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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — The Michigan Department of Natural Resources confirms that someone has shattered the state record for the heaviest flathead catfish. Codie Carlson, from Newport, ...

NEWPORT, Michigan (WWJ) — A Newport man has landed a new state record for a flathead catfish, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources reported. Codie Carlson was bowfishing early in the morning ...

Codie Carlson had just gotten off work from his airport job south of Detroit, Michigan. It was about midnight, and he decided to walk along nearby Plum Creek to bowfish. “My girlfriend Shelby ...

MONROE COUNTY, Mich. (WJRT) - An angler from Newport has set a new state record by catching a massive flathead catfish weighing 64.46 pounds and measuring 45 inches. Codie Carlson caught the ...

A woman in Idaho landed a flathead catfish that was a catch-and-release state record previously held by her husband, but she had initially thought about not submitting it for record consideration.

Codie Carlson was bowfishing and caught a 64-pound flathead catfish, setting a Michigan state record. Michigan Department of Natural Resources A bowfisherman in Michigan went fishing in his attempt to ...