Big Fish of the Year 2017
Catch & Keep
Sonoran Sucker
5 lbs. 2.88 oz. 20.88 in., Lower Salt River
Ronald Nuss, Jr., 1/16/17
Striped Bass
20 lbs. 14.72 oz. 35 in., Lake Pleasant
David Campbell, 2/16/17
Channel Catfish*
33 lb., 5.76 oz., 39.5 in., Upper Lake Mary
Carson Pete, 3/26/17
Tiger Trout
1.49 lbs., 15.4 in., Carnero Lake
Roger Thompson, Concho 3/27/17
Carp
26 lbs., 13.12 oz., 39 in., Canyon Lake
Ronald Nuss Jr., 6/6/17
White Bass
2 lbs., 2.88 oz., 17 in., Lake Pleasant
James Brooks, 10/19/17
Green Sunfish
1 lb. 15.84 oz. 12.5 in., Patagonia Lake
Kevin Naujelis, 5/20/17
Brown Trout
4 lbs.14.88 oz., 20.8 in., Black River
Paul Deming, 6/19/17
Smallmouth Bass
6 lbs. 4.48 oz. 21 in., Lake Havasu
Sue Nowak, 2/23/17
Catch & Release**
Smallmouth Bass
23.5 in., Roosevelt Lake
David Peterson, 4/21/17
Green Sunfish
13 in., Lake Pleasant
Tyler Johnson, New Brighton, MN 4/10/17
Sonora Sucker
24 in., Lower Salt River
Levi Flood, 2/11/17
Community Fishing Entries
Catch & Keep
Rainbow Trout
3 lb. 5.44 oz., 19.1 in., Pioneer Lake
Quentin Johnson, 2/25/17
Flathead Catfish
25 lb., 6.4 oz., 36 in., Tempe Town Lake
Quentin Johnson, 1/14/17
White Amur
20 lb. 10.4 oz., 33.5 in., Kiwanis Lake
Quentin Johnson, 3/5/17
Channel Catfish
9.6 lbs., 27 in., Red Mountain Lake
Richard Steele, 4/6/17
Catch & Release**
Rainbow Trout
26 in., Silver Creek
Michael Sims, 2/23/17
Tiger Trout*
14 in., Becker Lake
Savannah Thompson, 3/10/17
* New State Record
** Based on length only and rounded down to nearest inch. New entries must exceed existing entry by at least 1 inch.
Previous winners [PDF]
Arizona Fish Entry Form with Rules [PDF] (page 44 of the 2014 Fishing Regulations)
Arizona Fish Weighing Scale Locations [PDF] (page 45 of the 2014 Fishing Regulations)
