September 1968 44.19 Marty LaRocca Unknown August 1988 Bass, Hybrid Striped Morone saxatilis x Morone chrysops Weight(Lbs.) Angler's Name Location Caught Date Caught 16.25* William D. Hungerford Lake Pontchartrain February 2000 15.21* Tadd R. Jennings Toledo Bend May 1992 15.00 Richard Thompsom Toledo Bend June 1993 14.00* William D. Hungerford Lake Pontchartrain March 1994 13.94 Daniel Milner Caddo Lake February 1990 12.87 Marty Curtis Lake Claiborne April 1990 11.75 J.D. Murphy Toledo Bend March 1979 11.26* Marty Curtis Lake Claiborne June 1993 11.13* Jimmy Doiron False River March 2005 10.60* William D. Hungerford Pass Manchac February 1996 Bass, Largemouth Micropterus salmoides Weight(Lbs.) Angler's Name Location Caught Date Caught 15.97* Greg Wiggins Caney Lake February 1994 15.54* Tommy Foster Caney Lake February 1993 15.53* Fred Kennedy Caney Lake October 1993 15.42* Bryan Smith Caney Lake March 1993 15.38* Thomas J. Robertson Baton Rouge University Lk June 1992 15.33* Johnny Harper Caney Lake July 1996 15.31* Ed Stellner D'Arbonne Lake February 2000 15.15* Chris Roberts Caney Lake February 1995 15.05* Brett Fontenot Miller's Lake March 1998 14.87* Keith Stokes Caney Lake May 1994 Bass, Spotted(aka Kentucky Bass) Micropterus punctulatus Weight(Lbs.) Angler's Name Location Caught Date Caught 4.88 Vernon C. Johnson, Jr. Tickfaw Rv. August 1976 4.50 Jeff L. Pierre Unknown December 1988 4.38 Jim Farr Unknown February 1976 4.38 Dalton T. Fayard Unknown April 1976 4.25 Ben M. Strange, Jr. Unknown July 1976 4.19* Dr. Carroll Perkins Unknown October 1949 4.00 Bill Varnado Unknown March 1978 3.94 Charles J. Kennedy Unknown May 1976 3.94 Pincus J. Granat, Jr. Unknown March 1988 3.88 Jeff Hughes Unknown November 1975 Bass, Striped Morone saxatilis Weight(Lbs.) Angler's Name Location Caught Date Caught 47.50 James L. Taylor Toledo Bend August 1991 44.50 Daniel F. Thompson Unknown May 1990 38.75* Larry Simmons Unknown September 1992 38.25 Anthony Clemens Toledo Bend June 1988 37.00 John E. Dowden Unknown September 1983 33.50 Robert L. Frisby Unknown April 1982 33.19 James Kent, Jr. Unknown February 1980 32.75 Mrs. Gloria Andrus Unknown April 1979 32.05* Ronnie Treuil Old River Locks March 2005 30.56 Charles Slaughter, Jr. Unknown April 1982 Bass, White Morone chrysops Weight(Lbs.) Angler's Name Location Caught Date Caught 4.13 Randy L. Dubuc Unknown February 1986 3.88 Sam Parrish Unknown February 1969 3.69* Gale H. Gleason Sabine River February 1998 3.50 Kenny DeJean Unknown February 1986 3.26* Patricia Tolbird/Turner Poverty Point, Delhi March 4, 2004 3.25* Stephen Guerin Unknown February 1995 3.19 M.L. Rabb Unknown August 1985 3.12* Mark H. Foshee Old River November 23, 2002 3.06 Linus Beard Unknown February 1978 3.00 DeWitt Cooper, Jr. Unknown August 1980 Jack, Black Caranx lugubris Weight(Lbs.) Angler's Name Location Caught Date Caught 21.31 Wayne McElveen Unknown July 1982 15.00 Bubby Palmisano Unknown August 1987 14.00 Dr. John Tassin Unknown July 1977 12.38 Jim Davidson Unknown July 1982 11.63 H.W. Busch Unknown July 1982 11.31 Rhett Pitre Unknown July 1983 11.13 Rhett Pitre Unknown July 1979 10.38 Johnny Johnson Unknown July 1983 10.25 Ruse Smith Unknown July 1983 9.88 Ruse Smith Unknown July 1983 Runner, Blue Caranx crysos Weight(Lbs.) Angler's Name Location Caught Date Caught 7.50* Keith J. Bergeron Gulf of Mexico - Block 20 July 27, 2006 7.11* Angie D. LeBlanc Grand Isle July 31, 2000 5.18* Corky Perret Gulf of Mexico - MP Blk. 299 July 2, 2002 Bluefish Pomatomus saltatrix Weight(Lbs.) Angler's Name Location Caught Date Caught 21.88 Steve Van Every Unknown July 1982 18.00 Jerry Quick Unknown June 1984 16.50 Leon Kolmaister Unknown September 1971 16.25 Joseph Steverson Unknown March 1971 15.25 Richard Soileau Unknown September 1984 14.75 Mrs. Dorothy Lane Unknown June 1972 13.50 Gary Oberg Unknown August 1974 13.06 Rodney A. Pierce Unknown March 1978 12.94 J.C. Schoust, Sr. Unknown September 1975 12.94 Tim Sabastian Unknown October 1976 Bluegill - New Category 1994 Lepomis macrochirus Weight(Lbs.) Angler's Name Location Caught Date Caught 1.61* Mike Lamb AYucatan@ off Miss. River August 1999 1.53* Kenny Cobb Caney Lake July 27, 2001 1.47* Curt Freeman D'Arbonne Bar Pit July 1998 1.44* Kenny Cobb Caney Lake July 6, 2001 1.33* Kenny Cobb Caney Lake July 29, 2001 1.26* Ralph Hammer Caney Lake September 1998 1.25* Edward J. Hebert, Sr. Big Bayou Blue (Lafourche Parish) May 30, 2004 1.14* John R. Hayden D'Arbonne Bayou May 12, 2002 Tunny, Little Euthynnus alletteratus Weight(Lbs.) Angler's Name Location Caught Date Caught 29.75 Sidney Gonsoulin Unknown July 1974 26.50 "Tebby" Daboval, Jr. Unknown July 1973 24.75 Joseph W. Gex Unknown June 1970 24.56 Stirling Couch Unknown July 1949 24.50 Erin M. Burks Unknown August 1971 24.31 Jill Bertucci Unknown August 1976 23.00 Charles Andres, III Unknown July 1949 20.00 Mrs. Les Plaisance Unknown July 1959 19.50 John Duffy, Jr. Unknown August 1977 18.00 Mark Landrieu Unknown July 1974 Bowfin(aka Choupique) Amia calva Weight(Lbs.) Angler's Name Location Caught Date Caught 20.50 Brian Fant Toledo Bend April 1976 18.94 Hollis E. Moore Unknown April 1976 17.50 Julius E. Aaron Unknown February 1973 17.00 K.R. McCullough Unknown May 1976 16.50 Ike Dunlap Unknown May 1974 16.50 Mark King Unknown August 1976 16.06 Francis J. Gautreau Unknown November 1975 15.00 Don O Unknown May 1988 14.75 Mary T. Boose Unknown April 1975 14.25 Perry Dixon Unknown June 1980 Bream, Mixed - Old category-All Bream species