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| Channel Catfish Weight: 29.71 lbs. Length: 38.75 inches Angler: Eli Waters - 9 years old and Jim Jones (Grandfather) Caught at: Nelson Reservoir Bait/Lure: Method: Record Date: May 28, 2006 |
| Boy, grandpa share Montana catfish record Nine-year-old Eli Waters and his grandfather, Jim Jones, reeled in a channel catfish weighing 29.71 pounds on May 28, FWP said in a news release. Eli said he knew it was no ordinary fish when he set the hook. "Line started just screaming out of his reel,'" Jones said. "He just couldn't turn the fish, and he was afraid that he was going to lose it. So I tightened down the drag and managed to stop the fish, but it stripped the gears on the reel. "It took almost 20 minutes before we got the fish close enough to shore to get a look at it." Mark Sullivan, the local FWP wildlife biologist, met the two at Bestway Foods in Malta to weigh the fish. Both anglers had a hand in landing the catfish, so Eli and his granddad will share the state record, FWP said. |
| Previous Channel Catfish Weight: 21.17 lbs. Length: 34.2 inches Angler: Ed Ellertson Caught at: Castle Rock Lake Bait/Lure: Method: Record Date: April 26, 1998 |
| Black Bulhead Catfish Weight: 2.33 lbs. Length: 15.5 inches Angler: Darwin Zemple Jr. Caught at: Lower Flathead Reservoir Bait/Lure: Method: Record Date: April 4, 1994 |
| Yellow Bulhead Catfish Weight: .93 lbs. Length: 11.8 inches Angler: Carl Radonski Caught at: Tongue River Reservoir Bait/Lure: Method: Record Date: May 24, 1998 |
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| Flathead Catfish Weight: Angler: Caught at: Bait/Lure: Method: Record Date: |
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