West Virginia
West Virginia catfish record broken for second time in 2022
SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va. – That was quick! Simply seven weeks after Cody Carver broke to report for West Virginia’s heaviest catfish ever caught, it has been damaged once more.
On Might 25, Steve Value of Lancaster, Ohio, caught and launched a powerful blue catfish that broke the state report for each weight and size, in line with a launch from the West Virginia Division of Pure Assets. He was fishing from a ship on the decrease part (R.C. Byrd Pool) of the Kanawha River between Buffalo and Level Nice utilizing reduce shad as bait.
Value’s report fish was 50.7 inches lengthy and weighed a whopping 67.22 kilos. The trophy catfish eclipsed the load report of 61.28 kilos from seven weeks earlier than.
Value’s report catch was measured by WVDNR Hatchery Supervisor Ryan Bosserman.