The current world record is 6.75 kilograms (14 lb 14 oz), caught by Chris Stephenson on Pickwick Lake in Alabama, April 1995[7] and certified by National Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame.

[8][9] The long-lived and late-maturing silver redhorse is also a sportfish pursued by kill-and-dump bowfishing, a 21st century unregulated sport that produces tons of wanton waste, and thus management and conservation are in need of updating.

[12] The native range of the silver red horse is the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence and Mississippi River basins.

[13] The silver redhorse is also widely distributed in eastern North America from Missouri to Quebec with most residing in the southeastern United States.

[14] It is typically found in lakes and in small to large rivers, where it often lives in undercut banks or protruding tree roots.

One study in Quebec, Canada found that the silver redhorse is abundant in what they call V-males, as they outnumber the females considerably.

[16] The common methodology includes two males pressing a female between them, causing a vibration to occur while the egg and the sperm are released.

[3] In Minnesota, 21st century tournament bowfishing of redhorse exceeds the commercial harvest level by more than 200 times.

[14] The IGFA all-tackle record is tied at 5.19 kg (11 lb 7 oz), with one being caught from Plum Creek in Wisconsin in 1985, and the other from the Chagrin River, Ohio on 19 March 2024.