BOISE – Paul Newman of Fruitland has set a brand new Catch-and-Launch State Document for channel catfish. Newman set out on C.J. Strike Reservoir in southwest Idaho on July 20 hoping to catch a sturgeon. Whereas he did not land any sturgeon that day, he did take house a brand new state document catfish. At 42.5 inches lengthy, Newman’s lunker simply swam previous the prevailing document of 33 inches set by Reed Monson at Lake Lowell again in 2020.
Earlier than releasing the large catfish again into the reservoir, Paul used a digital scale to weigh the fish at 37 lbs. Whereas this fish will earn a Catch-and-Launch Document, the fish was simply massive sufficient to beat the present 32.9-pound Licensed Weight Document set only some weeks in the past by Cody Kastner, additionally from C.J. Strike Reservoir.
Additionally in July, Jared Holt of Homedale set a Catch-and-Launch document for flathead catfish.