I was going to guess 40 lbs as a really big one Guess there even bigger ones out there.

I have got most of mine on worms- But i& even my daughter i remember fishing in lake erie/nigara river have got some on lures..

The one snaping my line recently had to be 20+ lbs ez

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Some Freshwater Drum Records

State County Weight Length Location Angler Date
Alabama 41 lbs 8 oz Wilson Reservoir Wilson Brock 7/24/1949
Arkansas 45 lbs 6 oz Lake Wilson Brake Chuck Piker 7/11/2004
Colorado Larimer 17 lbs 3 oz 32" Lonetree Reservoir Faye Lancamp 1978
Illinois Perry 35 lbs 0 oz DuQuoin City Lake Joe Rinella 1960
Indiana Martin 30 lbs 0 oz White River Garland Fellers 1963
Iowa Dickinson 46 lbs 0 oz 38.5" Spirit Lake R.F. Farra 10/1962
Kentucky 38 lbs 0 oz Green River Larry Cardwell 6/5/1980
Manitoba 0 lbs 35"" Fairford River 1998
Michigan Muskegon 26 lbs 0 oz 37.5" Muskegon Lake James Black 1973
Minnesota Winona 35 lbs 3.2 oz 36" Mississippi River - near Winona Richard L. Rolbiecki 10/5/1999
Mississippi 25 lbs 4.32 oz MP&L Lake - near Cleveland George Anderson 3/26/1989
Missouri 40 lbs 8 oz Lake of the Ozarks Ronald P. Wagner 7/11/1996
Montana 20 lbs 7.04 oz 33.5" Fort Peck Reservoir - Big Dry Arm Richard C. Lee 6/20/1987
Nebraska 28 lbs 4 oz Missouri River - below Gavins Point dam Vincent Prazak 10/1/1971
New York 24 lbs 7 oz Ganargua Creek Paul J. Cimicata Jr. 5/26/1995
North Carolina 13 lbs 22 oz Kerr Lake Henry W. Proctor, Sr 10/1/2003
North Dakota 26 lbs 2 oz Lake Sakakawea Larry Harris 1988
Ohio 23 lbs 8 oz 37.125" Sandusky River James S. Williams 7/21/2001
Oklahoma 38 lbs 0 oz 41.75" Tenkiller Lake Harold Phillips 5/23/1976
Ontario 20 lbs 6 oz N/A 0
Pennsylvania Washington 19 lbs 14 oz Monongahela River Tim Rogers 1994
South Dakota 36 lbs 8 oz Missouri River Alvin D. Williams 9/25/1971
Texas 34 lbs 11.2 oz 32.25" Lake Texoma Billy Walker 3/30/1995
West Virginia 27 lbs 0 oz 35.5" South Fork Hughes River Charles M. Lott 1989
Wisconsin Crawford 35 lbs 4 oz Mississippi River unknown 8/29/1992
Wyoming Platte 11 lbs 14 oz 26" Glendo Reservoir Rich Detry 1993