Florida Flathead Catfish Record

Santa rosa county fla.

Florida flathead catfish record. Wfla florida fish and wildlife certified a new state record flathead catfish weighing nearly 70 lbs. An angler has broken the record for largest flathead catfish caught in florida. Photo courtesy of florida fish and wildlife conservation commission flathead catfish are a nonnative fish found in many northwest florida panhandle river systems. Wtsp reported that lavon nowling caught the massive 69 9 pound fish with live bait in the yellow river.

Santa rosa county fla. The record fish was weighed on a certified scale at fwc s blackwater hatchery near holt. Florida fish and wildlife conservation commission fwc fisheries biologists certified a new state record flathead catfish weighing 69 9 pounds measuring 48 5 inches long with a girth of 38 25. A florida angler has set a state record with the catch of a 69 3 pound flathead catfish that measured 47 inches and boasted a girth of 34 25 inches.

The record flathead catfish weighed 69 9 pounds. Wfla an angler from santa rosa county smashed a state record when he reeled in the largest flathead catfish ever caught and recorded in the state of florida florida fish and. It s the same river the last record holding flathead catfish was caught back in 2019. Nowling caught the flathead catfish on rod and reel using live bait in the yellow river a 92 mile long river which winds through florida s okaloosa santa rosa and walton counties in the.

Lavon nowling of santa rosa county caught the massive fish on rod and reel with live. Florida fish and wildlife conservation commission fwc fisheries biologists certified a new state record flathead catfish weighing 69 9 pounds measuring 48 5 inches long with a girth of 38 25. Marvin griffin of santa rosa landed the behemoth. Florida fish and wildlife conservation commission fwc fisheries biologists certified a new state record flathead catfish weighing 69 9 pounds measuring 48 5 inches long with a girth of 38 25.