Florida Flathead Catfish Record

Wfla florida fish and wildlife certified a new state record flathead catfish weighing nearly 70 lbs.

Florida flathead catfish record. Nowling caught the flathead catfish on rod and reel using live bait in the yellow river a 92 mile long river which winds through florida s okaloosa santa rosa and walton counties in the. Florida fish and wildlife conservation commission fwc fisheries biologists certified a new state record flathead catfish weighing 69 9 pounds measuring 48 5 inches long with a girth of 38 25. Santa rosa county resident lavon nowling caught the 48 5 inch long fish on a rod and reel with live bait in the yellow river. Florida fish and wildlife conservation commission fwc fisheries biologists certified a new state record flathead catfish weighing 69 9 pounds measuring 48 5 inches long with a girth of 38 25.

Lavon nowling of santa rosa county caught the massive fish on rod and reel with live. It s the same river the last record holding flathead catfish was caught back in 2019. Florida fish and wildlife conservation commission fwc fisheries biologists certified a new state record flathead catfish weighing 69 9 pounds measuring 48 5 inches long with a girth of 38 25. Wvlt wtsp a florida angler reeled in the largest flathead catfish in the state s history.

Photo courtesy of florida fish and wildlife conservation commission flathead catfish are a nonnative fish found in many northwest florida panhandle river systems. Santa rosa county fla. Wfla an angler from santa rosa county smashed a state record when he reeled in the largest flathead catfish ever caught and recorded in the state of florida florida fish and. The record flathead catfish weighed 69 9 pounds.

Santa rosa county fla. An angler has broken the record for largest flathead catfish caught in florida. The record fish was weighed on a certified scale at fwc s blackwater hatchery near holt. Marvin griffin of santa rosa landed the behemoth.