On June 22, 2011, the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries certified the blue catfish as the state's largest, setting a new state record. [8], The Indiana record for a blue catfish was set in 1999 by Bruce Midkiff. American Fisheries Society Symposium 24: 37-49. Boltz, and L.R. After getting it in the boat, we immediately put it in the huge live well of our SeaArk Easy Cat and started to call people to weigh and measure the fish to get a possible certification for it. ", News Release 143-Pound Blue Catfish Certified as State Record, Blue catfish receives world record status from the IGFA, IDNR Announces World's Largest Blue Catfish Caught, Record Fish Program | Indiana Fishing Regulation Guide, "Asian carp being eaten by native fish, new studies find", "Predation and Prey Selectivity by Nonnative Catfish on Migrating Alosines in an Atlantic Slope Estuary", "Research on Blue Catfish in the Chesapeake Bay", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Blue_catfish&oldid=974645268, Freshwater fish of the Southeastern United States, Articles with dead external links from October 2019, Articles with permanently dead external links, Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the Encyclopedia Americana with a Wikisource reference, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 24 August 2020, at 05:18. According to longtime Hawaii fishing writer Jim Rizzuto, the billfish nearly stripped all the line from an electric reel designed to shorten the fight time with powerful game fish.
University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, NC. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia CIV:89--151. These two species can be distinguished by the shape of the anal fin (straight edge in I. furcatus; curved edge in I. punctatus) Smith (1979); Page and Burr (1991); Etnier and Starnes (1993); Jenkins and Burkhead (1994). The harsh winters in their native and introduced range region make it likely Blue Catfish can survive low temperatures.

Gilbert, C.R. After that, I studied and asked questions and started watching how to videos on catfishing. Stocking of predators in the predator-stocking-evaluation reservoirs. The freshwater Potomac: aquatic communites and environmental stresses. 2008.

The fish can live to 20 years. The zoogeography of North American freshwater fishes. Once it surfaced and we saw how big it was, we tried to get him in the net as fast as possible because we knew it could be a potential state record. A field guide to freshwater fishes of North America north of Mexico. Probably extirpated from the San Juan and Canadian drainages in New Mexico (Sublette et al. Nichols, and R.T. Rachels. You are the co-owner of The Catfishing Duo Guide Service. The catfish was pulled in on June 5, 2015 on the Potomac River. Blue Catfish spawns in late spring to early summer at water temperatures of 21 to 25°C (Sublette et al. We were fortunate enough to speak with Justin Conner about his record-setting catch.

http://www.igfa.org/records/Fish-Records.aspx?LC=ATR&Fish=Catfish,%20blue. The native distribution of blue catfish is primarily in the Mississippi River drainage, including the Missouri, Ohio, Tennessee, and Arkansas Rivers, The Des Moines River in South Central Iowa, and the Rio Grande, and south along the Gulf Coast to Belize and Guatemala. On February 7, 2012, a 136-lb blue catfish was caught on a commercial-fishing trot line in Lake Moultrie, one of the two Santee Cooper lakes, near Cross, South Carolina. After that, it was roughly 2 p.m. But Capt. University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis, MN.

Established in the Chattahoochee River in Alabama and Georgia (Ober, personal communication), the Apalachicola and Escambia rivers in Florida (R. Cailteux, personal communication). For queries involving fish, please contact Matthew Neilson. The fish can live to 20 years. 1995. As such, Becker does not consider the species native to Wisconsin. Freshwater fishes of South Carolina. Blue catfish are heavy bodied, blueish gray in color, and have a dorsal hump. Proceedings of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies 35(1981):607-621.

Phillips, G.L., W.D. Here is a look at the world records to beat and tips for how to do it: Blue Catfish. Congratulations again on your record-breaking catch. Premier Angler is a freshwater fishing resource and brand written, edited, curated, and crafted by fishing enthusiasts for fishing enthusiasts. U.S. West Virginia Has a New State Record Blue Catfish, Premier Angler took a look at some of the state records that were establishe, two West Virginia state fishing records were broken within the first two weeks of the year, SeaArk boats provide us with an awesome Easy Cat, Catch the Fever — they provide us with Big Cat Fever Rods, apparel and Slimeline. American Fisheries Society, Bethesda, MD.

Proceedings of the Annual Conference Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies 60(2006):152–156. Bean, B.A., and A.C. Weed. Occurrences are summarized in Table 1, alphabetically by state, with years of earliest and most recent observations, and the tally and names of drainages where the species was observed. The table contains hyperlinks to collections tables of specimens based on the states, years, and drainages selected. Searching for equilibrium: population parameters and variable recruitment in introduced Blue Catfish populations in four Virginia tidal river systems. An angler fishing off Kona, Hawaii, landed a 1,368-pound blue marlin on Tuesday, while fishing aboard a 20-foot skiff.