Lepomis macrochirus, Lepomis microlophus Weight(Lbs.) Angler's Name Location Caught Date Caught 2.50 Grant M. Kelly Lk. Bisteneau September 1959 2.50 J.W. Parker, Jr. Unknown June 1961 2.31 Lloyd G. Hoover Unknown April 1970 2.25 Tommy Frazier Unknown April 1974 2.25 J.W. Parker, Jr. Unknown May 1960 2.19 Joe Hudson Unknown June 1973 2.13 Henry C. Shaw Unknown June 1978 2.13 Otis Marshall Unknown May 1966 2.06 Dee Murphy Unknown April 1957 2.06 Kent Hollenshead Unknown June 1976 Swordfish Xiphias gladuis Weight(Lbs.) Angler's Name Location Caught Date Caught 310.00 Tom Dentin Unknown July 1980 284.50 Dr. R. Landry Unknown June 1978 247.00 Emile Charvet Unknown August 1989 211.35* Charles McIntyre, Jr. Gulf of Mexico - Mississippi Canyon Block June 25, 2005 166.75 Dr. Thomas Ellender Unknown June 1980 153.90* Jeffrey D. Pierce Gulf of Mexico - South of Venice May 10, 2004 138.75 Gerald M. Kapp Unknown October 1979 132.70* Terry K. Perkins Gulf of Mexico July 14, 2006 112.50 George Snelling, III Unknown July 1969 96.50 Leroy J. Breaux, Jr. Unknown June 1980 Buffalo, Bigmouth - New Category - 2001 Ictiobus cyprinellus Weight(Lbs.) Angler's Name Location Caught Date Caught 70.31 Delbert Sisk Bussy Brake April 1980 55.00 Donnie L. Coleman Unknown July 1981 52.00 Tommy Descant City Park, New Orleans July 1976 50.00* James Bud Baldwin Unknown June 1994 46.50 Victor Zagone, Jr. Unknown February 1971 43.50 DeVohn B. Hayes Bussey Brake December 1986 42.00 Merv LeBlanc Unknown July 1982 40.00 Ray Rhymes, Jr. Unknown July 197? 30.00 Rick Meador Unknown February 1981 26.25 Arnold Watson Unknown May 1974 Buffalo, Smallmouth - New Category - 2005 Ictiobus bubalus Weight(Lbs.) Angler's Name Location Caught Date Caught 15.00* Michael M. Cebrynski, Jr. Larto Lake June 2005 Carp, Common Cyprinus carpio Weight(Lbs.) Angler's Name Location Caught Date Caught 35.00 James D. Rodgers, Jr. Bussey Brake April 1981 33.00 James E. Strange Bussey Brake May 1971 29.50 Glenn Bond, Jr. Unknown February 1980 27.50 Edgar Coltharp, Sr. Unknown June 1975 18.64* Robert Wells Lake Palonde January 1995 16.00 Amy Ann Smith False River July 1976 15.25 G. Morgan Ford Unknown April 1976 15.00 Edgar Coltharp, Sr. Unknown June 1975 Catfish, Blue Ictalurus furcatus Weight(Lbs.) Angler's Name Location Caught Date Caught 110.19* Keith Day, Sr. 2005 LOWA Fish of the Year Mississippi River at St. Francisville April 2005 105.00* Joseph Wiggins Mississippi River June 1997 98.00 Arthur Pierre, Sr. (Blue/Albino) Mississippi River August 1987 93.00* Dwight Hendrickson (Blue) Lock #5, Red River November 2004 87.00* Jon Michael Fortenberry Mississippi River at Transylvania, LA. July 22, 2002 86.50* Brad Doughty Unknown May 1994 84.00 Tommy P. Soileau Old River Locks January 1981 78.00 Ed Deshotels Atchafalaya River August 1980 72.50* Christie Carpenter West Pearl River September 1992 69.00* David Michel Lake Des Allmands October 1992 Catfish, Flathead - New Category 1994 Pylodictis olivaris Weight(Lbs.) Angler's Name Location Caught Date Caught 95.00* Roland Lasseigne Wax Lake July 2007 66.00* Harley Rakes Red River (Shreveport side) July 1998 52.04* Michael L. Guimbellot Red River (near Poland) February 2000 50.44* Ricky Gauthier Cane River April 1998 41.00* Mrs. Joyce Engolia Irish Bayou April 1995 38.00* Bill Dickinson Cane River Lake June 1994 33.50* Lucien A. Robert Lake Cataouatche June 1975 33.13* Justin Burbank False River May 2005 31.94* Michael Wiley Bayou Decade July 1997 26.13* Cody Normand Bayou Terrebonne April 13, 2004 Catfish, Gafftopsail - New Category 2000 Bagre marinus Weight(Lbs.) Angler's Name Location Caught Date Caught 11.06* Elie Pellegrin Red Fish Bayou October 1996 6.25* Debbie Seymour Wilkerson Bayou May 26, 2001 6.08* Daniel Hebert Coup Abel October 7, 2006 Chub, Bermuda Kyphosus sectatrix Weight(Lbs.) Angler's Name Location Caught Date Caught 7.79* Prentiss Perkins, DDS Vermillion Blk. 272 June 1999 7.78* Brenda Fanguy Miss. Canyon Rig 393 August 1997 7.38* Thaddeus Marcell, Jr. Grand Canyon Blocks 5.40* David R. Melear Mississippi Canyon August 1999 5.38* Collette Foret Gulf of Mexico - Mississippi Canyon Blocks July 27, 2002 5.19* Michael D. Rieth Gulf of Mexico - South Timbalier Blk. 151 July 25, 2002 5.19* Daniel "Dano" Theriot Eugene Is. Blk. 133B May 1999 5.01 George M. Simon III Grand Isle Blocks July 2, 2000 5.00* Jason L. Kiffe Grand Isle Block 117 July 2001 4.69* Michael Marcello Grand Isle Blk. 268 May 1998 Cobia Rachycentron canadum Weight(Lbs.) Angler's Name Location Caught Date Caught 112.00* Jason Reed Unknown May 1994 106.13* Lance Schouest, Sr. Ship Shoal May 2000 105.31 Douglas Lachio Unknown May 1980 105.00* Chris Schouest South Timbalier Blk. 177 May 2000 96.00 Charlie Hardison Unknown June 1973 95.00 Jarrod Gardiner Unknown May 1987 95.00 Dr. Roger Peak Unknown September 1983 93.50* Ron Dufresne Blk. 77A S. Timbalier March 1997 93.25* Joe Schlumbrecht, III West Delta Blk. 63 June 2000 92.75* Dan Goodwin Gulf of Mexico May 2005 Crappie, Black - New Category 1994 Pomoxis nigromaculatus Weight(Lbs.) Angler's Name Location Caught Date Caught 3.55* Jodie E. Crouch, Jr. Toledo Bend March 18, 2003 3.55* Chet L. Tidwell Caney Lake February 23, 2003 3.47* Floyd Meche Lake Henderson December 18, 2003 3.33* Bobby Nola Caney Lake January 11, 2003 3.24* Bobby Nola Caney Lake January 11, 2003 3.21* Mark Thibodaux Williams Canal February 1996 3.15* Bobby Nola Caney Lake January 17, 2003 3.13* Tommy Goss Caney Lake June 1999 3.09* Bobby Nola Caney