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I caught it the old fashion way with a night crawler. Its commonly believed that the blue catfish represents the largest North American catfish species.
Experts say the fish a Mekong giant catfish was around 170 years old and never seen in this part of the.
Largest catfish caught in tennessee. Biggest catfish in Tennessee caught at Watts Bar Lake - Troy Powers - YouTube A huge catfish caught at Watts Bar Lake may have set a state record16-year-old Troy Powers from Kingston caught itThe. A Tennessee angler who could not find a friend to fish with last Saturday night reeled in one of the largest blue catfish ever caught in the state. David Andersons catch of a.
The record for the biggest catfish caught in Tennessee is held by Robert E. Lewis on the Cumberland River in 1998. OutdoorHub Reporters 073115 A high school student from Kingston Tennessee may have caught the largest flathead catfish in state history but the teen angler ultimately decided to release the.
After a few photos the fish was revived and released. The state flathead record stands at 85 pounds which means Autry is one of the biggest catfish ever caught in the state and was just a few. Woman catches gigantic 88-pound catfish in a Tennessee lake Paula Cathey Smith caught an 88-pound catfish in Tennessee on Sunday Blue catfish are commonly 3-60 pounds.
Details of how she caught it. What is the largest catfish caught in the United States. Ken Paulies 123-pound flathead stands as the accepted world record extracted from Elk City Reservoir Kansas in May 1998.
The giant cat measured 61-inches with a 4375-inch girth. Its commonly believed that the blue catfish represents the largest North American catfish species. The catfish weighed in at 736 lbs.
Experts say the fish a Mekong giant catfish was around 170 years old and never seen in this part of the. Zeb Hogan of the show âMonster Fishâ on Nat Geo WILD lowers an electric shock boom into the Tennessee River during a recent search for giant catfish. Contributed by Nat Geo WILD Hogan said a.
A 7-year old boy in Tennessee learned that lesson for himself last week by turning his hard-earned money into one of the biggest flathead catfish catches in state history. Autry Hogan from Cumberland City TN saved up his chore money to buy a new pole in preparation for a fishing trip with his dad Joshua grandpa Gary and little brother Kye. Fishing For Big Blue Catfish Matt Schulte from Colorado went down to the Chickamauga Lake in Tennessee to go fishing with his buddies but what he didnt realize is he was about to catch the biggest blue catfish hes ever caught.
This might be the biggest catfish Ive ever caught Matt Schulte said. The potential to catch a big one. Most Recent World Record Catfish.
The catfishing world exploded with chatter on June 18 2011 with talk of a new world record blue catfish much larger than the previous largest catfish ever caught. The new world record blue catfish was caught Saturday night June 18th 2011 at John H. Kerr-Buggs Island Lake near Clarksville Virginia.
Watts Bar Lake is the first reservoir formed along the Tennessee River. Biologist Mike Jolley said this is one of the top spots in the region for catfish. Anglers spent some 50743 angling hours chasing catfish with an average catch of 164 cats per hour.
Thats a really good average as far as creel data is concerned. 10 of the Biggest World Record Catfish Ever Caught From behemoth blues to fat flatheads heres a look at 10 of the most impressive world record catfish ever caught By Colin Kearns Published Sep. The first large catfish I caught in Tennessee was about 10 lbs.
I caught it the old fashion way with a night crawler. Using worms however attracts many smaller bluegill and shell crackers AKA redeared sunfish which makes it difficult to keep your bait in the water long enough for a large catfish to find it. David pulled in an 80-pound flathead catfish thanks in no small part to that net.
According to the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency the largest flathead ever caught in Tennessee weighed 85 pounds and came out of the Hiwassee River in 1993. How quickly did he know he might have a record-size fish. While fishing with a friend on the Cumberland River Schmid caught a 90-pound catfish one of the largest fish ever caught in the state WKRN reported.
The record for a Tennessee-caught blue. South Carolina Tennessee and Missouri have all produced blue catfish in the 130 lb class while Illinois Texas and Alabama have all produced fish at or exceeding 120 lbs. Oklahoma is 10 on the list with a 118 lb brute caught in Lake Texoma the same reservoir that produced biggest blue catfish from Texas 1215 lbs.