Record Catfish Caught In The Ohio
Garrison Hilliard
the state of Ohio. Chris Rolph and Jon Owens were fishing in the Ohio River near
the Schmidt Field boat ramp Wednesday night when they caught the giant.
It weighs 96 pounds and is 54 inches long and 36 inches around. If
certified, the fish will break a previous record. It was set last year when a 57
pound blue cat fish was caught in Ohio.
Thursday afternoon the men released the fish in a pond near their
Williamsburg, Ohio homes. The Blue cat is estimated at around 40 years old.
(Video and photo at website)
Garrison Hilliard
Fishermen catch 96-pound catfish
The Associated Press • June 12, 2009
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Two southern Ohio fishermen say they've landed a state-record sized
blue catfish, and they have videotape to prove it.
Chris Rolph of Williamsburg hooked into the 96-pound blue cat
Wednesday night while fishing with buddy Jon Owens near Cincinnati.
The next day, they got WKRC-TV to videotape them holding the fish and
releasing it into a private pond near their homes.
Rolph has started the certification process with the Ohio Department
of Natural Resources Division of Wildlife, which lists the Ohio record
for a blue catfish as a 57.2 pounder caught in June 2008 in the Ohio
River.
Division fish biologist Debbie Walters said Friday that records for
this species have been recognized for about a year in Ohio, and that
blue catfish can exceed 100 pounds.
(Nice photo at the website)