Lake January 11, 2003 2.91* Stan Martin Caney Lake May 1999 Crappie, Mixed(aka Sac-A-Lait) - Old Category Pomoxis annularis & Pomoxis nigromaculatus Weight(Lbs.) Angler's Name Location Caught Date Caught 6.00 Lettie Robertson Westwego Canal November 1969 4.25 Welzie Garrett Unknown April 1950 4.15 James Long Henderson Swamp April 1991 4.13 David Lowery Unknown April 1985 4.13 Lee Alice Martin Barrow Pits/Pineville April 1987 4.00 Ronald P. Cobbs Unknown June 1971 3.88 Tom Rosendale Unknown March 1988 3.88 Pat Cullen Unknown March 1960 3.81 Nellie Keller Unknown February 1964 3.81 John Kelly Unknown February 1986 Crappie, White - New Category 1994 Pomoxis annularis Weight(Lbs.) Angler's Name Location Caught Date Caught 3.38* B.R. Shepherd Grand Bayou Reservoir April 28, 2002 3.25* Richard C. Hart I-20 Bar Pit February 1999 3.21* David "L.D." Henry Grand Bayou March 13, 2004 3.05* Donald W. Gaspard Lake Verett April 2005 2.81* Randy Lewis Lk. Verret/Talbot Canal January 1998 2.65* Keith Schwab Private lake March 16, 2003 2.57* Michael Miller Lake Dubisson March 31, 2006 2.33* Curtis Foshee Old River November 30, 2002 2.25* Mike Brantley Near Stephensville October 17, 2003 2.12* Ned Wilson, Jr. Little Tchefuncte January 2007 Crevalle, Jack Caranx hippos Weight(Lbs.) Angler's Name Location Caught Date Caught 57.88* Leon D. Richard New IGFA All Tackle World Record, 1997 LOWA Fish of the Year Out of SW Pass August 1997 54.25 Bill Dahringer West Delta Blk. 73 August 1982 52.69 Robert Schultz, Sr. off of Empire, LA December 1985 52.50 Robert C. Buck, Sr. West Bay October 1984 52.00 S. McLaughlin W. Delta Blk. 93 Rig 73-A August 1989 51.88 Mark Belcher West Delta Blk. 93 September 1989 51.50 Glenn P. Templet Off of Grand Isle, LA June 1982 51.25 Daniel C. Ross Unknown August 1984 50.13 Robert Schultz, Sr. off of Empire, LA July 1986 47.50 Thomas C. Rhodes East Bay January 1981 Croaker, Atlantic Micropogonias undulatus Weight(Lbs.) Angler's Name Location Caught Date Caught 8.00 Douglas J. Bertrand Unknown August 1972 6.29* Bernard Kabel West Delta July 1999 6.06* Christopher M. Weaver Gulf of Mexico at West Delta Block May 19, 2001 5.38* H. Joe Turlich West Delta March 1997 5.31 Eugene Lefort, Jr. Unknown August 1970 5.31* Edward Schertler, II Blk. 299 July 1999 5.25 Eugene Lefort, Jr. Unknown October 1970 5.19 Melvin Beckes Unknown February 1978 5.18* Gordon Dalrymple Gulf of Mexico at East Bay April 20, 2002 5.13 Lloyd J. Babin Unknown October 1969 Dolphin Coryphaena hippurus Weight(Lbs.) Angler's Name Location Caught Date Caught 71.25 Robert Prest, IV Unknown June 1976 68.50* Melvin Richard, Jr. Cajun Canyon June 1993 67.00* Phillip Castro Cajun Canyon May 1993 66.31 Harris Callais Unknown June 1979 65.19 Michael Zatarain Unknown June 1991 65.00 Guy P. Cenac Unknown May 1990 63.63* Brian Mathieu West Delta Blk. 486 June 1999 62.50 Mike Pratt Unknown June 1973 61.50* John Henderson (12yrs) new IGFA Junior World Record Lat. 28.11N/Long. 88.14W May 1999 60.75 James R. Eichorn, Jr. Unknown June 1985 Drum, Black Pogonias cromis Weight(Lbs.) Angler's Name Location Caught Date Caught 79.50* Dylan Gonzales Oak Bayou May 2007 77.00 Timmy Darcey Unknown April 1975 68.00 Charles Bienvenu Unknown June 1983 66.00* Elie Pellegrin Red Fish Bayou August 1996 63.50* Carroll Domangue, Jr. Bayou Sale March 1998 62.94 Larry J. Delatte Unknown April 1990 62.50* Scotty Bollinger Whiskey Pass March 1999 62.00* David Joshlin Jettys at Cameron, LA February 1999 61.94 Walton J. Theriot Unknown June 1974 61.00 Gabe Schexnider Unknown June 1979 Drum, Freshwater Aplodinotus grunniens Weight(Lbs.) Angler's Name Location Caught Date Caught 25.08* Stephen Morgan False River April 2005 23.18* Dallas Cole Toledo Bend Reservoir February 18, 2002 21.94* Jimmy Doiron False River April 2007 21.27* Gregory Fontenot Bayou Serpent (Calcasieu Parish) June 3, 2004 20.00* Richard L. Doggett Toledo Bend March 1994 19.83* Mike Kelley, Sr. False River, New Roads, LA February 27, 2005 18.21* Mike Lelley, Sr. False River, Oscar, LA February 5, 2005 18.16* Mike Kelley, Sr. False River, New Roads, LA February 6, 2005 17.58* Jimmy Doiron False River April 23, 2004 14.00* John Pinson Lake D'Arbonne January 26, 2003 Drum, Red(aka Redfish) Sciaenops ocellatus Weight(Lbs.) Angler's Name Location Caught Date Caught 61.00* David Weber Unknown June 1992 56.50 O.L. Comish Unknown September1963 52.62* Michael Gauthreaux Little Pass (Timbalier Island) August 2005 52.13 Ira J. Brearux Unknown August 1977 52.00* Richard Allen Welch Unknown May 24, 2001 52.00* Kevin L. Stevens Southwest Pass March 29, 2002 51.50 Philip A. Robinson Unknown June 1967 51.25 Robert E. Bailey Unknown February1982 48.19* Terry St. Cyr 4 Bayou Pass July 1999 47.94 Eldon Hutchinson Unknown July 1986 Flounder, Southern Paralichthys lethostigma Weight(Lbs.) Angler's Name Location Caught Date Caught 13.06* Gary Hargis South Pass 12 mile Rigs June 12, 1998 12.13 Clarence Craig Unknown February 1969 11.50 Jeff Patout Unknown August 1981 11.06 Clarence Craig Unknown November 1967 11.00 Lee W. Coulon Unknown November 1967 11.00 George E. Stevens Unknown November 1967 11.00 Henry Schomaker Unknown December 1968 10.81* Ricky Galjour Unknown October 1993 10.75 Richard Weisen, Jr. Unknown August 1980 10.75 Mrs. J. Fousse, Jr. Unknown November 1970 Gar, Alligator Lepisosteus spatula Weight(Lbs.) Angler's Name Location Caught Date Caught 179.00* Jimmy L. Thompson Red River May 1997 134.00* James Strickland Red River May 1997 102.94* Stephen