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Blue Catfish
Weight:  102 lb. - 4 oz..
Length:  52.75 inches
Girth:  na
Angler:  Tim Wilson
Caught at:  James River - Dutch Gap area
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Record Date:  May 20, 2009
Flathead Catfish
Weight:  66 lbs.-4 oz.
Angler:  Mike Willems
Caught at:  Occaquan Reservoir
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Record Date:  May 6, 1994
Previous Channel Catfish
Weight:  31 lbs.-8 oz.
Angler:  Sue Stanley
Caught at:  Rappahannock River
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Record Date:  October 2, 1992
White Catfish
Weight:  7 lbs.-6 oz.
Angler:  Thomas Elkins
Caught at:  Western Br. Reservoir
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Record Date:  March 24, 1992
Bulhead Catfish
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Previous Virginia Catfish Record Holders
Species
 Photo
 Photo
 Date
 Location
 Angler
 Weight
 Length
 Girth
 Bait/Lure/Method
Blue
06-15-2006
 James River
 Archie Gold
 95.11 lbs.
 54.5 inches
 48.5 inches
 A Jetersville man caught a 95.11-pound blue
catfish on the James River on June 15, 2006.
Ron Southwick, assistant director of
fisheries for the Virginia Department of
Game and Inland Fisheries, certified the
weight on scales at Hopewell Marina
yesterday morning. The fish, which
measured 54½ inches in length, was released.
Archie Gold, a veteran catfish angler, caught
the blue cat using cut shad at about 10 p.m.
Saturday, Southwick said. Details about the
precise location were unavailable.
Blue
  
06-29-2004
 Bluestone Creel
at
Kerr Lake
 William Zost
of
Roxboro, NC
 92.28 lbs.
 NA
 NA
 40 lb. test Berkley Big Cat line on an
Ambassaduer 5500 reel

RECORD CATFISH FROM KERR LAKE
(Buggs Island) 92.28-pound Blue

When an angler catches a state record fish,
we outdoor writers frequently say so-and-so
"broke" the record. This time, maybe we
should use the word "demolished" the record.

The fish was a pot-bellied female with an
empty, post-spawn stomach. She might have
gone 100 pounds or more a few weeks earlier
when full of eggs.
Blue
  11-19-1999
 James River
 Hugh L. Self Jr.
 71 lbs. - 12 oz.
 NA
 NA
  
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