Record catfish caught in West Virginia
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SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.VA. – A 17-year record for the largest channel catfish caught in West Virginia has been broken, the state Division of Natural Resources announced.
Allen Burkett of Criders, Va., caught a channel catfish that weighed 36.96 pounds and measured 40.59 inches in length. Burkett was fishing with chicken liver from the shore of South Mill Creek Lake in Grant County. Burkett’s record fish was measured by DNR fishery biologist, Brandon Keplinger.
The previous record channel catfish of 33.42 pounds and 40.3 inches was caught by Michael Sears in 2005.