G. Landry Vermillion Bay September 2004 100.31* Michael Shawn Suriff Lake Pontchartrain June 2000 80.00* Wm. "Billy" Crawford Lake Pontchartrain June 1996 61.00 Harry D. Selsor Eden Isles, Lake Pontchartrain October 1991 52.75* Robert Wells Madison Bay, Montegut, LA September 2004 Grouper, Gag Mycteroperca microlepis Weight(Lbs.) Angler's Name Location Caught Date Caught 61.38* Mike Wyant Gulf of Mexico - West Delta August 19, 2002 55.35* Benny Burst Main Pass July 9, 2000 54.25* Andrew Wicker E. I. Block 277 June 2004 54.00* Scott Walls Gulf of Mexico - South Timbalier Blocks April 28, 2006 54.00* Malcom Migues West Cameron Blks August 25, 2001 53.59* Clarence J. Foret Gulf of Mexico - South Timbalier Block 130 May 24, 2002 51.00* William C. Smith, III Unknown July 14, 2001 50.50* Russell O'Steen Ship Shoal Block 269-B May 2, 2003 50.44* Patrick Lea South Timbalier Block July 2005 50.25* James "Cuda" Scheer E. I. Block 305B June 2004 Grouper, Warsaw Epinephelus nigritus Weight(Lbs.) Angler's Name Location Caught Date Caught 359.10* J.J. Tabor ST 308 November 2007 358.25* Ed Frekey Gulf of Mexico - West Delta Blocks December 21, 2005 288.00* Lynn D. Johnson Gulf of Mexico - West Delta Block May 30, 2002 277.20* John Tabor, Jr. Gulf of Mexico at the Ship Shoal Blocks March 8, 2003 264.50* Michael Marcello, II Ewing Banks 826 September 2007 207.40* John "JJ" Tabor, Jr. Gulf of Mexico at the Ship Shoal blocks May 21, 2003 125.00* Paul R. Miller Unknown July 1991 89.50* Ricky Solari Gulf of Mexico - West Delta Blk. 152 July 5, 2002 88.00* Dee Bruce Gulf of Mexico - West Delta Blocks May 6, 2002 72.88* Pat Parra Eugene Island Blk 296 July 1, 2000 Hind, Rock Epinephelus adscensionis Weight(Lbs.) Angler's Name Location Caught Date Caught 8.74* Prentiss Perkins, DDS. Vermillion Block 200 May 28, 2001 4.45* Bennie R. Hux Blk. 92 off SW Pass May 1999 3.50* Paul Hebert South Timbalier Block 130 July 2005 3.16* Georgie DeRoche Grand Isle Block 47 August 2005 2.81* Mike Bourgeios South Timbalier Blocks October 2007 2.50* Danny Crosby East Bay, Venice December 2007 2.19* Danny Crosby East Bay, Venice December 2007 Jack, Horse-Eye Caranx-latus Weight(Lbs.) Angler's Name Location Caught Date Caught 27.50* Chuck McCabe Gulf of Mexico - Ship Shoal Blk. 300 July 18, 2003 27.50* Rayburn Smith Ship Shoal Block 291 August 2004 27.38* Ricky Barras Gulf of Mexico - Vermillion Blk. 300 July 7, 2003 26.38* Mark Bruce Gulf of Mexico - South Timbalier Blk. 300 July 26, 2002 26.25* Austin W. Johnson Gulf of Mexico - Grand Isle Blk. 203 July 5, 2002 25.50* Randy Bluth Gulf of Mexico - Ship Shoal Block 292 July 12, 2003 25.46* Robert P. Allemand S. Timbalier Blk. 324 May 1996 25.25* Kenneth "Kenu" Romero, Jr. Ship Shoal Block 300 May 26, 2001 24.88* Jimmy "TC" Canter Eugene Island\ Blk. 300 August 1996 24.00* Daniel Scott Ship Shoal Blk.293 August 1999 Jack, Almaco Seriola rivoliana Weight(Lbs.) Angler's Name Location Caught Date Caught 50.62* Joe Hanson, II South Pass Block 62 July 2005 40.69* Timothy J. Kern South Pass Block 93 June 2005 38.02* Lance David Walker South Pass August 12, 2000 36.20* Dr. Russell O'Steen Gulf of Mexico at Ewing Banks #910 May 27, 2001 36.13* Troy Clairain West Delta Blk. 152 June 1999 35.75* Lance Hidalgo West Delta Blocks November 2005 31.67* David LeBlanc Garden Banks Block 76 August 12, 2001 30.80* Jason M. Bush Gulf of Mexico - South Pass Block 93 April 10, 2004 28.75 Michael Palermo Ewing Banks Block 482 July 22, 2000 28.00* Blaine Efferson West Delta Blk. 152 June 1999 Ladyfish Elops saurus Weight(Lbs.) Angler's Name Location Caught Date Caught 4.64* Jim Sisco Off the shore of Lake Pontchartrain August 16, 2006 3.50* T. Bret Lofton South Timbalier Block 52 September 2004 3.25* Samuel Garrett Moseley Pointe-a-la-Hache July 2005 3.20* Tony Giammolva, Jr. Lake Pontchartrain August 21, 2002 2.84* Kevin Natali West Cameron Blk. 171 August 20, 2001 2.81* Mark Thompson West Cameron Block June 8, 2000 2.73* John Albanese On board a boat in Lake Pontchartrain September 3, 2006 2.48* Paul M. Luce Rocks @ Empire June 2000 2.44* Mark Thompson West Cameron Block June 8, 2000 2.44* Zachary Taylor LeBeouf Gulf of Mexico - Timbalier Bay August 17, 2002 Mackerel, King Scomberomorus cavalla Weight(Lbs.) Angler's Name Location Caught Date Caught 82.00 W.D. Lamb Unknown December 1980 78.25 Debra R. Sebastian Unknown November 1981 76.75 Robert T. Barnes Unknown December 1979 75.25 Terry Levy Unknown December 1979 75.00 Dwight G. Bardwell Unknown November 1981 74.38 Henry A. Bolin, Jr. Unknown November 1981 74.25 James A. Crumly Unknown December 1960 74.00 David C. Bouza Unknown December 1979 74.00 John Robinson, III Unknown October 1981 73.50 Donny Classert Unknown November 1979 Mackerel, Spanish Scomberomorus maculatus Weight(Lbs.) Angler's Name Location Caught Date Caught 10.56 Mike LeBlanc Unknown August 1972 9.50 Rodney C. Robert Unknown June 1980 9.06 James P. Antill Unknown August 1971 9.00 W.J. "Bill" Bowen Unknown October 1978 8.56 Warren Fisher, Jr. Unknown October 1974 8.44 David J. Danos Unknown August 1976 8.25 A. D'Antonio Unknown July 1970 8.13 Mrs. Earlise Lefort Unknown July 1975 8.06 Pat Matherne Unknown August 1973 8.00 Earl E. Wall Unknown August 1973 Marlin, Blue Makaira nigricans Weight(Lbs.) Angler's Name Location Caught Date Caught 1,018.50 Linda Koerner Unknown July 1977 958.62* Cliff Stanich Gulf of Mexico - Green Canyon Block 205 September 7 2003 738.00 Archie Lowrey Unknown July 1980 712.25* Brian Barnhill Green Canyon