World Record Blue Catfish 2020
Dec 30 2019 Richard Andersons world-record blue catfish Photo from Dallas Weston.
World record blue catfish 2020. Considering that a mature 20-pound channel cat is considered trophy-sized the world record is even more impressive. Oct 20 2020 The new state-record blue catfish in Georgia caught by Tim Trone weighed 110 pounds 6 ounces. This species was additionally introduced to Western Europe where it is regarded as a prized sport fish.
The typical length is about 2546 in. At 124 pounds Pruitts fish surpassed the previous 121-pound 8-ounce world record blue cat caught in 2004 from Lake Texoma on the Texas-Oklahoma border. For the past 20 years the blue catfish world record has been broken every few years.
Jan 04 2021 Channel Catfish World Record. The fish can live to 20 years. The Wels catfish or sheatfish is a massive type of freshwater fish from Eastern and Northern Europe.
The record for the largest blue catfish caught was claimed by a man in Virginia by the name of Richard Anderson. Jan 05 2020 Past World Record Blue Catfish Greg Bernal 2010 Missouri River Missouri. Oct 21 2020 Posted by Wildlife Resources Division - Georgia DNR on Tuesday October 20 2020 Georgia Outdoor News reported that the fish broke the state record by 18 pounds.
Ross Barnett Reservoir Spillway. Search for the biggest fish in the International Game Fish Associations database of biggest fish for each species. I told my secretary These guys caught a fish bigger than you said biologist Rob Maher one of several Illinois Department of Natural Resources employees who identified Pruitts fish.
48 lbs 1 oz. The native distribution of blue catfish is primarily in the Mississippi River drainage including the Missouri Ohio Tennessee and Arkansas Rivers The Des Moines River in South Central Iowa and the Rio Grande and south along the Gulf Coast to Belize and Guatemala. Use the search form above to find fishing world records for freshwater fish saltwater fish and more.