Whats The Biggest Catfish Ever Caught In America

Dec 08 2014 10 Biggest Catfish World Records of All Time Blue Catfish.

Whats the biggest catfish ever caught in america. Meet the largest catfish in the world. Highly valued for both its food and sporting value the. The blue catfish caught by Mullenix weighed in at 1215 lbs which was not only a Texas state record but also a world record.

The largest fish in recent history was caught in Buggs Island Reservoir in Virginia in 2011. 51 rows May 31 2020 Bartlett Lake. The Mudger family comes from a long line of expert fisherman.

I m more interested in the fish than the methods. The record for the largest blue catfish caught was claimed by a man in Virginia by the name of Richard Anderson. Anderson brought home a massive fish that weighed just under 150 pounds and was barely under five feet long.

Features the largest collection of monster catfish ever captured on one video. Dec 30 2019 Richard Andersons world-record blue catfish Photo from Dallas Weston. Apr 01 2016 Red Mudger of Meadowbrook first told the story of the day he discovered the biggest catfish ever known to man back in 1902.

Many state records have come from within a few miles of the dock where I spent much of my childhood. In fact theres even a standing US record 135 pound Flathead Catfish from Santee Cooper Lake that was caught by Tommy Fredricks. The Indiana record for a blue catfish was set in 1999 by Bruce Midkiff.

A 100lb fish is still a 100lb fish no matter how it was caught. Including the largest catfish caught on film in No. Jun 30 2005 Weighing up to 660 lb 300 kg and measuring up to 105 ft 32 m Pangasianodon gigas is not only the worlds largest catfish.