Missouri Blue Catfish Record
About 120 pounds in recent years although in the 1800s 300-pound fish were caught from the Missouri River.
Missouri blue catfish record. Blue catfish weighing near or slightly above 100 pounds are still taken occasionally in Missouri. His fish is the seventh state-record fish caught by anglers so far this year. 20 - 45 inches.
ARE YOU READY TO TOP THIS RECORD. Jul 22 2010 A 130-pound blue catfish hauled from the Missouri River in the teeth of a dead-of-night thunderstorm is the new pending IGFA all-tackle world record. Nov 27 2018 A Warsaw angler hoping for a big blue catfish ended up with a new state-record walleye instead.
The new alternative method. Reports survive from the 1800s of specimens weighing as much as 315 pounds. Sixty-Five Years on Missouris Rivers Captain Bill Heckman reported the largest fish ever caught in the Missouri River was a blue catfish.
Sep 30 2010 The current pole-and-line record for blue catfish weighing an even 103 pounds was caught in the Missouri River by Clarence Kerr of Fairfax in 1991. On a historical note in his 1950 book Steamboating. Some NFWFHF records --polelineno reel Ice fishing poleline and tip up and the 45- 50-pound and unlimited line classes are within reach.
Oct 22 2020 Jacob Bernhardt of Great Falls was fishing the Missouri River in Cascade County last Friday when he caught the 201-inch sucker which broke the previous record of 327 pounds set by Ray Quigley. 109 pounds 4 ounces. Record blue catfish caught by Edde on March 21 weighed 120 pounds 8 ounces with a length of 55 and 18 inches and a girth of 45 inches.
July 12 2019. That mark has stood since 1974. Record Fish Story - Blue Catfish.