Some of you asked for a better picture of Bill Dance’s near-record blue catfish. Well, this is from his Facebook page, in the words of the legend himself: Hey everybody, As you can see, I had another great week fishing on the Mississippi River. This Blue Cat weighed in at 110 lbs. and missed the [...]
Blue Catfish Fishing
Bill Dance Lands 110-Plus-Pound Mississippi River Catfish
The Tennessee record for blue catfish is a 112 pounds, and the most famous angler to ever where a Tennessee hat came just 28 ounces from landing in the state record books. Bill Dance, perhaps the most famous freshwater angler in the world, was fishing the Mississippi River on September 22 when he landed a [...]
It’s Official: New Kansas Record Catfish
We first told you about Rob Stanley’s 102-pound blue catfish that he caught in the Missouri River. We were pretty certain back then that it would be the new state record, and official word has come down from the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks, and Tourism: Stanley’s catfish is the new record. The massive catfish [...]
The GoFISHn Line-The Best Catches and Fishing News: Record Largemouth, Catfish, Hammerhead and More!
There are a lot of awesome posts on GoFISHn throughout the week. Here are 10 of our most popular, most recent GoFISHn updates: Record Largemouth Released in Wisconsin — Would you have risked a record to keep this fish? Record Blue Catfish Landed in Maryland — A Potomac River fat cat Hammerhead Shark Record Broken [...]
Record Blue Catfish Landed in Maryland
This has been a great few weeks monster catfish, and it looks like another record has been caught, but Maryland biologists aren’t that excited about it. Ed Jones was fishing with his son Matt and his son’s friend Thomas Stevens on the Potomac River with Captain Josh Fitchett. Jones was visiting his son from Aloha, Oregon [...]
100-Plus-Pound Catfish Breaks Kansas Record
Big catfish are perhaps the trophy fish of Kansas, and these fishermen that caught a 102-pound blue catfish in Kansas’s Missouri River, breaking the previous state record of 94 pounds. The record is currently pending. Rob Stanley of Olathe caught the fish, and said it was never meant for the frying pan. Stanley has caught [...]
Record Blue Catfish Landed in South Dakota?
Whether this is a record or not, we’re guessing a haul like this has never been seen at the Big Sioux Catfish League events. Terry Matheny and Corky Lemon headed out for the final event of the Big Sioux Catfish League in Sioux City, South Dakota on July 21. Matheny was a last minute substitution and a [...]
74-Pound Catfish Could Set Record at Lake O’ The Pines, Texas
There are plenty of trophy catfish spots in Texas, and one of those spots has a new top trophy. Three Texas men, Kenneth Ray Strickland of Longview, his son, Kenneth Wayne Strickland of Overton and Dustin Smith of Spring, were working a trotline on Lake O’ The Pines in east Texas when they found a record-sized [...]
Record Blue Catfish, Red Drum and More-IGFA April 2012 Hot Catches
Every month, the International Game Fish Association announces recently caught pending world fishing records and slams. Here are their Hot Catches for April 2012. –Brian McClintock Check out last month’s Hot Catches. Eric Maurer was fishing the Chickamauga Lake, Tenn. when he landed a potential 37 kg (80 lb) line class record for blue catfish–a species for which he [...]
120-Pound Blue Catfish Breaks Record in Alabama
John Nichols was fishing the Holt Reservoir looking for some little catfish for the frying pan. He’s going to need a bigger pan. Using a chicken gizzard and 40-pound test, Nichols landed a 120-pound, 4-ounce blue catfish, eclipsing the previous Alabama record by 9 pounds. According to Outdoor Hub, he landed the fish on March [...]
