OWYHEE COUNTY, Idaho (CBS2) — A Homedale angler set the new Idaho state record after catching a 42-inch flathead catfish out of the Snake River.
Jared Holt was fishing the Snake River in Owyhee County on Sept. 6 when he landed the 42-inch long monster catfish. His new record beats the previous flathead catfish record held by Scott Turner set in 2018 by an impressive 3.5 inches!
Idaho has several species of catfish, according to the Idaho Department of Fish and Game. The most common are channel catfish, brown bullhead and black bullhead.
While these species are commonly found across Idaho, flathead catfish are found only in the Snake River, mostly in Brownlee Reservoir and upstream of it.
Someone once caught a 58.5-pound, 48-inch flathead catfish in the Brownlee Reservoir in 1994.
IDFG says flathead catfish are predators of other smaller fish, often hunting at night.
To see more IDFG records and learn about the catch-and-release record program, visit the record fish site.
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