Florida State Record Flathead Catfish

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.

Florida state record flathead catfish. Wvlt wtsp a florida angler reeled in the largest flathead catfish in the state s history. Photo courtesy of florida fish and wildlife conservation commission florida has a new state record for flathead catfish with the report of a 70 pounder caught on the same river as the previous record. Santa rosa county fla. Wtsp reported that lavon nowling caught the massive 69 9 pound fish with live bait in the yellow river.

The state record for flathead catfish in florida was only a year old when lavon nowling broke it recently. 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. 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. 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.

Florida fish and wildlife conservation commission fisheries biologists certified a new state record flathead catfish weighing 69 9 pounds. 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. Fwc says the fish weighs 69 9 pounds measures. Wctv biologists from the florida fish and wildlife conservation commission confirmed a new state record flathead catfish catch.