Blk. 18 June 1997 699.00 Berry Grubbs Unknown September 1978 695.50 Robert Hatcher, Jr. Unknown July 1980 688.00* Matthew D. Coy SE of South Pass May 1995 686.00 Alvin DuVernay, Jr. Unknown August 1969 685.00 Mike Ippolito 55 miles South of South Pass June 1999 682.00 Clay E. Pierce Unknown June 1987 Marlin, White Tetrapturus albidus Weight(Lbs.) Angler's Name Location Caught Date Caught 134.00 Dennis L. Good Unknown July 1976 110.50 G. Schnelling, III Unknown May 1968 109.69 Carl E. Hursman Unknown June 1984 103.25 Sidney Gonsoulin Unknown August 1973 103.19 Mrs. Al R. Childress Unknown May 1967 102.38 Chalin O. Perez, Jr. Unknown July 1977 102.00 Paul C. Boyer Unknown June 1979 101.00 Alfred Hitter, Jr. Unknown June 1979 100.50 Paul Pumilia Unknown June 1983 100.00 William Manning Unknown July 1966 Sunfish, Ocean Mola mola Weight(Lbs.) Angler's Name Location Caught Date Caught 523.50 Russell N. Gomez Gulf of Mexico July 1968 Pickerel, Chain Esox niger Weight(Lbs.) Angler's Name Location Caught Date Caught 5.75 Chris H. Marien Kincaid Lake May 1977 5.69 Jerry Haynie Kincaid Lake June 1985 5.56 Edward R. Nelson Kincaid Lake November 1976 5.56 George Wallace Lake D'Arbonne March 1977 5.25 Ross F. Miller Unknown August 1976 5.25 Walter Nutter Unknown October 1976 4.75 Jack Kurfiss Unknown February 1980 4.50 Anthony E. Hough Unknown February 1976 4.44 Tommy Harris Unknown May 1976 4.38 Kenneth R. McCullough Unknown May 1977 Pickerel, Redfin Esex americanus Weight(Lbs.) Angler's Name Location Caught Date Caught 1.50 Keith W. Henderson, Sr. Folsom pond November 1974 0.63 Sidney Gonsoulin Unknown July 1983 0.63 Harry H. Anderson Unknown June 1983 0.38 Niles M. Robicheaux Unknown January 1980 0.25 Gerald Foret Unknown December 1979 Pompano, African Alectic ciliaris Weight(Lbs.) Angler's Name Location Caught Date Caught 40.60* Michael Phillips Gulf of Mexico - South Timbalier Blk. 139 June 7, 2003 36.25 Jack Lawton Unknown July 1980 36.00 Sonny Hackett Unknown October 1983 35.69 John E. Seago Unknown July 1988 35.13* Denise Spurlock Unknown July 1993 31.13 Huey L. Lynch Unknown August 1979 30.50 H.W. "Bill" Busch Unknown September 1979 27.88 Kevin Comeaux Unknown July 1986 27.38 Dr. Frank Savoy Unknown May 1980 27.06 Harold Moreaux Unknown November 1975 Pompano, Florida Trachinotus carolinus Weight(Lbs.) Angler's Name Location Caught Date Caught 8.50 Buddy Pons Unknown December 1969 7.69 Louis Thornton Unknown November 1986 7.50 Buddy Pons Unknown December 1979 6.88 Leon Kolmaister Unknown November 1979 6.81 Hugh R. Babylon Unknown December 1970 6.63 Clement Andollina Unknown December 1970 6.50 U.S. Allan Unknown January 1971 6.38 Lynn Matthews Unknown December 1979 6.25 Felix C. Byxbe Unknown December 1970 6.25 Lamar J. Callaway Unknown November 1971 Rainbow Runner Elagatis bipinnulata Weight(Lbs.) Angler's Name Location Caught Date Caught 23.85* James (Pat) Paul Gulf of Mexico in area of the Gulf Explorer Rig November 24, 2006 22.15* Jody P. Juneau Eugene Island Block 300 June 29, 2001 20.90* Jacques Gaudet Gulf of Mexico - Green Canyon Block 518 July 10 2004 20.19* Michael S. Walsh Green Canyon/Tolirt Rig July 1996 18.63* Joel Nelson Green Canyon July 1996 18.00* Clarence Foret, Jr. Ewing Banks 873 July 2005 17.10* Jesse Bordelon Green Canyon Block 560 August 2004 16.49* Frank Davis Unknown June 1994 16.13 Marion Tucker Unknown July 1983 15.94 Tom Andrew Unknown June 1979 Sunfish, Redear(aka Chinquapin, Shellcracker) Lepomis microlophus Weight(Lbs.) Angler's Name Location Caught Date Caught 2.87* Jerry Smelley 1998 Fish of the Yesr Caney Lake August 1998 2.55* Terry Hall Caney Lake March 14, 2003 2.53* Joe Swanner Caney Lake May 1999 2.25* Lois Jean Rollins Spring Bayou, Marksville May 4, 2002 2.21* Louis R. Byrd Caney Lake April 1997 1.81* Terry Hall Caney Lake March 9, 2003 1.78* Jerry Smelley Caney Lake August 1998 1.76* Jack Cornett Caney Lake January 31, 2003 1.64* Lavaugn Tisdale Caney Lake April 13, 2002 1.62* Bob Tucker Caney Lake June 7, 2003 Sailfish Istiophorus platypterus Weight(Lbs.) Angler's Name Location Caught Date Caught 96.00 John Lauricella Unknown October 1953 90.50 R. Wilkenhauser Unknown June 1979 85.75 Cheyenne Williams Unknown June 1981 85.00 Arnold O. Domin Unknown July 1965 84.25 Grant Rodriguez, Jr. Unknown May 1975 83.25 W.M. O'Neil, Jr. Unknown June 1974 82.13 Frank Tuzauer Unknown June 1971 80.00 Dennis L. Good Unknown October1967 78.56 Dr. Jerry R. Smith Unknown June 1968 78.00 Don Locasio Unknown July 1971 Sauger Stizostedion canadense Weight(Lbs.) Angler's Name Location Caught Date Caught 1.66* Kyle Allgood Mouth of Thompson Ck/Miss. Rvr. June 1999 1.08* Nolton "Kyle" Lavergne Atchafalaya River July 1997 0.97* Nolton "Kyle" Lavergne Atchafalaya River July 1997 0.95* Nolton "Kyle" Lavergne Atchafalaya River July 1997 Scamp Mycteroperca phenax Weight(Lbs.) Angler's Name Location Caught Date Caught 33.75* Keith Gulino Gulf of Mexico, 30 miles south of South Pass June 1, 2003 30.00* Capt. Cuda Scheer Ship Shoal Block 300 July 2003 28.31* Todd A. Tinkler Gulf of Mexico, south of Venice, LA May 10, 2002 26.85* Grant Perkins Gulf of Mexico - West Delta Blocks August 20, 2006 25.95* Shawn Gourley Gulf of Mexico - South Pass May 30, 2002 25.60* Dr. Anthony Zuppardo Main Pass July 24, 2001 25.58* Dean Blanchard Gulf of Mexico/Venice August 1997 24.29* Dr. Nat Mercante Gulf of Mexico at Block 24 April 22, 2003 23.60* Lamarr B. Hirsh South Timbalier Blocks June 2004 22.50* Joseph Hanson Gulf of Mexico - Main Pass