Missouri Channel Catfish Record

Conservation officials believe Bernals blue catfish to be at least 25 years of age and as old as 30.

Missouri channel catfish record. 130-0 Greg Bernal Missouri River 7202010. 34 lbs 10 oz. The channel catfish was established as the official Missouri state fish in 1997.

Missouri designated the channel catfish as the official state fish in 1997. Sixty-Five Years on Missouris Rivers Captain Bill Heckman reported the largest fish ever caught in the. The world-record blue catfish was caught in 2011 from John Kerr Reservoir in Virginia and weighed 143 pounds.

Missouris previous record for a flathead catfish caught by methods other than a hand-held line was a 94-pound fish caught from the St. Geno Adams the GFPs fisheries program administrator issued a. 80 lbs 0 oz.

Francis River in 1971. 34lbs 10oz caught at Lake Jacomo by Gerald Siebenmorgen on. The Missouri rod-and-reel state record weighed 130 pounds and was caught from the lower Missouri River in 2010.

He currently holds the record for the biggest catfish caught in Missouri. May 20 2019 Blue catfish grow to much larger sizes than channel catfish. 103lbs caught at Missouri River by Clarence H.

100-8 Raynold Promes Missouri River. Francis River has stood since 1971. Jan 04 2021 Greg Bernal then captured the record by catching a 130 pound monster blue cat on the Missouri River in Missouri.