Missouri Record Blue Catfish

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.

Missouri record blue catfish. Jakob Hals and Luke Hentges head down to the Missouri River in Missouri. Missouri State Record Fish Program Rules Missouri has a long proud tradition of fishing and its abundant lakes and streams have produced exceptional fish. 5 lbs 8 oz.

Heres the dramatic story of Greg Bernals epic. Record Fish Story - Blue Catfish. Blue catfish weighing near or slightly above 100 pounds are still taken occasionally in Missouri.

Before 1900 specimens weighing more than 100 pounds were common in Missouri waters. The monster cat easily displaced the previous Missouri state record a 103-pounder landed in 1991 allowing Peper to officially certify Bernals catch as the new Missouri state record blue catfish caught on pole and line. Louis Greg Bernal of Florissant holds the new official Missouri state record for blue catfish ictalurus fucatus.

Bernal was fishing with pieces of cut silver Asian carp and a forty-pound test fishing line while fishing from his boat on the Missouri River in the Columbia Bottom Conservation Area west of the confluence of the Missouri and Mississippi rivers in. July 12 2019. 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.

Mar 27 2015 Andy Belobraydic III landed a massive 140-pound 9-ounce paddlefish last Saturday at Table Rock Lake near Branson Mo after battling the fish for nearly 30 minutes. Nick Anderson caught a 143 pound blue cat with a girth of 47 inches and a length of 57 inches. That mark has stood since 1974.

Join them as they catch what they believe to be the biggest blue catfish ever caugh. Reports survive from the 1800s of specimens weighing as much as 315 pounds. The new alternative method.