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Fish	Angler	Weight	Date	Location	County
Largemouth Bass	Carl Pruitt	11 lb. 9 oz.	4/9/77	Banks Lake	Grant
Rock Bass	William Jackson	1 lb. 6 oz.	6/28/81	Steilacoom Lake	Pierce
Smallmouth Bass	Ray Wonacott	8 lb. 12 oz.	4/23/66	Columbia River, Hanford Reach
Black Bullhead	John E. Moore	1 lb. 12 oz.	6/29/98	Mud Lake	Skagit
Brown Bullhead	Justin E. Andrews	11 lb. 0.625 oz.	6/3/00	, unnamed lake	Snohomish
Yellow Bullhead	Mike Schlueter	1 lb. 10.08 oz.	5/22/94	Banks Lake	Grant
Burbot	Patrick Bloomer	17 lb. 0.16 oz.	1/15/93	Palmer Lake	Okanogan
Cabezon	Wesley S. Hunter	23 lb. 0 oz.	8/4/90	Pacific Ocean, Duneness Spit
Carp	Kevin Wolf	41 lb. 4 oz.	6/21/80	Long Lake	Thurston
Blue Catfish	Rangle Hawthorne	17 lb. 12 oz.	7/9/75	Columbia River
Channel Catfish	Ross Kincaid	36 lb. 3.2 oz.	9/6/99	I-82 Pond #6	Yakima
Flathead Catfish	C.L. McCary	22 lb. 12.8 oz.	6/28/81	Snake River
Peamouth Chub	Silvia Sanchez	0 lb. 15.84 oz.	7/18/95	Columbia River, Hanford Reach	Yakima
Pacific Cod	Ralph Bay	19 lb. 10 oz.	3/6/84	Pacific Ocean, Ediz Hook
Black Crappie	John W. Smart	4 lb. 8 oz.	5/1/56	Lake Washington	King
White Crappie	Don J. Benson	2 lb. 12.8 oz.	7/21/88	Columbia River, Burbank Slough	Walla Walla
Starry Flounder	Danny Patterson	8 lb. 9.12 oz.	7/6/97	Pacific Ocean, W. of Sekiu Point	Clallam
Pacific Halibut	Vic Stevens	288 lb. 0 oz.	9/9/89	Pacific Ocean, Swiftsure Bank
Lingcod	Tom Nelson	61 lb. 0 oz.	7/30/86	Pacific Ocean, San Juan Islands
Tiger Muskellunge	John V. Bays	31 lb. 4 oz.	9/22/01	Mayfield Lake	Lewis
Yellow Perch	Larry Benthien	2 lb. 12 oz.	6/22/69	Snelson's Slough	Skagit
Northern Pike	Fred R. Ruetsch	32 lb. 3.2 oz.	4/15/95	Long Lake	Spokane
Pikeminnow	Andrew Joe Wallman	7 lb. 5.76 oz.	4/5/00	Mason Lake	Mason
Black Rockfish	Joseph Eberling	10 lb. 4 oz.	5/20/80	Pacific Ocean, Tacoma Narros
Blue Rockfish	Erik M. Herbig	3 lb. 14.56 oz.	6/22/96	Pacific Ocean, Westport
Bocaccio Rockfish	Carson Kendall	23 lb. 10 oz.	8/8/87	Pacific Ocean, Swiftsure Bank
Canary Rockfish	Ben Phillips	10 lb. 9 oz.	8/30/86	Pacific Ocean, Neah Bay
China Rockfish	Steven Ripley	4 lb. 3 oz.	7/11/89	Pacific Ocean, Duncan Rock
Copper Rockfish	David Norhtington	10 lb. 0 oz.	8/6/89	Pacific Ocean, Point Roberts Reef
Greenstripe Rockfish	David Wedeking	1 lb. 10 oz.	1/19/85	Pacific Ocean, Possession Bar
Quillback Rockfish	Bror Hultgren	7 lb. 3 oz.	10/29/87	Pacific Ocean, Middle Bank
Tiger Rockfish	James Wenban	7 lb. 8 oz.	11/30/89	Pacific Ocean, Middle Bank
Vermillion Rockfish	Gordon Thomson	7 lb. 1.12 oz.	7/25/00	Pacific Ocean, Makah Bay
Yelloweye Rockfish	Jan Tavis	27 lb. 12 oz.	4/15/89	Pacific Ocean, Dallas Bank
Yellowtail Rockfish	Ken Culver	7 lb. 6 oz.	9/15/92	Pacific Ocean, Westport
Sablefish	Jeff Rudolph	30 lb. 0 oz.	6/28/94	Pacific Ocean, Westport
Atlantic Salmon	Ron Howard	14 lb. 6.08 oz.	9/22/99	Green River	King
Chinook (King) Salmon	Mark Salmon	68 lb. 4.16 oz.	10/5/92	Elochoman River	Wahkiakum
Chinook (King) Salmon	Chet Gausta	70 lb. 8 oz.	9/6/64	Pacific Ocean, Sekiu
Chum Salmon	Johnny Wilson	27 lb. 15.52 oz.	10/19/97	Satsop River	Grays Harbor
Chum Salmon	Fred Dockendorf	25 lb. 4.16 oz.	8/7/01	Pacific Ocean, near Grays Harbor