Anderson brought home a massive fish that weighed just under 150 pounds and was barely under five feet long. These large catfish have a… Parker. Blue Catfish prefer deep, swift channels and flowing pools (Jenkins and Burkhead 1994), and large individuals often are found in tailwaters below dams where currents are swift and substrates consist of sand, gravel, and rock (Mettee et al. Oxmoor House, Inc. Birmingham, AL.

The native distribution of blue catfish is primarily in the Mississippi River drainage, including the Missouri, Ohio, Tennessee, and Arkansas Rivers, The Des Moines River in South Central Iowa, and the Rio Grande, and south along the Gulf Coast to Belize and Guatemala. 1979. In fish farms in Mississippi Delta, 95% survive after winter with temperatures as low of 5.1°C (Bosworth 2012). Mason, eds. Now, let’s talk about the actual state record catch — what were the conditions, where were you fishing, how was the fight. The blue catfish (Ictalurus furcatus) is the largest species of North American catfish, reaching a length of 165 cm (65 in) and a weight of 68 kg (150 lb). We knew there was a massive front coming in. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Arndt, D.G. 1988. Pages 161-212 in Hocutt, C.H., and E.O. Tabby was taking the hooks out of the fish and when I looked up, the rod was buried in the rod holder.

The fish was tugging and pulling drag out of my reel. Richard Anderson’s world-record blue catfish ©Photo from Dallas Weston. When the 2020 edition is published, readers will see that two West Virginia state fishing records were broken within the first two weeks of the year. Foltz, and J.M.

The current Buggs Island 143 pound fish was certified as a record catfish and broke the existing world record by an impressive thirteen pounds and also certifies as the new Virginia state record blue catfish.. They can be found in the Missouri River near Bismarck, North Dakota (Fuller and Neilson 2013). Quattro. 1978; Graham 1999) report that the species was introduced between 1898 and 1905, it appears that statement is based on misidentified I. punctatus (Burkhead et al. The fish was caught in the Ohio River and weighed 104 lb.

From there, I started learning to use fresh and live bait and my fish progressively got bigger. American Fisheries Society, Symposium 77, Bethesda, Maryland. Jenkins, and J.R. Stauffer, Jr. 1986.

Bomboy Llanes, in a nearby yacht, was closer to the fish and radioed Omori to explain that they had hooked a rare “grander,” or a marlin weighing 1,000 pounds or more. Premier Angler: Thanks for taking the time to chat with us, Justin.

Buchanan. All Rights Reserved. We got set up and cast the lines out and started getting bites immediately. 1996, Graham et al. He agreed to meet us at a location at the dam. Dill, W.A., and A.J. The typical length is about 25–46 in (64–117 cm). The Nonindigenous Occurrences section of the NAS species profiles has a new structure. 1994. Pages 287-324 in Hocutt, C.H., and E.O. It seems like this was something that had been building for a long time, though. [9], Blue catfish are often misidentified as channel catfish. Burkhead, N.M, R.E. Then one day while fishing on the river, I finally caught the big catfish I was after. 2009. The blue catfish (Ictalurus furcatus) is the largest species of North American catfish, reaching a length of 165 cm (65 in) and a weight of 68 kg (150 lb). The Peterson Field Guide Series, volume 42. Wiley, eds. Sources of introductions in Escambia and Yellow rivers of Florida are unknown (R. Cailteux, personal communication). Oklahoma State University Press, Stillwater, OK. Minckley, W.L. Researchers from Virginia Tech have found the species to be mostly herbivorous and omnivorous, with diets consisting largely of hydrilla and Asian clams, both of which are invasive to the Chesapeake Bay. It was 57 in long and 45 in around. The fish is the largest blue catfish ever weighed on a certified scale in South Carolina, but it is not eligible for state record certification because it was not caught on a rod and reel. Searching for equilibrium: population parameters and variable recruitment in introduced Blue Catfish populations in four Virginia tidal river systems. The zoogeography of the freshwater fishes of the Potomac River basin. SeaArk boats provide us with an awesome Easy Cat to fish out of. John Wiley and Sons. The native distribution of blue catfish is primarily in the Mississippi River drainage, including the Missouri, Ohio, Tennessee, and Arkansas Rivers, The Des Moines River in South Central Iowa, and the Rio Grande, and south along the Gulf Coast to Belize and Guatemala. I looked at Tabby and said, “I believe we got a real  shot at the state record here.”. Jenkins, and E.G.