143-Pound Blue Catfish Is Virginia Record

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - It's officially a state record. That 143-pound blue catfish caught in Virginia holds the state record for the largest catfish caught.
 
The state Department of Game and Inland Fisheries' State Record Fish Committee certified the catch this week.
 
High school football coach Nick Anderson of Greenville, N.C., caught the 57-inch long catfish in the Kerr Reservoir along the Virginia-North Carolina border.
 
The previous record was 109 pounds. That catfish was caught in March on Buggs Island Lake near the confluence of the Dan and Roanoke rivers.

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