The best locations for catching catfish occur all over the state of Florida. By Bob Wattendorf:Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission The Apalachicola River offers excellent fishing for channel, flathead, and blue catfish. Angling for big channel cats is best from April into early July; flathead fishing picks up in April and runs into the [...]
Panhandle Angler catches state record Catfish
August 12, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Monster blue catfish was caught Monday in the Choctawhatchee. By JIM SUTTON, The Times-Union What’s 53-1/2 inches long, nearly 3 feet in circumference and weighs more than 60 pounds? It could be a water heater or a world-record watermelon, but for a Panhandle angler this week, it was a state-record catfish. James Mitchell was fishing the [...]
Florida Freshwater Catfish
July 7, 2008 By Leave a Comment
BY BOB WATTENDORF: Marketing and Special Projects Coordinator and Webmaster for Freshwater Fisheries Management in the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission The living is easy in Florida this summer, and the catfish are abundant in the state’s fresh waters. Anglers from throughout the United States and countries around the world flock to Florida for [...]
