Conner: I caught the state record blue catfish was January 11th, 2020. The only larger catfish is the wels (Silurus glanis), a member of the Siluridae family, which is found in central and eastern Europe and southern Russia, and may grow to 440 lb (200 kg).

We started our day like any other day. was held by a man who caught his trophy blue on the Missouri River. Three men are seen holding this fish in the pictures. The previous record of 130 lb. New record blue cat betters old record by more than 8 pounds . Posted by Andy Dick on Monday, July 6, 2020. Unless your approaching the night time. It’s when biting really and activity really picks up. We knew there was a massive front coming in. More specifically, after 9pm.

Creek mouths are also a good option. Blue cats are legendary fish known far and wide for their size and power.

Back in March, Tony Milam set the current Virginia state record with a 109-pound blue. The fish was caught during a Fish-on tournament Saturday, December 7. Blue catfish are heavy bodied, blueish gray in color, and have a dorsal hump. Instead of hanging his new fish on a mantle, Anderson attempted to keep it alive so that it could find a new home … We got us some gizzard shad for bait and headed out to our first spot. If you can find gizzard shad, eel, or various types of cut bait to rig near the bot-tom, you have a good chance of catching Blue Catfish. According to the IGFA, the world record blue catfish weighed 143 pounds flat.

Lake Gaston, which has solidified itself as one of the freshwater fisheries in North Carolina, now gets to add even more notoriety to its name. The previous Lake Waco record for a blue catfish was only 40 pounds. The fish was caught in the Ohio River and weighed 104 lb. Glynn was participating in the Walter Hayes memorial catfish tournament. We were happy to verify a NEW STATE RECORD blue catfish (106.9 lbs.) Blue catfish often suspend higher up in the water column however.

caught yesterday by Glynn Grogan of Arlington, Kentucky! I’ve definitely had my fun catching them and flatheads.

We had advantage of the river rising and being ahead of the massive cold front. Harger was not available for comment by press time. From my experience, blue’s are a little less finicky and have a bigger appetite for a variety of baits. PRATT—After the required 30-day waiting period, the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism (KDWPT) has officially recognized a 102.8-pound blue catfish as a new state record. On June 18, 2011, Nick Anderson of Greenville, North Carolina reeled in a 143-lb blue catfish from John Kerr Reservoir, more commonly known as Buggs Island Lake, on the Virginia-North Carolina border.On June 22, 2011, the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries certified the blue catfish as the state's largest, setting a new state record. The Indiana record for a blue catfish was set in 1999 by Bruce Midkiff. They stay on the bottom for the most part and don’t tend to surface feed or shallow feed nearly as often as a channel or even flathead catfish.

And this past Saturday, Nick Anderson (Rick's son) — a 29-year-old high school football coach from …

The weight of the catch is 2-pounds heavier than John Harger’s 65.12 pound, 49-inch Blue Catfish that has held the record since December 19, 2011, according to the Texas Parks and Wildlife’s Water Body Weigh Records caught by rod and reel, fly fishing, and bow fishing.

Bernal landed the 130-pound blue catfish that officials say is big enough for a world record held since May 2005 by Tim Pruitt of Alton.

Three weeks ago, Rick Anderson pulled out a 95-pound monster out of the lake. He said he previously caught a 74-pound Blue Catfish about five or six years ago on a jug line. New KY state record blue catfish Glynn Grogan was fishing a catfish tournament in honor of his former fishing partner Walter Hays who died earlier this year at the age of 80. While Taymon is ecstatic to finally accomplish his long-time goal of breaking the lake’s rod and reel record for the Blue Catfish, this is not the last time he plans to cast his line. We got up at 4 a.m. to be the first ones at the boat ramp.

Blue catfish is they rarely move in the ways other species of catfish move. We were happy to verify a NEW STATE RECORD blue catfish (106.9 lbs.) caught yesterday by Glynn Grogan of Arlington, Kentucky! They was calling for 75 … So you can also catch them under pole floats or with bait on a Santee Cooper Rig. In the weigh-in video above, the enthusiastic party gets an official weight on the massive blue catfish — 121.9 pounds!

Identification. Anderson brought home a massive fish that weighed just under 150 pounds and was barely under five feet long. You can get a blue to bite on stinky dip bait, whereas flatheads prefer live baits. Grogan wasn't expecting what would happen on this day. A new James River record was caught in December 2014 (see picture above) To find them, look for deep holes, fallen trees, and drop-offs, especially along the outer bends in the river.