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Mississippi Sport Fishing
Record Rules
Marine Fisheries
- Fish must be hooked, fought, and brought to net or gaff by the
applicant with no help from any person, except that another person may
operate the net or gaff. Catches on hand lines or other non-sporting
equipment will not be considered.
- Conventional Records: Fish must be legally caught in a sporting
manner on rod, reel and line or pole and line, and hooked with any legal
hook or lure.
- Fly Fishing Records: Fish must be legally caught on a rod, reel,
and line using conventional fly fishing tackle. The lure used must be a
recognized type of artificial fly. Treble hooks are prohibited. The use
of any other type of lure or natural bait, either singularly or attached
to the fly is prohibited. The fly used must be submitted with the
application.
- Two (2) color photographs should be submitted with each application:
- One (1) of angler and fish.
- One (1) showing a clear, close-up side view of the fish.
Photos become the property of the Mississippi Department of Marine
Resources.
- Fish MUST be weighed on certified scales or scales legal for trade,
i.e. grocery store scales, etc. The weighing must take place in the
presence of two (2) witnesses other than the applicant, who MUST sign
the application form or a separate statement attesting that they
witnessed the OFFICIAL weight. NO provision for weight loss will be
allowed. The actual weight of the fish AT THE TIME OF WEIGHING will be
the OFFICIAL WEIGHT. It is also desirable to include signature(s) on the
application form of the witness(es), if any, to the actual catching of
the fish. Witnesses to the weight and catch CANNOT be the same persons.
Rodeo entries are considered valid and acceptable weights.
- Length of the fish must be measured in a straight line from the tip
of the snout to the tip of the tail AND from the tip of the snout to the
fork of the tail.
- Girth of the fish will be measured around the thickest portion of
the body.
- Applications for saltwater species SHALL be positively identified
AND verified by a Professional Fisheries Biologist and/or a Rodeo
Weighmaster.
- Only fish caught in Mississippi waters or fish caught in adjacent
waters and landed in a Mississippi port will be considered.
- The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources reserves the right to
further check fish identification or verification of witnesses and to
refuse any application that is questionable. It will be considered Just
Cause for disqualification of current application and any previous
records established by anyone who knowingly falsifies a Record
Application. All rules will be strictly adhered to. The decision of the
Mississippi Commission on Marine Resources will be.
Application to be
considered for a record
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