CINCINNATI (AP) — Two southern Ohio fishermen say they've landed a state-record sized blue catfish, and they have videotape to prove it.
Chris Rolph of Williamsburg hooked into the 96-pound blue cat Wednesday night while fishing with buddy Jon Owens near Cincinnati. The next day, they got WKRC-TV to videotape them holding the fish and releasing it into a private pond near their homes.
Rolph has started the certification process with the Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Wildlife, which lists the Ohio record for a blue catfish as a 57.2 pounder caught in June 2008 in the Ohio River.
Division fish biologist Debbie Walters said Friday that records for this species have been recognized for about a year in Ohio, and that blue catfish can exceed 100 pounds.
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Information from: WKRC-TV, http://www.wkrc.com
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