Blk. 305 July 28, 2002 Shark, Mako - Shortfin Isurus oxyrinchus Weight(Lbs.) Angler's Name Location Caught Date Caught 765.00* Lane Foil Midnight Lumps January 2006 412.00 Carroll Goulas 40 miles SW of South Pass July 1980 400.00 Jules Guglielmo, Sr. Unknown July 1972 365.50 Marvin G. Heebe Unknown May 1976 365.00* Shane Pescay 50 miles south of Port Eads August 1997 358.50 O.R. Payne Unknown July 1973 315.50 Carl Sibley Unknown May 1983 306.08* Ed Frekey Gulf of Mexico - Mississippi Canyon Block December 13, 2005 299.00 Joe Shaab 55 miles south of South Pass June 1987 280.00 Leander H. Perez, Jr. Unknown August 1967 Shark, Spinner - New Category 1999 Carcharhinus brevipinna Weight(Lbs.) Angler's Name Location Caught Date Caught 162.00* Dr. Nat J. Mercante Midnight Lump April 1999 Sheepshead Archosargus probatocephalus Weight(Lbs.) Angler's Name Location Caught Date Caught 21.25 Wayne J. Desselle Unknown April 1982 14.75 John N. Bourg Unknown May 1970 14.25 Eugene Lefort, Jr. Unknown March 1971 12.81* Randy Catchot Irish Bayou August 1998 12.56* Jeremy M. Amato MRGO @ Gulf of Mexico March 2000 12.25* J. Summergill, Jr. Unknown July 1972 12.13 Dudley J. Bourg Unknown October 1970 11.88 Mrs. B. Matherne Unknown February 1974 11.81 George P. Bourg Unknown August 1972 11.50 Mrs. Aubrey Bares Unknown 1955 Snapper, Cubera Lutjanus cyanopterus Weight(Lbs.) Angler's Name Location Caught Date Caught 124.50* Marion Rose Garden Banks June 2007 121.50 Mike Hebert Unknown July 1982 113.19 Dr. Sherwood Gill Unknown July 1988 105.75* Craig Girouard Unknown July 1993 99.50 Joe Beaty Unknown July 1986 97.50 Louis Mere, Jr. Unknown July 1986 90.13* Dan Doerle Blk. 44 Fat Rock (Verm) June 1998 87.00 Louis Mere, Jr. Unknown July 1986 83.25 Don Coker Unknown July 1988 82.00 Daryl Kingrey Unknown June 1988 Snapper, Grey(aka Mangrove Snapper) Lutjanus griseus Weight(Lbs.) Angler's Name Location Caught Date Caught 14.30* Mike Mulkey Gulf of Mexico at West Delta Blk May 25, 2002 14.19* Eric Butler South Timbalier Blocks March 29, 2002 14.10* Ronald Marts Grand Isle May 1999 13.88* Carroll Granger Ship Shoal Blk. 209 May 1997 13.81* Daniel J. Scott Ship Shoal Blk. 253 June 1999 13.69* Brion Harris West Delta Blk. 40 April 1998 13.26* Anthony Zuppardo South of Venice, LA July 2004 13.25* Jay Stone Gulf of Mexico - Main Pass Block 140 May 29, 2004 13.02* Nick Rauber Gulf of Mexico - Main Pass Block 299 July 3, 2004 13.00* John Bolin SouthTimbalier Blk. 130 May 2000 Snapper, Lane(aka Candy Snapper) Lutjanus synagris Weight(Lbs.) Angler's Name Location Caught Date Caught 6.62* Dan Hebert Ship Shoal Blocks July 25, 2000 5.31* John C. Finley Gulf of Mexico at East bay March 18, 2005 4.70* Kent Riche Gulf of Mexico - West Delta Blocks July 16, 2006 4.62* Glenn Donewar Gulf of Mexico - West Delta Block 65 May 8, 2004 4.62* Mark McClew Gulf of Mexico - East Bay Block February 28, 2006 4.54* Greg Blanchard Gulf of Mexico - South Timbalier Block 130 June 19, 2004 4.50* Jerome Ventress Gulf of Mexico - East Bay June 27, 2002 4.50* Tiffany Brouillette South Timbalier Block 151 September 2004 4.33* Mike Seago Unknown April 1995 4.25* Tim Hearn Gulf of Mexico - East Bay December 16, 2003 Snapper, Mutton Lutjanus analis Weight(Lbs.) Angler's Name Location Caught Date Caught 17.60* Jason Marks Main Pass - Gulf of Mexico August 8, 2002 14.38* Brian Thibodeaux Gulf of Mexico - Mississippi Canyon Block October 29, 2006 12.06* Montigue Edward Bonneval Mississippi Canyon Block 268 July 1, 2000 Snapper, Red Lutjanus campechanus Weight(Lbs.) Angler's Name Location Caught Date Caught 50.25* Capt. Doc Kennedy New IGFA All Tackle World Record, 1996 LOWA Fish of the Year South Timbalier Blk. 185 June 1996 39.63* James F. Tomeny Unknown June 1994 39.30* Paul Snow, III Gulf of Mexico - South Timbalier Blocks June 18, 2004 39.13 Mrs. Jessie B. Lane Unknown May 1975 39.00* Rennie W. Carter S. Timbalier Blk. 185 July 1998 38.19 Allen M. Kahoe Unknown June 1977 37.63 C. Lee Mason Unknown August 1981 37.25* John Langlois Gulf of Mexico May 26, 2006 36.56* John C. Langlois, Jr. Unknown June 1992 36.00 Charlie Begnaud Unknown April 1982 Snapper, Vermillion Rhomboplites aurorubens Weight(Lbs.) Angler's Name Location Caught Date Caught 6.19* Douglas Fussell South of Grand Isle June 1999 6.06* Don Berrigan Blk. 82, Grand Isle July 1997 5.81* Carlos M. Finalet South of Grand Isle June 1999 5.78* Brian Oberlies West Delta Block 133 August 5, 2000 5.70* Craig Matherne Mississippi Canyon Block 152 July 2004 5.31* Tate J. Orgeron SW Barataria Pass July 1997 5.19* Dennis Mann South of Grand Isle June 1997 5.06* Todd D. Rubemeyer Gulf of Mexico at Rig 117 April 22, 2002 4.75* Don Berrigan Blk. 82, Grand Isle July 1997 4.31* Graham Lewis Mississippi Canyon Block 268 March 2005 Snapper, Yellowtail - New Category 1999 Ocyurus chrysurus Weight(Lbs.) Angler's Name Location Caught Date Caught 10.20* Michael J. Ledet New IGFA All Tackle World Record (2001), LOWA 2001 Fish of the Year Eugene Island Blk. 295 August 27, 2001 9.25* Phil Pearson Gulf of Mexico June 28, 2003 7.50* Susan Gros Ship Shoal Block 225 July 15, 2001 7.25* Freddie Walters, Jr. Gulf of Mexico - Blk. 93 July 26, 2002 6.15* Mary Tucker Ship Shoal Block 225 July 15, 2001 5.75* Gayle Sarbeck Ship Shoal Block 225 July 15, 2001 5.75* Fred P. Miller Gulf of Mexico, at Ship Shoal Blk. 269 May 13, 2001 5.66* James I. Hollon, III Off Cocodrie, LA July 28, 2001 5.62* Deborah E. Bowman Ship Shoal Block 225 July 15, 2001 5.20* Doug Farris Gulf of Mexico