Louisiana State Record Blue Catfish
In 2007 John Summers caught what many people believe to be the largest blue catfish ever caught on rod and reel.
Louisiana state record blue catfish. CATFISH BLUE Ictalurus furcatus Species separation 1994 Rank Weight Angler Where Caught Date Caught 1 11400 Lawson Boyte Mississippi River March 2014 2014 LOWA Fish of the Year East Carroll Parish 2. In early April the 49-year-old angler pulled a blue cat weighing over 110 pounds from the Mississippi River in southeast Louisiana besting the old. Keith Day can now lay claim to a distinction that most catfish anglers can only imagine.
Hes the holder of a state record. 11019 Keith Day Mississippi River April 2005 2005 LOWA Fish of the Year St. Discussion Starter 1 Apr 9 2006.
Had the fish been caught on a rod and reel it would have easily bested the current state record of 109-pounds. That fish which undoubtedly exceeded 100 pounds may still be swimming the river and growing larger with each passing day. May 20 2020 Louisiana.
MS River Natchez 532003. Oct 31 2018 A new Louisiana record1103 poundswas caught at St. Cal Young Park Lake.
Sep 28 2010 Big and blue on the Bayou. In fact the 95-pound state record blue cat was caught in the Mississippi. 97-0 Esker Carroll Green River 661956.
104-0 Bruce Midkiff Ohio River 1999 also Indiana record Channel. 37 lbs 10 oz. Buggs Island Lake Virginia World Record Blue Catfish.