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Channel Catfish Records

Channel Catfish Records

State  Weight Length Location Angler Date
Alabama 40 lbs 0 oz   Inland Lake Donald R. Cox 6/17/1967
Arizona 32 lbs 4 oz 38.75" Parker Canyon Lake Chuck Berndt 4/24/1987
Arkansas 38 lbs 0 oz   Lake Ouachita Joe Holleman 6/3/1989
California 52 lbs 10 oz   Santa Ana River Lakes Lee Porter 7/12/1993
Colorado 33 lbs 8 oz 38.25" Hertha Reservoir John McKeever 1994
Connecticut 29 lbs 39 oz   Mashapaug Lake Appleton Barrows 6/27/2004
Florida 44 lbs 8 oz   Big Bluff Lake Joe Purvis 5/19/1985
Georgia 44 lbs 12 oz   Altamaha River Bobby Smithwick 5/18/1972
Hawaii 43 lbs 13 oz   Lake Wilson Dayton Miyamura 3/24/1974
Idaho 31 lbs 0.8 oz 38" Mann Lake Kenny Decker 2001
Illinois 45 lbs 4 oz   Baldwin Lake Todd Baumeyer 2/7/1987
Indiana 37 lbs 8 oz   N/A Randy E. Jones 1980
Iowa 38 lbs 2 oz 40" Missouri River Dustin Curtis 6/2005
Kansas 36 lbs 8 oz 38" Mined Land RickBarnow 6/6/2003
Kentucky 28 lbs 4.8 oz   private pond Hope Tinsley 5/29/1994
Manitoba 0 lbs  46'50"" Red River   1992
Maryland 27 lbs 92 oz   Upper Potomac River Steven Trent Abell 7/5/2004
Massachusetts 26 lbs 8 oz   Ashfield Lake Dana Dodge 1989
Michigan 40 lbs 0 oz 41.5" Houghton Lake Richard French 1964
Michigan 40 lbs 0 oz   Houghton Lake Dick Latarski 1960
Minnesota 38 lbs 0 oz 44" Mississippi River Terrence Fussy 1/10/1975
Mississippi 51 lbs 12 oz   Lake Tom Bailey Tom Edwards 5/31/1997
Missouri 34 lbs 10 oz   Lake Jacomo Gerald Siebenmorgen 10/12/1976
Montana 27 lbs 2.72 oz 34.2" Castle Rock Lake Ed Ellertson 4/26/1998
Nebraska 41 lbs 8 oz   Merritt Lake John Cunning 7/26/1985
Nevada 31 lbs 1 oz 40.5" Lahontan Reservoir Harry Stephens 1980
New Jersey 33 lbs 3 oz   Lake Hopatcong Howard Hudson 1978
New Mexico 36 lbs 8 oz 38" Stubblefield Lake Julie Kulhan 4/12/1999
New York 30 lbs 0 oz   Lake Lauderdale Norman C. Telford Jr. 7/15/2000
North Carolina 40 lbs 8 oz   Fontana Reservoir P.P. Paine 4/15/1971
North Dakota 33 lbs 4 oz   Red River Bruce Pannkuk 1991
Ohio 37 lbs 10.4 oz 41.5" LaDue Reservoir Gus J. Gronowski 8/15/1992
Oklahoma 35 lbs 15 oz 39.25" Taft Lake Gary Doak Jr. 9/11/2005
Ontario 25 lbs 0 oz   N/A   0
Oregon 36 lbs 8 oz   McKay Reservoir Boone Haddock 1980
Pennsylvania 35 lbs 2.5 oz   Lehigh Canal Austin E. Roth III 1991
Saskatchewan 14 lbs 2 oz   Qu'Appelle River   1998
South Carolina 58 lbs 0 oz   Lake Moultrie W.H. Whaley 1964
South Dakota 55 lbs 0 oz   James River Roy Groves 5/18/1949
Tennessee 41 lbs 0 oz   Fall Creek Lake Clint Walters, Jr. 7/30/1982
Texas 36 lbs 8 oz 38" Pedernales River Mrs. Joe Cockrell 3/7/1965
Utah 32 lbs 8 oz 39.75" Utah Lake LeRoy Mortensen 1978
Vermont 34 lbs 14 oz   Monkton Pond Hubert O. Dumas 1996
Virginia 31 lbs 8 oz   Rappahannock River Sue Stanley 10/2/1992
Washington 36 lbs 3.2 oz   I-82 Pond #6 Ross Kincaid 9/6/1999
West Virginia 33 lbs 6.08 oz 38" Patterson Creek Johnny J. Weatherholtz Jr. 1993
Wisconsin 44 lbs 0 oz   Wisconsin River unknown 1962
Wyoming 27 lbs  38" Flaming Gorge Reservoir Don Ackerman 2005