The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources certified the state catch-and-release record northern pike, a
46 1/4 inch fish
caught June 19 on Basswood Lake by Brecken Kobylecky, a 15-year-old from Geneva, Illinois.
What is the biggest fish ever caught in MN and how much did it weigh?
He estimated it weighed about 120 pounds and may have been 70 years old. The catch and keep record maintained by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources lists a
94-pound sturgeon
as the biggest “certified weight” fish.
What is the biggest fish in MN?
A 120-pound, 78-inch sturgeon
caught by an ice fisherman over the weekend has broken a couple of Minnesota records. The DNR confirmed the fish is the largest catch-and-release lake sturgeon, and the longest fish, that's been caught in Minnesota – at least, since they've kept records.
What's the biggest sunfish ever caught in Minnesota?
The state record bluegill was
2 pounds and 13 ounces
, caught in 1984 in Hubbard County. See the MN DNR state record fish site for more fish records.
What is the largest crappie ever caught in Minnesota?
The current state record black crappie weighed
3 pounds, 12 ounces
and was caught in 1998 on Duck Lake in Cayuga County. The record white crappie was caught in 2001 on Sleepy Hollow Lake in Greene County and weighed 3 pounds, 13 ounces.
What's the longest Walleye caught in Minnesota?
The current record walleye is
17.8 pounds
and was caught May 13, 1979 in the Seagull River in Cook County. That fish was nearly 36 inches long but its girth was only 21 1/3 inches.
What is the biggest fish caught in Lake of the Woods?
“Bronzebacks” offer exciting fishing and a great fight.
Lake Sturgeon
– Minnesota's biggest fish. It can weigh more than an adult human.
What is the biggest muskie ever caught in Minnesota?
It's the biggest fish young Kobylecky has caught. Minnesota's DNR also certified a
57.25-inch muskie
caught by Todd Kirby on July 23, 2021, from Lake Vermilion.
What is the world record Walleye?
As a result, Al Nelson's
22-pound 11-ounce Walleye
, which was caught in Fairfield Bay on Greer's Ferry Lake, Arkansas in 1982, was listed as the official World Record Walleye.
What's the largest pike ever caught?
What is the size of the biggest pike in the world? The largest pike ever measured and confirmed is
152 cm long, 60 cm belly for 28 kg
. He was captured and released in May 2004 in Lake Apisko in Canada.
What is the biggest northern ever caught in Minnesota?
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources certified the state catch-and-release record northern pike, a
46 1/4 inch fish
caught June 19 on Basswood Lake by Brecken Kobylecky, a 15-year-old from Geneva, Illinois.
What is world record crappie?
All-Tackle World Record Crappie (White Crappie)
This massive
21-inch long, 5-pound, 3-ounce white crappie
has been the IGFA all-tackle world record for the species for over half a century. It was caught in the Yocona River below Enad Dam. Bright used an Action Rod and a Denison-Johnson reel.
What's the biggest muskie ever caught?
The current all-tackle world-record muskie measured 60 1/4 inches and weighed
67 pounds, 8 ounces
, a fish caught by Cal Johnson in 1949 at Lake Court Oreilles near Hayward, Wisc. Minnesota's state record measured 56 7/8 inches.
How old is a 12 inch crappie?
Now I tend to keep them between 10” and 12′′. In PA, a 12 inch crappie is usually
about 8 years old
but a 14+” fish is nearly 20 years old. A 10-12 inch fish makes a good fillet but it takes far less time to replace that fish.
How old is a 15 inch crappie?
A white crappie (distinguishable because it has five or six dorsal spines, compared to the black's seven or eight) of the same length and weight will be 1.9 years old. Most fish that are caught for sport are
between 2 and 5 years old
.
What crappie gets bigger white or black?
The
black crappie
grows slower than white crappie, but because of its stockiness, a black crappie will weigh more than a white crappie of similar size.
