The fish is the largest blue catfish ever weighed on a certified scale in South Carolina, but it is not eligible for state record certification because it was not caught on a rod and reel. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission fisheries biologists certified a new state record flathead catfish weighing 69.9 pounds. We were fortunate enough to speak with Justin Conner about his record-setting catch. Lowe’s monster topped in at 141.76 pounds, just a pound and a quarter shy of setting a new world record, before being released back into the lake. ... Nebraska, with his 89-pound flathead catfish. On July 20, 2010, a yet-to-be-certified new world record blue catfish was caught by Greg Bernal of Florissant, Missouri , … The weight did, however, easily secure the fish a place in the record books as the second largest blue catfish ever caught, anywhere in the world. (Photo courtesy of Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission) Florida has a new state record for flathead catfish, with the report of a 70-pounder caught on the same river as the previous record.
The other belongs to Justin Conner of Culloden, WV, whose 49.84 inch, 58.38 pound blue catfish was long enough to earn the state’s record for length. One of those new records belongs to Zachary Adkins, who caught a 53.1 inch, 59 pound grass carp on Warden Lake. Gründer, though, caught the biggest fish there – and around the world, setting a new record. The fisherman reeled this colossus in at River Po, Italy. A likely new Pennsylvania record for flathead catfish – a monster weighing 56.3 pounds – was pulled from the Schuylkill River in the Philadelphia area on Sunday night. The old record was 80 pounds. Edit Article Add New Article Close. Already, the place boasts a reputation for having massive catfish. Coming in at 8.8 feet, the catfish weighed an estimated 284 pounds. The state record for flathead catfish in Florida was only a year old when Lavon Nowling broke it recently.
The other belongs to Justin Conner of Culloden, WV, whose 49.84 inch, 58.38 pound blue catfish was long enough to earn the state’s record for length. One of those new records belongs to Zachary Adkins, who caught a 53.1 inch, 59 pound grass carp on Warden Lake. Gründer, though, caught the biggest fish there – and around the world, setting a new record. The fisherman reeled this colossus in at River Po, Italy. A likely new Pennsylvania record for flathead catfish – a monster weighing 56.3 pounds – was pulled from the Schuylkill River in the Philadelphia area on Sunday night. The old record was 80 pounds. Edit Article Add New Article Close. Already, the place boasts a reputation for having massive catfish. Coming in at 8.8 feet, the catfish weighed an estimated 284 pounds. The state record for flathead catfish in Florida was only a year old when Lavon Nowling broke it recently.