W O R L D R E C O R D S | HEAVIEST SPECIMEN


Official and informal world records of freshwater fishes
Record weight
last update: 4th November 2007, by Mr. Heinz Machacek

 

 

 

 

 

 








ENGLISH NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME IGFA   RECORD WEIGHT WATER COUNTRY YEAR  
  still valid     kilograms ~ lbs ozs        
                   
SALMON-LIKE FISHES              
                 
Taimen Hucho taimen   S: 56,00 123 lb 7 oz Tugar River Russia 199_
      F: 105,00 231 lb 8 oz Kotuy River Russia 1943
                 
Huchen Hucho hucho   S: 58,00 127 lb 14 oz Drina River Bosnia Herzegovina 1938
      F:   60,00 132 lb 4 oz Danube River Austria 1873
      F:   tie 60,00 tie 132 lb 4 oz Danube River Austria 1873
      d: 70,00 154 lb 5 oz Vah River Slovakia   1870
      d:  63-84,00 139-185 lb Turiec River (estimated) Slovakia   1960
      S?: 59,60 131 lb 6 oz Danube River Croatia, Serbia 1873
      ?:  over 100,00 over 220 lb Danube River system Austria, Slovakia, Croatia, Serbia, Romania unknown
                 
Chinook Salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha   S: 44,96 99 lb 2 oz Skeena River Canada 2001
      F: 65,00 143 lb 5 oz Pacific coast, Queen Charlotte Islands Canada 1993
                 
? Salmo trutta caspius (trutta trutta)   F: 51,00 112 lb 7 oz Kura River Azerbaijan unknown
                 
Japanese Huchen Hucho perryi   S: approx. 15,00 approx. 33 lb East Hokkaido Japan 2005
      F: 50,00 110 lb 4 oz Sea of Japan, Hokkaido Japan 19__
                 
Atlantic Salmon Salmo salar IGFA S: 35,89 79 lb 2 oz Tana River Norway 1928
      F: 46,78 103 lb 2 oz Devon River Great Britain 1901
      F:  tie 46,50 tie 102 lb 8 oz mouth of Neman River Lithuania 1860
                 
Lake Trout Salvelinus namaycush   S:  39,50 87 lb 1 oz Lake Bennett USA 19__
      F: 46,37 102 lb 4 oz Lake Athabasca Canada 1961
      S?: 46,27 102 lb 0 oz Great Bear Lake Canada 19__
      ?:  over 60,00 over 132 lb   Canada unknown
      ?: 54,50 120 lb 2 oz Lake Michigan USA unknown
                 
Inconnu Stenodus leucichthys IGFA S: 24,04 53 lb 0 oz Pah River USA 1986
      F: 40,00 88 lb 3 oz Ponoy River, Dvina River, Ob River, Yenissei River Russia unknown
      ?: 48,00 105 lb 13 oz Hudson Bay, North Siberia Canada, Russia unknown
                 
Lake Trout Salmo trutta lacustris   S: 21,00 46 lb 5 oz Starnberger Lake Germany 1957
      S:  tie 21,00 tie 46 lb 5 oz Chiemsee Germany 1932
      S:  tie 20,85 tie 45 lb 15 oz Weißensee Austria 1974
      F: 31,00 68 lb 5 oz Wolfgangsee Austria 1930
      F:  tie 31,00 tie 68 lb 5 oz Walchensee Germany 193_
      F:  tie 31,00 tie 68 lb 5 oz Lake Maggiore Switzerland 1926
      ?: 42,00 92 lb 10 oz Chiemsee Germany unknown
      ?: 40,00 88 lb 3 oz lakes in the Alps Switzerland, Germany, Austria unknown
      ?:  over 35,00 over 77 lb Bodensee Germany unknown
                 
Marmorata Salmo marmoratus   S: 25,00 55 lb 2 oz Soca River Slovenia 1997
      S:  tie 24,85 tie 54 lb 13 oz Moraca River Montenegro 19__
      F: 30,00 66 lb 2 oz   Montenegro, Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, Albania unknown
                 
Cutthroat Trout Oncorhynchus clarki IGFA S: 18,60 41 lb 0 oz Pyramid Lake USA 1925
      F: 27,22 60 lb 0 oz Pyramid Lake, Lake Tahoe, Walker Lake USA 1___
                 
Brown Trout Salmo trutta fario IGFA S: 18,26 40 lb 4 oz Little Red River USA 1992
      F: 25,50 56 lb 3 oz Lokve Reservoir Croatia 1958
      S?: 20,13 44 lb 6 oz   USA 1984
      ?: 36,00 79 lb 6 oz Lake Hayes USA unknown
      ?: 30,00 66 lb 2 oz   Albania unknown
      ?: 27,00 59 lb 8 oz Clutha River New Zealand unknown
                 
Black Sea Salmon Salmo labrax   F:  over 24,00 over 53 lb Black Sea, Volga River Moldavia, Ukraine, Russia, Turkey, Bulgaria unknown
                 
Rainbow Trout Oncorhynchus mykiss   S: 21,50 47 lb 6 oz Skeena River Canada 1984
      F: 23,59 52 lb 0 oz Jewel Lake Canada 1913
      F: 35,00 77 lb 3 oz fish-hatcheries (artificial growth) Europe, USA, Canada 19__
      ?: 25,80 56 lb 14 oz Pacific coast, British Columbia Canada unknown
                 
Sea Trout Salmo trutta trutta   S: 22,23 49 lb 0 oz Rio Grande Argentina 199_
                 
Chum Salmon Oncorhynchus keta   S: 18,14 40 lb 0 oz Kitimat River Canada 19__
      F: 20,40 45 lb 0 oz Columbia River Canada unknown
                 
