Any kind of cut bait works for blues. Flathead catfish are McBride's favorite whiskered fish. "This lake has some of the biggest flathead catfish in this area," McBride noted.

In 1998, a man in Kansas caught a record-breaking 121-pound flathead catfish. And just three months ago, a man caught a 66-pound flathead in Pennsylvania, breaking the state record.

David King caught a 32-pound, 3-ounce, 39-inch flathead catfish on June 12 while fishing for smallmouth bass on the Kankakee River. The Wheaton man was using a Livingston Lures lipless crankbait.

On May 13, Bradly Courtright caught a massive flathead catfish on a trotline. Officials say it's one of the heavier flatheads ever caught in the state, and the biggest to be pulled from Pine Creek ...

Vance didn't have a net, so somehow, he grabbed the massive flathead catfish and rolled it into his 14.5-foot canoe. He knew he had a giant of a fish, and wanted to get it weighed on certified scales.

And on the Wolf River, a 25-pound flathead ate a 15-pound channel catfish, according to a DNR report. O'Day and I fished from dusk to about 1 a.m.

May 19, 2023: A mid-morning fishing trip for Pennsylvania angler Mike Wherley produced a giant flathead catfish last Sunday. Caught from the Susquehanna River, the catfish weighed 66 pounds, 6 ounces.

The 64.8-pound flathead catfish would have shattered the Pennsylvania record by 8 pounds, but just missed becoming a record-breaking catch in West Virginia.

A monster flathead caught by Ethan Evink in South Dakota. SDGFP Second only in size to blue catfish, the flathead catfish is considered by many to be the best of The Big Three on the table ...

Dittberner and a flathead catfish newbie from Grand Forks met at Nelson's home shortly before 1 p.m., harmless-looking clouds dominated the afternoon sky. The sun even peeked out occasionally ...

"Beetle spin artificial lures are also a popular lure of choice for anglers," Henderson said. Worms get used for small channel catfish and live bait and cutbait (shad and skipjack) for larger catfish ...