Ohio Flathead Catfish Record
79 pounds 4 ounces 2001 Life Expectancy.
Ohio flathead catfish record. Ohio River Boyd County. For comparison Ohios state catfish record sits at a ridiculous 765 pounds and 58 58 inches whereas West Virginias flathead record is 70 pounds and 52 inches. 41 12 LaDue Reservoir.
The state record channel cat is 37 pounds 104 ounces caught at La Due in 1992. To date the state-record flathead is a 76-pound 8-ounce monster caught at Clendening Lake in 1979. A long wide head gives it the name.
Im not sure of all the weights but I have a 47 lb flathead and one of the fish Don is holding is a 53 lb bruiser. The total weight of the five flatheads is 193 lbs. The current world record as of 1998 is a 123 pound monster caught in Kansas.
Wabash River Vermillion County. 98-0 Billy Nabors Texoma 11112004. Just like with Blauvelt the agents brought their own scales.
Oct 12 2020 Justin Conner West Virginia In January of 2020 Justin Conner broke the WV length record with a 4984-inch 5834-pound blue catfish from the Ohio River. They are native to the Mississippi Missouri and Ohio River drainages and found as far north as Lake Erie and as far south as Florida. 96-0 Chris Rolph Ohio River 6112009.
White River Lawrence County. Feb 19 2013 The second giant is Pylodictis olivaris the flathead catfish. Sep 18 2017 North Dakota Catfish Records.