If you're looking to catch a state-record catfish in Washington, head to Lacamas Lake.
In the past 20 years, the lake has coughed up two channel catfish that very
nearly set state records.
This specimen, caught on September 28 by Kelly King, weighed 28.2 pounds, coming close to the state record for the species, a 36.2-pound fish caught in 1999. In 2005, another angler caught a 33-pound channel catfish in a different portion of Lacamas. King fishes with a group of anglers that call themselves the "garage-sale group," because they don't spend much on their gear, according to the Columbian.
Still, it could have been even better for King, who originally thought the fish was a brown bullhead. If that were the case, it would have been a world record. An impressive catch nevertheless. – Rick Bach
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