70 Lb Flathead Catfish

The largest flathead catfish ever documented weighed an impressive 139 lb 14 oz and was captured in the Arkansas River in 1982.

70 lb flathead catfish. Lake Bridgeport 70 lb. Lake Bridgeport Email Updates. A 70-pound grass carp was recorded in 1999 in Lake Martin in Elmore County.

We have already hauled several loads of fish this year many in the 50s and a few in the 60s and 70s. Use this chart to estimate how much a blue or flathead catfish weighs. Of Ecletic earned bragging rights for the record-sized fish.

Clearly it became his largest catch and after an official weigh in by biologists on a certified scale it became the new state record for flathead catfish at 699 pounds measuring 485 inches long with a girth of 3825 inches. Aug 31 2020 But on August 31 2020 Nowling did the unthinkable he reeled in a 70-pound flathead catfish. The Flathead Catfish reeled in was guessed at near 100 pounds by the anglers.

WSVN A fishing expedition led to a record catch for a North Florida angler who reeled in the biggest flathead. They are a large long-lived species that can exceed 100 lb and live over 25 years. 51 rows I found certified records for flathead catfish in 36 out of 50 states in the US.

Catfish length-weight chart Total Length inches from the tip of the mouth to the end of the tail. The record Flathead is 70-pounds caught in 1970 in the St Croix River and the record Channel Cat is 38-pounds caught in 1975 in the Mississippi River. All live flathead catfish and blue catfish will be 10 lb and up.

Touched the bottom of the boat. Sign up for our email newsletter to keep with the Lake Bridgeport community. It easily bottomed out a 50 pound scale and when held up as high as the 5 foot 9 inch16 year old could hold it the fishs tail still.