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DOEE’s new and improved Recreational Angling Records Program provides anglers with the opportunity to apply for record status for 29 different fish species found in the waters of the District of Columbia. If an angler’s record submission is weighed-in and certified, they will receive a custom-printed District of Columbia Angling Record Certificate.
In addition to Angling Record Certificates, DOEE also offers Trophy Fish Award Certificates (photo entry length certificates).
All records based on weight; all lengths considered unofficial. All potential record fish must be weighed in at the Aquatic Resources Education Center in Anacostia Park. Please see Official Rules section below for further details, including weight and length minimums.
For questions, and to report your significant angling achievement(s), contact Fisheries Research Branch Chief Dillon Waters at [email protected].
Table of Current District Angling Records
| Common Name | Scientific Name | Youth Record (lbs.) | DC Recreational Angling Record (lbs.) |
| Black Crappie+ | Pomoxis nigromaculatus | 1.15 | 2.10 |
| Blue Catfish+ | Ictalurus furcatus | Vacant | Vacant |
| Bluegill+ | Lepomis macrochirus | .60 | .80 |
| Brook Trout+ | Salvelinus fontinalis | Vacant | Vacant |
| Brown Bullhead+ | Ameiurus nebulosus | Vacant | Vacant |
| Brown Trout+ | Salmo trutta | Vacant | Vacant |
| Channel Catfish# | Ictalurus punctatus | 7.5 | Vacant |
| Common Carp+ | Cyprinus carpio | 13.6 | 21.35 |
| Flathead Catfish | Pylodictis olivaris | 15.00 | 20.00 |
| Golden Redhorse+ | Moxostoma erythrurum | Vacant | Vacant |
| Green Sunfish+ | Lepomis cyanellus | Vacant | Vacant |
| Largemouth Bass# | Micropterus salmoides | 5.90 | 6.55 |
| Longear Sunfish+ | Lepomis megalotis | Vacant | Vacant |
| Longnose Gar | Lepisosteus osseus | 4.00 | 5.00 |
| Muskellunge+ | Esox masquinongy | Vacant | Vacant |
| Northern Snakehead+ | Channa argus | 8.00 | 10.10 |
| Pumpkinseed+ | Lepomis gibbosus | Vacant | Vacant |
| Quillback Carpsucker+ | Carpiodes cyprinus | Vacant | Vacant |
| Rainbow Trout+ | Oncorhynchus mykiss | Vacant | Vacant |
| Redbreast Sunfish+ | Lepomis auritus | Vacant | Vacant |
| Redear Sunfish+ | Lepomis microlophus | Vacant | Vacant |
| Rock Bass+ | Ambloplites rupestris | Vacant | Vacant |
| Smallmouth Bass# | Micropterus dolomieu | Vacant | Vacant |
| Striped Bass@ | Morone saxatilis | Vacant | Vacant |
| Walleye# | Sander vitreus | Vacant | Vacant |
| White Catfish+ | Ameiurus catus | Vacant | Vacant |
| White Crappie+ | Pomoxis annularis | Vacant | Vacant |
| White Perch+ | Morone americana | Vacant | 0.80 |
| White Sucker+ | Catostomus commersonii | Vacant | Vacant |
| Yellow Bullhead+ | Ameiurus natalis | Vacant | Vacant |
| Yellow Perch# | Perca flavescens | Vacant | Vacant |
# --- Open season with restrictions. Please consult Regulated Fishing Activities.
+ --- Open season without restrictions.
@ --- Size and season restrictions. Please consult Regulated Fishing Activities.
Please read the Recreational Angling Records Program Official Rules, and complete the Angling Records Intake Form.
Congrats to 15-year-old local angler Kasper Parfomak on catching the new D.C. record largemouth bass. Kasper caught a 5.90 pound largemouth, that measured 20.75 inches, at the Tidal Basin on March 15 while fishing with a Rat-L-Trap. The very next day, he caught another bass at the Tidal Basin on a bladed jig that weighed 5.90 pounds and measured 20.5 inches.
Local angler Devon Addison caught this District Record 1.90lb black crappie in April 2022. Devon upgraded his record in November 2022 with a 2.10lb fish from the Washington Channel.
Local angler Justin Selecky caught this 10.10lb District Record northern snakehead near Kingman Island in June 2022.