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June 21, 2005
DES MOINES, IOWA - A Bellevue, Neb., man is the new record
holder for the largest channel catfish ever caught in Iowa.
Dustin Curtis' 38 pound, 2 ounce catfish bested the old record by 1
pound, 10 ounces, held by Ron Goodwin of Earlham. Goodwin caught his
36 pound, 8 ounce channel catfish in August 1993 from the Middle
Raccoon River in Dallas County.
Curtis was fishing the Iowa side of the Missouri River, about a mile
south of Lake Manawa in Pottawattamie County, the morning of June 11
when he discovered the 40-inch catfish on the end of his bank pole.
Curtis said be baited the bank pole with a creek chub.
The weight of the fish was verified by Lake Manawa State Park
manager John Maehl, but the fish was transported to Cabela's in
Kansas City for display before it could be positively verified as a
channel catfish. Missouri Department of Conservation fisheries
supervisor Joe Bonneau verified the fish was indeed a channel
catfish upon arrival in Kansas City. The fish was placed in a
holding tank, and later transported to an adjacent store pond in
hope it would recover from stress associated with the trip. However,
a Cabela's spokesperson Monday indicated the fish died the next day.
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Related Links & Resources:
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Iowa State
Record Blue Sucker
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Record Wiper Caught
from Des Moines River
● Mississippi
State Record Blue Catfish
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Colorado
State-Record Channel Catfish
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