Man catches massive, record-breaking flathead catfish at Pine Creek Reservoir

By CNN Newsource

Published May 28, 2024 1:30 PM

By Jonathan Greco

MCCURTAIN COUNTY, Oklahoma (KOCO) — A man recently caught a massive, record-breaking flathead catfish at Pine Creek Reservoir in McCurtain County.

Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation officials said Bradly Courtright caught a 95-pound flathead catfish at the lake on a trotline. They said it was the largest flathead ever caught in Pine Creek.

ODWC officials added that the catfish is almost 20 pounds larger than the rod-and-reel record. The catch, however, was 11 pounds short of the unrestricted division record, which was caught on a trot line in 1977 in Wister Reservoir.

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