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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 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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Blue Catfish

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Blue Catfish

- Weight: 143 lbs
- Location: Buggs Island Lake (Kerr Reservoir)
- Record set by Richard "Nick" Anderson in 2011

Bowfin

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Bowfin

- Weight: 16 lbs 8 oz
- Location: Lake Cahoon
- Record set by John Plyler, Jr. in 2004

Brook Trout

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Brook Trout

- Weight: 5 lbs 10 oz
- Location: Stony Creek
- Record set by Greg Orndorff in 1987

Brown Trout

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Brown Trout

- Weight: 14 lbs 12 oz
- Location: South Fork Holston River
- Record set by Mike Perkins in 1990

Chain Pickerel

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Chain Pickerel

- Weight: 7 lbs 10 oz
- Location: Lake Shawnee
- Record set by R.L. White in 1996

Channel Catfish

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Channel Catfish

- Weight: 31 lbs 8 oz
- Location: Rappahannock River
- Record set by Sue Stanley in 1992

Crappie

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Crappie

- Weight: 4 lbs 10 oz
- Location: private pond
- Record set by Justin Elliott in 1994

Flathead Catfish

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Flathead Catfish

- Weight: 68 lbs 12 oz
- Location: Lake Smith
- Record set by Jeffrey E. Dill in 2018

Muskellunge

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Muskellunge

- Weight: 45 lbs 8 oz
- Location: New River
- Record set by Shannon Hill in 2007

Northern Pike

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Northern Pike

- Weight: 31 lbs 4 oz
- Location: Motts Run Reservoir
- Record set by George Wood in 1994

Rainbow Trout

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Rainbow Trout

- Weight: 14 lbs 7 oz
- Location: Greers Pond
- Record set by Michael Lowe in 1993

Rock Bass

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Rock Bass

- Weight: 2 lbs 2 oz
- Location: Laurel Bed Lake
- Record set by Larry Ball in 1986

Smallmouth Bass

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Smallmouth Bass

- Weight: 8 lbs 1 oz
- Location: New River
- Record set by Donald S. Eaton, Jr in 2003

Spotted Bass

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Spotted Bass

- Weight: 4 lbs 12 oz
- Location: Claytor Lake
- Record set by Cliffton Joel Hamilton in 2020

Striped Bass

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Striped Bass

- Weight: 53 lbs 7 oz
- Location: Leesville Reservoir
- Record set by James B. Davis in 2000

Walleye

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Walleye

- Weight: 15 lbs 15 oz
- Location: New River
- Record set by Anthony P. Duncan in 2000

White Catfish

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White Catfish

- Weight: 7 lbs 6 oz
- Location: Western Branch Reservoir
- Record set by Thomas Elkins in 1992

White Perch

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White Perch

- Weight: 3 lbs 2 oz
- Location: Private Pond
- Record set by Beau McLaughlin in 2012

Yellow Perch

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Yellow Perch

- Weight: 3 lbs
- Location: Flannagan Reservoir
- Record set by George Mullins in 2010

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