![]() MORE: It’s official: Two North Carolina catfish records broken in Julyīarnes caught a 78-pound, 14-ounce flathead from the Neuse River in July to supplant Fayetteville angler Brian Newberger’s 15-year-old record catch from the Cape Fear River.īaird reeled in a 121-pound, 9-ounce blue catfish from Lake Gaston fifteen days ahead of Barnes to beat the record from 2016. Stone’s haul joins catches by Tyler Barnes of Pikeville and Joey Baird of Lawrenceville, Virginia, as North Carolina’s most recent record-breakers. ![]() A 58-pounder taken from the Santee-Cooper Reservoir in July of 1964 holds the title of biggest channel catfish catch on the planet. ![]() The world record channel catfish belongs to South Carolina. Only New Hampshire’s 12-pound, 4.8-ounce record channel cat weighs less. While North Carolina is known for its quality catfishing, the state’s record is the second-lowest weight in the country. Stone used cut bait to land his lunker, which was weighed on certified scales at Tractor Supply in Biscoe. Stone pulled a 23-pound, 5-ounce channel catfish from a Moore County pond in September to break a 50-year-old record held by Rocky Mount’s E.J. Just a few months after a pair of North Carolina catfish records were broken in July, Pinehurst angler John Stone has added another heavier-than-ever catch to the list.
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