at Ship Shoal Blk. 269 May 13, 2001 Spadefish, Atlantic Chaetodipterus faber Weight(Lbs.) Angler's Name Location Caught Date Caught 10.31 Chad L. Vallee Unknown August 1989 9.25 Benny Avera Unknown December 1969 8.88 Audie Bodin Unknown September 1987 8.50 S. Thibodeaux Unknown April 1972 8.38 Wilson Couch Unknown June 1972 8.19 Audie Bodin Unknown September 1987 8.19 Charles Sebastian Unknown August 1963 8.06* Jimmie Redbum Unknown July 1993 8.00 Davey A. Landry Unknown September 1983 7.94 Audie Bodin Unknown September 1987 Spearfish, Long Bill Tetrapturus pfluegeri Weight(Lbs.) Angler's Name Location Caught Date Caught 78.00 Larry Bulot Unknown July 1964 47.50 Jack Cooper Unknown June 1984 27.94 Stephanie Slatten Unknown July 1974 21.75 Pat Manuel Unknown July 1981 20.25 Mrs. B. Billups, Jr Unknown 1969 19.75 Robert Sigerson Unknown August 1987 17.63 W.A. Summers, Jr. Unknown July 1981 17.38 Barry Barger Unknown August 1977 12.25 W.H. Schnauder Unknown July 1984 7.50 Kyle T. Marks Unknown June 1977 Stingray, Southern Dasyatis americana Weight(Lbs.) Angler's Name Location Caught Date Caught 141.31* Hunter Andras Oyster Bayou September 2004 107.00* Bernard J. Savoie "New Cut" off Dennier Island May 1999 Tarpon Megalops atlanticus Weight(Lbs.) Angler's Name Location Caught Date Caught 230.00 Thomas Gibson West Delta Block August 1993 222.75 Pat Parra West Delta Block 58 June 1979 221.50 Jessica Barkhurst West Delta Block August 1993 220.50* Josh Tanner Southwest Pass August 1997 219.50 Lance Schouest Grand Bayou October 1989 218.00 James Eichorn, Jr. Unknown October 1984 216.75 Joseph E. Roberts West Delta Block 41 August 1990 215.50* Chris Schouest LOWA 1995 Fish of the Year West Delta Block 84 September 1995 215.19* John DeBlieux Gulf of Mexico - West Delta Block (Grand Bayou) July 2, 2004 214.50 Buddy Hebert Southwest Pass September 1997 Triggerfish, Queen Balistes vetula Weight(Lbs.) Angler's Name Location Caught Date Caught 9.66* Tim LeBlanc Unknown May 1993 Tripletail Lobotes surinamensis Weight(Lbs.) Angler's Name Location Caught Date Caught 39.50 Mrs. Jimmy Toups Unknown July 1959 39.00 Jimmy Frickey Unknown July 1977 33.75 Mary G. Blackmon Unknown August 1970 33.75 Jeff Toups Unknown July 1973 33.00 Bon Moran Unknown June 1953 32.00 Jimmy Toups Unknown July 1970 29.19* Aaron Robicheaux Terrebonne Bay June 13, 2003 29.00 Mrs. Jimmy Toups Unknown July 1970 28.50 L. Frederico, Jr. Unknown August 1971 27.56* Ben Clark Out of Venice October 6, 2006 Seatrout, Spotted(aka Speckled Trout) Cynoscion nebulosus Weight(Lbs.) Angler's Name Location Caught Date Caught 12.38 Leon Mattes Lake Hermatage May 1950 11.99* Kenneth Kreeger LOWA 1999 Fish of the Year Lake Pontchartrain January 1999 11.24* Jason Troullier Rigolets (Lk Borgne) September 1999 11.16* Timothy J. Mahoney, II Calcasieu Lake May 5, 2002 10.81* Kevin Galley Lake Calcasieu May 1997 10.75 Randolph D. Green Sandy Point under the Green Monster compressor station. August 1970 10.70* Barry Terrell Lake Calcasieu May 28, 2004 10.63 John Kaparis Unknown May 1979 10.50* Ed Sexton Gulf of Mexico,Venice April 25, 2000 10.50* Capt. Dudley Vandenborre, Jr. Lake Pontchartrain April 17, 2002 Seatrout, Sand(aka White Trout) Cynoscion arenarius Weight(Lbs.) Angler's Name Location Caught Date Caught 11.00 Donald M. Marion Unknown September 1973 10.50 James Gomez Unknown January 1973 9.81 F. Von Behren, III Unknown January 1976 9.13 Claude McCall Unknown February 1978 8.75 Richard Landry Unknown February 1975 8.50 Martin Vinet Unknown May 1977 8.25 Dale Schlottman Unknown August 1975 8.00 Mickey Montalbano Unknown February 1981 7.63 Frank V. Endom, Jr. Unknown February 1975 7.25 Jimmy Hill Unknown March 1975 Tuna, Blackfin Thunnus atlanticus Weight(Lbs.) Angler's Name Location Caught Date Caught 37.60* James Hawkins Midnight Lump February 2, 2001 36.10* Robert Carrier, Jr. Midnight Lump March 2007 35.50* Lance David Walker 20 Miles South of SW Pass February 2001 34.25 Thomas Harrell Unknown May 1989 33.75* Kathelene Cain Grand Isle Block 79 May 1993 33.67* Mike Lama Gulf of Mexico at the Midnight Lump January 22, 2005 33.50* Patrick Savoy, M.D. Gulf of Mexico - Green Canyon Blocks August 30, 2002 32.94* Kyle Breaux Gulf of Mexico - Green Canyon blocks July 20, 2002 32.56* David Melancon Unknown July 1994 32.17* Jon Nagel Gulf of Mexico at the Midnight Lump February 15, 2005 Tuna, Bluefin Thunnus thynnus Weight(Lbs.) Angler's Name Location Caught Date Caught 1,152.00* Ron Roland LOWA 2003 Fish of the Year Gulf of Mexico 30 miles south of South Pass May 25, 2003 891.00 Darlene Fisher Unknown May 1981 859.00 Jack A. Brown Unknown June 1971 834.00 Arnold Boudreaux Unknown May 1977 831.75 Roy V. Eskine Unknown May 1972 826.00 Dr. John Melton Unknown June 1978 803.00 Roy O'Neal Unknown June 1984 780.50 Pierre Villere Unknown May 1977 751.50* Greg Meyer Unknown June 15, 2000 665.00 Steve Edgett Unknown May 1975 Tuna, Skipjack Katsuwonus pelamis Weight(Lbs.) Angler's Name Location Caught Date Caught 31.19* Terry Hunter Green Canyon July 2007 30.00* Grant Hewitt Mississippi Canyon March 14, 2002 27.50* Stephan Delk Gulf of Mexico at Green Canyon March 23, 2002 25.62* Dr. Russel O'Steen Green Canyon Block 237 July 26, 2001 24.88* John Brady, III 62 miles S. of Barataria Pass October 1996 22.45* Tyler Rush Gulf of Mexico near the Ocean Quest Floater Rig June 20, 2003 22.15* Mitchell "Keith" Monroe Gulf of Mexico August 1, 2003 21.50* Jody Cenac Green Canyon August 18, 2001 21.13* Jon Hustmyre 60 