MONROE COUNTY, Mich. (WXYZ) — A Monroe County man has set a new state record for a flathead catfish, according to the ...

A Newport man has landed a new state record for a flathead catfish, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources ...

Scott reeled in the 32-inch catfish on May 16 while fishing the Snake River in Canyon County. His fish beat the previous 31-inch record set in 2018 by James Stackhouse.

Michigan's flathead catfish record was shattered after a Newport man caught a 64.46-pound, 45-inch fish in Plum Creek in Monroe County. Codie Carlson was early morning bowfishing on June 29, when he ...

Last year, an Adrian fisherman broke state records with a white perch caught on Lake St. Clair. Scott Smith caught a perch ...

A Michigan fisherman pulled in a record-setting flathead catfish in late June, shattering the state's previous record-setting ...

Flathead catfish are native to the whole of Texas, and endemic to most of the Mississippi and Ohio river drainages. They are not native to the western third of the United States or the eastern U.S ...

The flathead catfish phenomenon continues to grow. It’s common to catch them from 20 to 30 pounds each, though they easily get twice that size in the lower third of the river.

PAUL — Catfish are hard fighters and catching them can be an adventure for anglers, some of whom spend evening and night hours plying major rivers with sturdy rods and reels loaded with heavy line.

"If (flathead catfish) can fit it in their mouth, they're going to eat it," a state biologist said. ... removing 64,000 flathead catfish from the river between 2007 and 2016.

“Big Kankakee River flathead my brother Colin got today,” Kyle Lund messaged Monday afternoon. Colin Lund used cut bait in a creek mouth to catch his 33-pound, 9-pound flathead catfish.

Codie Carlson, an angler from Newport, was bowfishing in Plum Creek early in the morning on Sunday, June 29, when he caught a ...