Santee Cooper Cats - CatfishUSA presents the Florida (FL) State Catfish Records.

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Blue Catfish
Weight: 64 lbs. 8 oz.
Angler: James Mitchell
Caught at: Choctawhatchee River
Bait/Lure: Bream
Method:
Record Date: August 04, 2008

Flathead Catfish
Weight: 49.39 lbs.
Length: 42.5 inches
Girth: 36.25 inches
Angler: Tommy Fowler
Caught at: Apalachicola River in Gulf County
Bait/Lure: Hand sized Bluegill
Method:
Record Date: April 10, 2004

Brown Bulhead Catfish
Weight: 5.72 lbs.
Angler: Robert Bengis
Caught at: Cedar Creek in Duval County
Bait/Lure:
Method:
Record Date: March 28,1995

White Catfish
Weight: 18.88 lbs.
Angler: Jim Miller
Caught at: Withacoochee River @ Marion
Bait/Lure:
Method:
Record Date: September 21, 1991

Yellow Bulhead Catfish
Weight: 2.75 lbs.
Angler: Jon Davis
Caught at: Little Withlacoochee River
Bait/Lure:
Method:
Record Date: May 17, 2003

Black Bulhead Catfish
(Record is Vacant)
Weight:
Angler:
Caught at:
Bait/Lure:
Method:
Record Date:

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission - Freshwater Fish Records

Santee Cooper Cats - Catfish USA
presents
The State of Florida Catfish Records Department

Channel Catfish (pending certification)
also WORLD RECORD
Weight: 63 lbs.
Angler: Doyle Lee Ammons
Caught at: Choctawhatchee River
Bait/Lure: Cutbait
Method: Bush Hook
Record Date: November 06, 2006

Species

Photo

Date

Location

Angler

Weight

Length

Girth

Bait/Lure/Method

Blue

02-11-1996

Little Escambia Creek
in Escambia County

Vincent R. Watson

61 lbs. 8 oz.

Blue

Flathead
(Uncertified
State
Record)

12-09-1975

Hillsborough River
in
Hillsborough County

Tom Norman

57 lbs. 8 oz.

Certified state record fish must be legally caught
using an active hook-and-line method (including a
proper license or exemption) by sport fishing
methods, identified by a Commission biologist and
weighed on a certified scale.
Uncertified state records are believed accurate based on
reliable witnesses and other evidence but are not
certifiable, or they were caught by other than legal
sport fishing methods. To set a new record, you just
need to exceed the certified records; the uncertified
records are provided just for information.

Channel

05-18-1985

Lake Bluff in
Lake County

Joe Purvis

44 lbs. 8 oz.

Previous Florida Catfish Record Holders

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