Miles South of South Pass July 2004 18.94* Michael Defelice Green Canyon July 1999 Tuna, Yellowfin Thunnus albacares Weight(Lbs.) Angler's Name Location Caught Date Caught 240.19* Anthony Taormina Midnight Lump March 2005 235.00* Tom W. Moughon Gulf of Mexico - Area of Midnight Lumps March 15, 2004 233.25* Dr. Scott Pecue Off of Midnight Lump August 2007 232.25* William Dean LOWA 2002 Fish of the Year Gulf of Mexico at Grand Isle Blk. #82 March 30, 2002 230.00* Rhett J. Vicknair Gulf of Mexico - Grand Isle Blocks April 1, 2006 229.55* Scott Gaskins Midnight Lump February 2007 229.25* Jon Chapek Gulf of Mexico - Midnight Lumps February 27,2006 224.13* Dennis Henry Midnight Lump March 2005 222.13* Buck Buchanan Midnight Lump January 2007 221.50 Dr. Charles Terrell Unknown June 1982 Wahoo Acanthocybium solandri Weight(Lbs.) Angler's Name Location Caught Date Caught 139.25 Myron J. Fischer West Delta Block 152 April 1976 124.50 Salvadore Perino, Jr. Unknown May 1974 120.37* David M. Wolfson Gulf of Mexico at the Midnight Lump January 11, 2005 110.25 Erin Burks Unknown May 1976 110.00 Ms. Homer Moore, Jr. Unknown 1964 108.50 Harry Hebert Unknown July 1988 108.25 Edison Chouest Unknown May 1977 107.25* Gideon G. LeBreton Midnight Lumps December 9, 2001 106.00 Donald J. Valee Unknown June 1986 105.00* Patrick Kelleher Gulf of Mexico - 3 miles south of Bullwinkle in the Green Canyon May 31, 2002 Warmouth Lepomis gulosus Weight(Lbs.) Angler's Name Location Caught Date Caught 2.13 Frank E. Dean Jr. Atchafalaya Basin July 1987 1.50 Harry H. Anderson Unknown July 1983 1.50 Allen Polk Atchafalaya Basin September 1973 1.38 Mickey Montalbano Unknown April 1976 1.38 Harry H. Anderson Unknown July 1983 1.38 Lloyd David Sexton Unknown July 1975 1.38 Glenn R. Battle Belle River June 1971 1.31 Leonard Gremillion, Jr. Unknown April 1974 1.31 Dr. David W. Lorio Unknown August 1973 1.31 John J. Guarisco Unknown June 1976 Grouper, Yellowfin - New Category 2002 Mycteroperca venenosa Weight(Lbs.) Angler's Name Location Caught Date Caught 42.00* Jim Becquet Gulf of Mexico - Vermillion Blk. 412 July 26, 2001 34.36* Malcolm Migues East Cameron Blks August 25, 2001 27.75* Malcolm Migues East Cameron Blks August 25, 2001 Brotula, Bearded - New Category - 2002 Brotula barbata Weight(Lbs.) Angler's Name Location Caught Date Caught 16.06* Josh Walker Union Banks 482 April 2005 14.56* Arthur Scanlan, III Blk. 308 July 2007 12.65* Darrel Jenkins Gulf of Mexico at Miss. Canyon Blk. #89 March 1,2002 11.31* Dennis Erwin Green Canyon Blk. May 2007 11.19* Pipes Barham Union Banks 482 May 2005 10.50* Darren Dier Gulf of Mexico - Midnight Lump May 26, 2006 8.00* Robert Vinet Main Pass 299 July 2005 4.40* Darren Dier Gulf of Mexico - Mississippi Canyon Block May 26, 2006 4.38* Michael Reith West Delta Block 117 August 2004 Grouper, Yellow Mouth - New Category 2002 Mycteroperca interstitalis Weight(Lbs.) Angler's Name Location Caught Date Caught 23.00* Ed Fike Gulf of Mexico - Mississippi Canyon blocks August 17, 2002 Grouper, Yellowedge - New Category 2002 Epinephelus flavolimbatus Weight(Lbs.) Angler's Name Location Caught Date Caught 39.50* J.J. Tabor LOWA 2006 Fish of the Year Gulf of Mexico - South Timbalier Block 332 September 2, 2006 37.60* Cory Talbot Ship Shoal June 2007 37.30* Heath Estes West Delta Blocks March 2005 36.50* Billy Fontana Mississippi Canyon Block 311 April 2005 36.12* Ed Fike Gulf of Mexico - Mississippi Canyon Block July 19, 2002 33.00* Carey F. Hebert Gulf of Mexico at the Mississippi Canyon Blocks May 3, 2003 30.13* Darren Dier Gulf of Mexico at South Pass BLK 93 January 22, 2005 29.56* Marc J. Rodgers, Jr. Gulf of Mexico at the Mississippi Canyon Blocks March 15, 2003 29.19* John J. Kenney Gulf of Mexico - Mississippi Canyon Blocks July 26, 2002 28.00* Ed Fike Gulf of Mexico at the Mississippi Canyon Blocks May 24, 2003 Grouper, Marbled - New Category 2002 Epinephelus inermis Weight(Lbs.) Angler's Name Location Caught Date Caught 30.60* William Ruffin Ship Shoal Blk. February 2008 23.30* Prentiss Perkins Gulf of Mexico at the Pickett's (Picket Fence) July 2, 2005 17.62* David Chad Cormier Gulf of Mexico at the Pickett's (Picket Fence) July 2, 2005 14.50* John M. Costello New IGFA All Tackle Record Green Canyon August 26, 2000 8.06* Cory J. Talbot Ship Shoal Blk. July 2007 Spot Leiostomus xanthurus Weight(Lbs.) Angler's Name Location Caught Date Caught 0.00 None in Category None in Category None in Category Tuna, Bigeye - New Category 2006 Thunnus obesus Weight(Lbs.) Angler's Name Location Caught Date Caught 0.00 None in Category None in Category None in Category Triggerfish, Grey - New Category 2005 Balistes capriscus Weight(Lbs.) Angler's Name Location Caught Date Caught 11.35* Jean Savoie Green Canyon #19 August 2007 8.35* Edward Frekey Green Canyon #19 August 2007 7.88* Jessica Lynn Scallan West Delta Block 117 June 2007 6.50* Colten Erwin Mississippi Canyon July 2007 5.50* Darren Dier Midnight Lump January 2005 4.13* Austin Dier Gulf of Mexico - Grand Isle Block 83 May 22, 2006 3.80* Renee Hart Gulf of Mexico - BP Rig 43AA May 6, 2006 Catfish, Channel - New Category 1994 Ictalurus punctatus Weight(Lbs.) Angler's Name Location Caught Date Caught 30.31 Harold W. Clubb Minor's Canal / Intracoastal August 1977 3.75 L. M. Owens Unknown February 1973 Bass, Yellow - New Category - 2006 Morone mississippiensis Weight(Lbs.) Angler's Name Location Caught Date Caught 1.27* Ryan Daniel Caney Lake February 2008 0.96* Darrell Womack Caney Lake February 2008