Coho Salmon	Brad Wilson	25 lb. 4.32 oz.	11/11/01	Quinault River	Grays Harbor
Coho Salmon	Martin Cooper	25 lb. 5.44 oz.	9/28/01	Pacific Ocean, Sekiu
Kokanee Salmon	Clarence F. Rief	6 lb. 4 oz.	6/26/03	Lake Roosevelt	Grant
Pink (Humpback) Salmon	Alex Minerich	14 lb. 13.76 oz.	9/30/01	Skykomish River
Pink (Humpback) Salmon	Jeff Bergman	11 lb. 8.96 oz.	8/25/01	Pacific Ocean, Possession Point
Sockeye Salmon	Gary Krasselt	10 lb. 10 oz.	7/20/82	Lake Washington	King
Sockeye Salmon	Andrew Kneipp	6 lb. 0.8 oz.	9/8/03	Pacific Ocean, Sekiu
Great Sculpin	Mark Reynolds	4 lb. 9.5 oz.	7/29/99	Pacific Ocean, Port Angeles Harbor
Pacific Staghorn Sculpin	John E. Moore	0 lb. 4.16 oz.	11/6/00	Pacific Ocean, Padilla Bay	Skagit
Red Irish Lord Sculpin	Ryan Dicks	3 lb. 3 oz.	7/5/85	Pacific Ocean, Mid-channel Bank
American Shad	Pete Green	3 lb. 7.04 oz.	6/19/99	Columbia River	Clark
Sixgill Shark	Jim Haines	220 lb. 0 oz.	1/30/91	Pacific Ocean, Gedney Island
Spiny Dogfish Shark	Roger Petersen	20 lb. 4 oz.	5/22/98	Pacific Ocean, Middle Bank	Island
Big Skate	Dan Cartwright	130 lb. 0 oz.	5/18/86	Pacific Ocean, Double Bluff
Petrale Sole	John Stone	7 lb. 9 oz.	6/11/90	Pacific Ocean, Jefferson Head
Rock Sole	Alan Schram	4 lb. 3 oz.	7/9/89	Pacific Ocean, Hein Bank
Bridgelip Sucker	John E. Moore	3 lb. 0.96 oz.	5/27/99	Palmer Lake	Okanogan
Largescale Sucker	Andrew J. Wallman	5 lb. 5.44 oz.	4/22/01	Mason Lake	Mason
Bluegill Sunfish	Ron Hinote	2 lb. 5.3 oz.	6/10/84	Tampico Park Pond	Yakima
Green Sunfish	Mickey Hough	0 lb. 12.64 oz.	5/29/94	Bailey Lake	Spokane
Pumpkinseed Sunfish	Doug Molohon	0 lb. 12 oz.	8/3/77	Hicks Lake	Thurston
Pile Perch Surfperch	Steve Urban	3 lb. 9 oz.	3/14/81	Pacific Ocean, Quartermaster Harbor
Redtail Surfperch	Chris Maynard	4 lb. 0.8 oz.	8/4/96	Pacific Ocean, Kalaloch
Striped Surfperch	Chris Urban	2 lb. 1 oz.	6/2/80	Pacific Ocean, Quartermaster harbor
Tench	James E. Moore	5 lb. 3.04 oz.	6/10/02	Sprague Lake	Adams
Brook Trout	George G. Weekes	9 lb. 0 oz.	5/7/88	Wobbly Lake	Lewis
Brown Trout	R.L. Henry	22 lb. 0 oz.	5/22/65	Sullivan Lake	Pend Oreille
Bull Trout	Louis Schott	22 lb. 8 oz.	4/23/61	Tieton River	Yakima
Cutthroat Trout	W. Welsh	12 lb. 0 oz.	7/1/61	Crescent Lake	Clallam
Dolly Varden Trout	Leroy Thompson	10 lb. 15 oz.	8/5/99	White Chuck River	Snohomish
Golden Trout	Angus Kerr	3 lb. 14.56 oz.	9/22/02	unknown	Okanogan
Lahontan Trout	Dan Beardslee	18 lb. 0.64 oz.	7/1/93	Omak Lake	Okanogan
Lake Trout	John G. Hossack	35 lb. 7.04 oz.	12/31/01	Lake Chelan
Rainbow Trout	Norm Butler	29 lb. 9.6 oz.	11/11/02	Rufus Woods Lake	Okanogan
Steelhead Trout	Gilbert Pierson	35 lb. 1 oz.	11/23/73	Snake River	Whitman
Tiger Trout	John E. Moore	1 lb. 14.24 oz.	9/25/03	unknown	Okanogan
Albacore Tuna	Kurt Strickland	52 lb. 0 oz.	10/1/97	Pacific Ocean	Grays Harbor
Walleye	Kimo Gabriel	18 lb. 14.4 oz.	3/3/02	Columbia River, John Day Pool
Warmouth	Linda Hatlelid	0 lb. 8.48 oz.	5/27/96	Silver Lake	Cowlitz
Lake Whitefish	Jerry Hamilton	6 lb. 10.08 oz.	3/31/97	Lake Roosevelt, Hanson Harbor	Lincoln
Mountain Whitefish	Steven Becken	5 lb. 2 oz.	11/30/83	Columbia River	Benton

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