The heaviest Indiana record fish is a 104 lb. Ohio River blue catfish caught by Bruce Midkiff in 1991. The lightest Indiana record fish is a 3.5-ounce flier.
List of Official State Fruit
| State | Fruit |
|---|
| Idaho | Huckleberry |
| Illinois | |
| Indiana | |
| Iowa | |
Indiana. Indiana doesn't have any official state foods, but it does still have some famous state dishes. The Hoosier sandwich is filled with a breaded pork tenderloin, while Hoosier sugar cream pie is the state's most iconic dessert.
The Top 10 States for Bass Fishing
- Texas. In 2012, when Bassmaster compiled a list of the top 100 bass fishing lakes in the United States, Texas came out on top in not one, but two ways.
- Michigan. Photo via traversecity.com.
- Minnesota. They don't call it "the Land of 10,000 Lakes" for nothing.
- Wisconsin.
- Ohio.
- Florida.
- Alabama.
- New York.
Shovelnose sturgeon are a native fish to Indiana and are not stocked by the state. There is a 25 inch minimum length limit however placed on shovelnose sturgeon harvested by anglers.
Head straight for Columbia River in Oregon. It's near the border with Washington State. It's a long river that holds tons of big salmon. If ocean fishing is more your style, anywhere along the coast of Washington, Oregon, and northern California from Mendocino and north – can be very productive.
State mammals
| State | Mammal |
|---|
| Indiana | |
| Iowa | |
| Kansas | American bison (1955) |
| Kentucky | Gray squirrel (1968) |
List of U.S. state fish
| State | Fish | Binomial nomenclature |
|---|
| Alaska | King salmon | Oncorhynchus tshawytscha |
| Arizona | Arizona trout | Oncorhynchus gilae (subspecies apache) |
| Arkansas | | |
| California | Golden trout (fresh water) | Oncorhynchus mykiss (subspecies aguabonita) |
10 Most Popular Fish Make Up 90% of Volume
| Shrimp | 4.0 | Shrimp |
|---|
| Canned Tuna | 2.7 | Canned Tuna |
| Salmon | 1.999 | Salmon |
| Tilapia | 1.450 | Alaska Pollock |
| Alaska Pollock | 1.192 | Tilapia |
Yes, the largemouth bass is America's fish. Despite what fishermen chasing crappies, catfish or even panfish will tell you, the bass wins all popularity contests.
What is South Carolina's state fish?
The largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) was designated the official state fish of Georgia in 1970. Georgia also recognizes an official state salt water fish and a state cold water game fish (as well as an official state seashell and marine mammal).
New Bill Proclaims Striped Bass Our National Fish. WASHINGTON, April 28, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Congressman Tom MacArthur (R-NJ) has introduced the Striped Bass American Heritage Act, which would designate this iconic species as the United States' "National Fish."
The vast majority of fishing in Kansas is for bass, walleye, crappie and Catfish. There are also waters offering striper and "wiper" (a cross between white bass and stripers) fishing.
Official Largemouth World Record: George Perry's Undefeated Bass. On June 2nd, 1932, George Perry caught the current world record bass out of Lake Montgomery, an oxbow lake off the Ocmulgee River in southern Georgia. The fish (the whopper) weighed 22 pounds, 4 ounces.
The Top 10 States for Bass Fishing
- Minnesota.
- Wisconsin.
- Ohio.
- Florida.
- Alabama.
- New York.
- Georgia. The world-record largemouth bass - a 22-pound, 4-ounce specimen fished by one George Perry - was caught in Georgia.
- 10. California. Photo via RBBassfishing.net.
Only a small percentage of bass from the same year class live five years or longer, which most anglers can verify by the number of bass 17 inches long or longer they land. This means that a 10-pound bass might be ten years old or even older, and one that size is rare.
Larry Kurosaki. Larry Kurosaki used a custom-tied minnow fly on an 8-pound tippet to hook this big bass during a morning outing on Castaic Lagoon, a smaller body of water below the main reservoir of Castaic Lake, in California. It's the biggest largemouth caught with fly tackle in the IGFA record book.
The Top 10 States for Bass Fishing
- Minnesota.
- Wisconsin.
- Ohio.
- Florida.
- Alabama.
- New York.
- Georgia. The world-record largemouth bass - a 22-pound, 4-ounce specimen fished by one George Perry - was caught in Georgia.
- 10. California. Photo via RBBassfishing.net.
Mille Lacs stands out as the best body of water located in the land of 10,000 lakes, and one of the best bass fishing lakes in all of the country.
There are no native bass species in Alaska. The nearest bass populations are over 1,000 miles away.
It's safe to eat largemouth bass from clean freshwater sources such as lakes and rivers. Due to the type of diet, it takes and its habitat, this fish's flavor may not go down well with many people. The catch and release philosophy is popular as it helps keep the bass population up by ensuring future fishing stock.
