Catfish
Brent Meche’s Lake Wylie flathead
Brent Meche was fishing on Lake Wylie on Oct. 20, 2021 when he caught and released this 31.5-pound flathead catfish. […]
Flathead catfish
Catfish
Ethan Tew’s 48-pound flathead catfish
Ethan Tew caught his personal best flathead catfish, a 48-pounder, while fishing on the Cape Fear River on June 7, 2021. […]
Catfish
Chase Reeves’ 63-pound Santee flathead
The catfish are biting on Santee! Chase Reeves went this past Sunday night and caught several nice cats, including his personal best 63-pound flathead. […]
Freshwater
Photo of the Week: 82-pound flathead catfish
Edisto River flathead catfish weighed 82 pounds While running bush lines on the Edisto River near Canadys, S.C. on May 1, 2021, Grayson Garrett, Sam Reynolds, Melissa Hanna, and Rebecca Garrett caught this 82-pound flathead […]
Catfish
Carolina youth angler catches 62.5-pound catfish
Ten-year-old Cameron Tarlton of Laurinburg, N.C. caught and released a 62.5-pound flathead catfish on the Pee Dee River while fishing with his dad on Aug. 12, 2020. […]
Catfish
N.C. angler catches new state record flathead catfish
Tyler Barnes of Pikeville, N.C. caught the new North Carolina state record flathead catfish, a 78.9 pounder, from the Neuse River on July 20, 2020. […]
Catfish
Target Lake Norman flatheads around perch schools
Lake Norman flatheads heat up in summer. Find the white perch, and you’ll find the flatheads. […]
Fishing Hotspots
Lake Norman’s flatheads are biting from deep holes
During the summer, Lake Norman’s flathead catfish like to hang out in deeper holes, and anglers can catch them under schools of white perch. […]
Catfish
Hanahan angler shatters SC flathead catfish state record
Paul Daniels and his wife Janet, of Hanahan, S.C. decided to catch a few blue catfish for dinner after church on Feb. 11 in the Cooper River. But 30 minutes into the fishing trip, Daniels’ task for the day quickly changed into searching for a certified scale after his wife helped him lift a big flathead catfish — the new South Carolina state record — into his boat. […]
Featured
High Rock’s summer flathead bite is on
While North Carolina’s High Rock Lake is noted for its bass fishing, its flathead catfish population flourishes without much fanfare. […]