MIAMI (CBSMiami) -- What weighs nearly 70 pounds, measures more than 48 inches long and has set a new fishing record in the state of Florida? It's a record breaking flathead catfish. This monster ...

Flathead catfish are native to a large area west of the Appalachian Mountains. Flathead catfish are hard to ignore. They have shiny dark olive skin with a white to the yellow underside. Interestingly, ...

- Appearance: Flat, broad head, no scales and four pairs of barbels. Its lower jaw sticks out farther than its top jaw, distinguishing it from other catfish. - Size: Flatheads can grow quite large.

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Flathead catfish—native to the Mississippi River basin—were first detected in the Susquehanna River in Pennsylvania in 2002, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. In the two decades since then, the ...

Four "old dudes" pulled in quite a lunker earlier this month in Pool 14 of the Mississippi River, but the color of its skin — not its size — has kept them talking about it. “I’ve been fishing this ...

SANTA ROSA COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) — Florida Fish and Wildlife certified a new state record flathead catfish weighing nearly 70 lbs. Santa Rosa County resident Lavon Nowling caught the 48.5 inch-long fish ...

SANTA ROSA COUNTY, Fla. — A fish nearly as long as the man who reeled it in is now the largest flathead catfish ever caught in the state of Florida. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) - Biologists from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission confirmed a new state record flathead catfish catch. FWC says the fish weighs 69.9 pounds, measures to ...

A Pennsylvania fishing record changed hands on Monday, when a 56.3-pound flathead catfish caught in the Schuylkill River by Jonathan Pierce, of Roxborough, was officially weighed in at Blue Marsh ...

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Flathead catfish, once strangers to the Susquehanna River, have become unstoppable invaders since their arrival in 2002. Growing up to 70 pounds and over four feet long, they now dominate the food ...