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May 11, 2021 · The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission recently announced that a 2.98-pound yellow perch pulled from Lake Erie on April 9 had taken over the top spot the species in Pennsylvania. It topped...
- American Shad — 9 Lbs 9 Oz
- Atlantic Salmon — 17 Lbs 2 Oz
- Brown Trout — 20 Lbs 9 Oz
- Common Carp — 52 Lbs
- Flathead Catfish — 56 Lbs 3 Oz
- Largemouth Bass — 11 Lbs 3 Oz
- Muskellunge — 54 Lbs 3 Oz
- Northern Pike — 35 Lbs
- Striped Bass — 53 Lbs 13 Oz
- Walleye – 18 Lbs 1 Oz
The American shad is the biggest member of the Herring family thriving in or visiting Pennsylvania waters. They are anadromous, which means they live in the ocean as adults, entering brackish estuaries and swimming further upstream to breed in freshwaterrivers. Shad can grow to be 30 inches long and weigh up to three to eight pounds. In Pennsylvani...
The North Atlantic Ocean and its tributaries are home to the Atlantic salmon. The Atlantic salmon is also anadromous, spending its adult life in saltwater before going to freshwater streams to breed. Adult salmon can reach a length of 28 to 30 inches and a weight of eight to 12 pounds after two years of being at sea. The state record for this speci...
The brown trout is not native to Pennsylvania, but it has become naturalized and abundant in the wild, even replacing the brook trout as the dominant trout species in previously dominated streams. In barren streams, wild brown trout may grow slightly larger than brook trout. Brown trout weighing a pound are typical in more rich streams, and a brown...
Carp are comparable to feral goldfish, but carp grow considerably larger and have two pairs of soft, fleshy barbels around their mouths. Carp withstand various habitats, including highly silted or polluted water, which most other fishcannot. Carp typically reach 30 inches in length and weigh 10 to 15 pounds; the Pennsylvania state record is more th...
Flathead catfish are larger and heavier than other types of Pennsylvania catfish. In fact, they are one of the largest fish in the state. Flathead catfish are native to the Mississippi River basin and the lower Great Lakes, ranging from western Pennsylvania to southern Louisiana. They can weigh more than 100 pounds, although 20 to 30 pounds in Penn...
Largemouth bass can be found in various types of water, including freshwater and brackish water. The largemouth bass is the biggest member of the sunfishfamily, weighing between two and four pounds as an adult. In Pennsylvania, the state record belongs to Donald Shade, with his catch weighing 11 pounds, three ounces. The state record was set in 198...
Muskellungetypically reach lengths of 30 to 36 inches and weigh five to 10 pounds. The musky state record for Pennsylvania was set a stunning 98 years ago, making it the oldest state record on this list. The Pennsylvania state record for muskellunge is an impressive 54 pounds, three ounces, captured by Lewis Walker Jr. on Conneaut Lake in 1924.
In Pennsylvania, the Northern pike is only found in the Ohioand Allegheny River watersheds and in Lake Erie’s weedy Presque Isle Bay. With enough forage, Northern pike can easily reach 20 pounds and 40 inches long. Carl Stoltz has held the state record since 2003, with his 35-pound catch captured in Allegheny Reservoir.
From Maine to Florida, Atlantic striped bass thrive in the Atlantic Oceanand coastal rivers. Striped bass can reach a length of five feet and weigh 77 pounds. Donald J. Clark owns the state record for this species, with his Atlantic striped bass weighing 53 pounds, 13 ounces. The giant fish was caught in the Delaware River in 1989.
On October 28, 2021, Richard Nicholson was fishing with his son, Richard Nicholson, Jr., from the bank of the Youghiogheny River. They caught a massive walleye, 34 inches long and 21.5 inches wide, making it the state record. Nicholson’s fish weighed 18 pounds, one ounce, beating the 41-year-old record held by angler Mike Holly.
Feb 24, 2023 · Hyneria udlezinye most closely resembles a previously known species, Hyneria lindae, from the Catskill Formation of Pennsylvania, the United States. “The largest osteichthyan member of the Waterloo Farm vertebrate assemblage, a predatory sarcopterygian with a probable maximum length of nearly 3 m, proves to be a new species of the genus ...
May 28, 2020 · A likely new Pennsylvania record for flathead catfish – a monster weighing 56.3 pounds – was pulled from the Schuylkill River in the Philadelphia area on Sunday night. Jonathan Pierce, a...
Jun 21, 2019 · No other records have been set in the past few years, but here’s the full list of biggest fish caught in Pennsylvania, maintained by the commission: Largemouth bass Donald Shade, Waynesboro
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May 19, 2023 · May 19, 2023: A mid-morning fishing trip for Pennsylvania angler Mike Wherley produced a giant flathead catfish last Sunday. Caught from the Susquehanna River, the catfish weighed 66 pounds, 6 ounces. It should be more than heavy enough to replace the standing state-record for the species.
May 20, 2020 · Asian giant hornets do not occur in Pennsylvania. Asian giant hornets are native to parts of eastern Asia, including areas of Japan, Sri Lanka, India, and China. A nest of these hornets was...