Arctic Char Salvelinus alpinus   S: 18,00 39 lb 11 oz Tree River Canada 19__
      F: 20,00 44 lb 1 oz Inari Lake Finland unknown
                 
Lake Whitefish Coregonus clupeaformis   S: 6,97 15 lb 6 oz Clear Lake Canada 1983
      F: 19,00 41 lb 14 oz Lake Superior Canada 1918
                 
Dolly Varden Salvelinus malma   S: 12,42 27 lb 6 oz Wulik River USA 2002
      F: 18,30 40 lb 6 oz Pacific coast USA, Canada unknown
                 
Ferox Trout Salmo ferox   S: 14,40 31 lb 12 oz Lake Awe Great Britain 2002
      S: 17,92 39 lb 8 oz Lake Awe (foul-hooked) Great Britain 1866
                 
Coho Salmon Oncorhynchus kisutch   S: 16,30 35 lb 15 oz Skeena River Canada 19__
      F: 17,75 39 lb 2 oz Manistee River USA 1973
                 
Sevan Trout Salmo ischchan   F: 17,00 37 lb 8 oz Issyk-Kul Lake Kyrgyzstan 19__
                 
Broad Whitefish Coregonus nasus   S: 7,00 15 lb 7 oz Irrsee, Fuschlsee, Mondsee Austria 19__
      F: 16,00 35 lb 4 oz Kolyma River Russia unknown
                 
Dryanin's Char Salvelinus drjagini   F: 16,00 35 lb 4 oz Lake Khantaiskoe Russia unknown
                 
Bull Trout Salvelinus confluentus IGFA S: 14,51 32 lb 0 oz Lake Pend Oreille USA 1949
                 
Muksun Coregonus muksun   F: 13,80 30 lb 7 oz basin of Gyda Bay Russia 1937
                 
Aral Trout Salmo trutta aralensis   F: 13,50 29 lb 12 oz Aral Lake Uzbekistan unknown
                 
? Coregonus maraena   S: 7,08 15 lb 10 oz Lake Syvälampi Finland 2000
      F: 12,00 26 lb 7 oz Baltic Sea near Raippaluoto Finland 1986
                 
Korean Huchen Hucho ishikawae   F:  approx. 12,00 approx. 26 lb Yalu River North Korea unknown
                 
Powan Coregonus lavaretus   S: 6,25 13 lb 12 oz Walchensee Germany 1960
      F: 10,00 22 lb 1 oz Lena River Russia unknown
                 
Ohrid Trout Salmo letnica IGFA S: 6,49 14 lb 5 oz Watauga Lake USA 1986
    IGFA S:  tie 6,46 tie 14 lb 4 oz North Platte River USA 1986
      F: 10,00 22 lb 1 oz Prespa Lake Macedonia, Albania, Greece unknown
                 
Adriatic Trout Salmo obtusirostris   F: 10,00 22 lb 1 oz Neretva River, Buna River Bosnia Herzegovina unknown
                 
Cherry Salmon Oncorhynchus masou IGFA S: 5,25 11 lb 9 oz Kuzuryu River Japan 1995
      F: 10,00 22 lb 1 oz Pacific coast Russia, Japan, Korea unknown
                 
Brook Trout Salvelinus fontinalis   S: approx. 7,50 approx. 16 lb  Barbe Lake Canada 2006
      F: 8,00 17 lb 10 oz Koktuli River USA 19__
      ?: 9,39 20 lb 11 oz   USA, Canada unknown
                 
Lenok Brachymystax lenok IGFA S: 4,08 9 lb 0 oz Anui River Russia 2000
      F: 8,00 17 lb 10 oz Northwest Mongolia unknown
      ?: 10,00 22 lb 1 oz Chuulut River Mongolia 1996
                 
Sockeye Salmon Oncorhynchus nerka   S: 7,26 16 lb 0 oz Kenai River USA 1974
      F: 8,00 17 lb 10 oz Nushagak River, Kwockwock River, Naknek River USA 19__
      S?: 7,71 17 lb 0 oz   USA 19__
                 
Whitespotted Char Salvelinus leucomaenis IGFA S: 7,96 17 lb 9 oz Urbyeyah River Russia 2006
                 
Pink Salmon Oncorhynchus gorbuscha IGFA S: 6,74 14 lb 14 oz Skykomish River USA  2001
      F: 6,80 15 lb 0 oz   USA, Canada unknown
                 
European Grayling Thymallus thymallus   S: 4,30 9 lb 8 oz Drau River Austria  1995
      F: 6,70 14 lb 12 oz Konnevesi Lake Finland 1956
      ?: 10,00 22 lb 1 oz rivers in the Alps Austria, Germany unknown
                 
Golden Trout Oncorhynchus aguabonita IGFA S: 5,10 11 lb 4 oz Cook Lake USA 1948
                 
? Salmo trutta macrostigma   F:  over 5,00 over 11 lb tributaries of the Mediterranian Sea France, Italy unknown
                 
Peled Coregonus peled   F: 5,00 11 lb 0 oz Mezen River to Kolyma River Russia unknown
                 
Mongolian Grayling Thymallus brevirostris   S: 0,60 1 lb 5 oz Shiskid River Mongolia 200_
      F: 5,00 11 lb 0 oz Northwest Mongolia unknown
                 
? Salmo dentex   F:  over 4,00 over 9 lb Neretva River Bosnia Herzegovina unknown
                 
Arctic Grayling Thymallus arcticus   S: 3,70 8 lb 3 oz Ogilvie River Canada 1993
      S?: 3,83 8 lb 7 oz   Canada 19__