| Year | Name | Species | Weight | Lake |
| 2025 | Mike Johnson | Smallmouth | 5.66 # | Lake Erie |
| 2024 | Kelly Dearwester | Largemouth | 5.19 # | Indian Lake |
| 2023 | Virgil Grant | Largemouth | 5.69 # | Lake Loramie |
| 2022 | Ryan Hartman | Smallmouth | 5.36 # | Lake Erie |
| 2021 | James Kain | Smallmouth | 5.17 # | Lake Erie |
| 2020 | Kelly Dearwester | Smallmouth | 4.71 # | Lake Erie |
| 2019 | Boyd Downey | Largemouth | 5.37 # | Lake Erie |
| 2018 | James Kain | Largemouth | 5.65 # | Lake Erie |
| 2017 | James Kain | Largemouth | 6.22 # | Knox Lake |
| 2016 | Boyd Downey | Largemouth | 5.67 # | Knox Lake |
| 2015 | Don Ratcliff | Largemouth | 4.81 # | Knox Lake |
| 2014 | Boyd Downey | Smallmouth | 5.36 # | Lake Erie |
| 2013 | Boyd Downey | Largemouth | 6.43 # | Lake Erie |
| 2012 | Don Kraft | Largemouth | 4.91 # | Sandusky Bay |
| 2011 | Andy Cripple | Largemouth | 4.47 # | Knox Lake |
| 2010 | Mike Patterson | Smallmouth | 5.18 # | Lake Erie |
| 2009 | Steve Ganger | Largemouth | 4.81 # | Lake Erie |
| 2008 | Derek Ganger | Largemouth | 4.89 # | Lake Erie |
| 2007 | Dave Wedertz | Largemouth | 4.72 # | Lake Erie |
| 2006 | Judd Rarey | Smallmouth | 5.02 # | Lake Erie |
| 2005 | Jim Miller | Smallmouth | 5.17 # | Lake Erie |
| 2004 | Boyd Downey | Smallmouth | 4.31 # | Lake Erie |
| 2003 | Nick McCullough | Smallmouth | 4.59 # | Lake Erie |
| 2002 | Nathan Youngs | Smallmouth | 5.90 # | Lake Erie |
| 2001 | Boyd Downey | Smallmouth | 4.68 # | Lake Erie |
| 2000 | Don Thompson | Largemouth | 5.13 # | Knox Lake |
| 1999 | Larry Pennington | Largemouth | 4.94 # | Buckeye Lake |
| 1998 | Boyd Downey | Largemouth | 5 # 2 oz | St Marys |
| 1997 | Pete Brown | Largemouth | 4 # 6 oz | Buckeye Lake |
| 1996 | Chad Gilfillan | Largemouth | 5 # 0 oz | Buckeye Lake |
| 1995 | Bob Flowers | Largemouth | 3 # 14 oz | Alum Creek |
| 1994 | Boyd Downey | Largemouth | 4 # 14 oz | Buckeye Lake |
| 1993 | Art Albrecht | Largemouth | 5 # 10 oz | Alum Creek |
| 1992 | John Kraft | Largemouth | 4 # 14 oz | Alum Creek |
| 1991 | Boyd Downey | Largemouth | 4 # 9 oz | Knox Lake |
| 1990 | Shawn Jordan / Joe Cramer | Largemouth | 4 # 12 oz | Indian Lake |
| 1989 | Pat Carey | Largemouth | 4 # 6 oz | Rocky Fork |
| 1988 | Don Kraft | Largemouth | 4 # 12 oz | Lake Loramie |
| 1987 | Tom Harbison | Largemouth | 3 # 12 oz | Buckeye Lake |
| 1986 | Boyd Downey | Largemouth | 5 # 3 oz | Buckeye Lake |
| 1985 | James Castle | Largemouth | 5 # 7 oz | St Marys |
| 1984 | Don Kraft | Largemouth | 5 # 9 oz | Indian Lake |
| 1975 | Paul Pemberton | Largemouth | 6 # 10 oz | Lake Logan |
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