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Anglers the world over gather regularly for fishing derbies to see who can land the biggest catch. But record-breaking fish can be caught at anytime, weighed on an International Game Fish Association-certified scale at any number of tackle shops or marinas, and compared to the IGFA's online records database. Sport-fishing enthusiasts can even have their own scales certified by the IGFA for a $40 fee.

Stacker compiled a list of record fish caught in West Virginia using data from Land Big Fish. Fish pictured are not the actual record catch. Keep reading to see which bodies of water in your state hold some of the most massive fish around.

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Bluegill Sunfish

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Bluegill Sunfish

- Weight: 2 lbs 12 oz
- Length: 11.7"
- Location: unknown pond
- Record set by Mark A. Lewis in 1986
Bowfin

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Bowfin

- Weight: 9 lbs 4 oz
- Length: 28.43"
- Location: Ohio River backwater
- Record set by Matt Stender in 2006
Brook Trout

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Brook Trout

- Weight: 7 lbs 62 oz
- Length: 21.75"
- Location: Cheat River
- Record set by Robert Anthony Starkey in 2004
Brown Trout

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Brown Trout

- Weight: 16 lbs 0 oz
- Length: 32"
- Location: South Branch
- Record set by Paul Barker in 1968
Bullhead

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Bullhead

- Weight: 6 lbs 1.6 oz
- Length: 22.75"
- Location: Tygart Lake Headwaters
- Record set by Gary R. Freeman in 1977
Carp

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Carp

- Weight: 47 lbs 0 oz
- Length: 39.3"
- Location: unknown pond
- Record set by Gary Johnson in 1998
Chain Pickerel

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Chain Pickerel

- Weight: 6 lbs 3.04 oz
- Length: 27.75"
- Location: Tuckahoe Lake
- Record set by Steven Demma in 2001
Channel Catfish

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Channel Catfish

- Weight: 33 lbs 6.72 oz
- Length: 40.3"
- Location: Patterson Creek
- Record set by Michael Sears in 2005
Crappie

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Crappie

- Weight: 4 lbs 0.8 oz
- Length: 19.75"
- Location: Meathouse Fork
- Record set by Leonard Edgell in 1971

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Fallfish

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Fallfish

- Weight: 3 lbs 8 oz
- Length: 21.25"
- Location: North Fork South Branch Potomac River
- Record set by James Blackwell in 1970
Flathead Catfish

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Flathead Catfish

- Weight: 70 lbs 0 oz
- Length: 52"
- Location: Little Kanawha River
- Record set by L.L. McClung in 1956
Freshwater Drum

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Freshwater Drum

- Weight: 27 lbs 0 oz
- Length: 35.5"
- Location: South Fork Hughes River
- Record set by Charles M. Lott in 1989
Golden Trout

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Golden Trout

- Weight: 9 lbs 4.96 oz
- Length: 26.4"
- Location: Brushy Fork Lake
- Record set by Danny Crider in 1998
Grass Carp

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Grass Carp

- Weight: 71 lbs 11.04 oz
- Length: 50.75"
- Location: Warden Lake
- Record set by William R. Taucher in 2005
Hybrid Bass

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Hybrid Bass

- Weight: 14 lbs 0 oz
- Length: 32.1"
- Location: Kanawha River
- Record set by Frankie Harris in 2000
Largemouth Bass

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Largemouth Bass

- Weight: 9 lbs 9.92 oz
- Length: 25.75"
- Location: Dog Run Lake
- Record set by Eli Gain in 2001
Longnose Gar

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Longnose Gar

- Weight: 19 lbs 1.28 oz
- Length: 50.5"
- Location: Kanawha River
- Record set by Michael S. Casey in 1993
Northern Pike

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Northern Pike

- Weight: 22 lbs 0.96 oz
- Length: 42.6"
- Location: Dog Run Lake
- Record set by Boyd O. Pratt Sr. in 1989
Rainbow Trout

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Rainbow Trout

- Weight: 11 lbs 11.84 oz
- Length: 31.7"
- Location: Stonecoal Lake
- Record set by John P. Arnett in 1993
Rock Bass

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Rock Bass

- Weight: 1 lbs 12 oz
- Length: 13.8"
- Location: Big Sandy Creek
- Record set by Warren Ryan in 1964
Sauger

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Sauger

- Weight: 4 lbs 12 oz
- Length: 23"
- Location: Ohio River
- Record set by Steve Powell in 1985
Skipjack Herring

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Skipjack Herring

- Weight: 2 lbs 0 oz
- Length: 18.9"
- Location: Ohio River
- Record set by Christian Pyles in 2000
Smallmouth Bass

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Smallmouth Bass

- Weight: 9 lbs 12 oz
- Length: 24.25"
- Location: South Branch
- Record set by David Lindsay in 1971
Spotted Bass

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Spotted Bass

- Weight: 4 lbs 12.32 oz
- Length: 19"
- Location: RD Bailey Lake
- Record set by Kevin Dameron in 2000
Striped Bass

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Striped Bass

- Weight: 45 lbs 11.2 oz
- Length: 47.16"
- Location: Bluestone Lake
- Record set by James Brooks in 2010
Tiger Muskellunge

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Tiger Muskellunge

- Weight: 36 lbs 8 oz
- Length: 49.25"
- Location: Mountwood Lake
- Record set by Clyde E. Beckett in 1994
Tiger Trout

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Tiger Trout

- Weight: 10 lbs 10.4 oz
- Length: 28.7"
- Location: Krodel Lake
- Record set by Mike Connolly in 2011
Walleye

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Walleye

- Weight: 17 lbs .82 oz
- Length: 32"
- Location: Kanawha River
- Record set by Steve Skeens in 2003
White Bass

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White Bass

- Weight: 4 lbs 8.96 oz
- Length: 20"
- Location: New River
- Record set by Louis Puskas in 1985

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