: a large yellowish catfish (Pylodictis olivaris) of the central and Gulf states of the U.S. with the sides and back heavily mottled with brown or black
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Examples of flathead catfish in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the WebThe Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation announced Tuesday that one of the biggest flathead catfish ever recorded in the state had been caught on a trotline.—Bob McNally, Outdoor Life, 30 May 2024 Bradly Courtright snagged the 95-pound flathead catfish during a visit to Pine Creek Reservoir, in the southeast corner of the state, according to officials.—Mitchell Willetts, Kansas City Star, 29 May 2024 Bradly Courtright caught a 95-pound flathead catfish in Pine Creek Reservoir, Oklahoma, the largest ever caught in the lake, according to the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation.—Christopher Brito, CBS News, 29 May 2024 Outdoor Life has reported on several of these unique critters in the past, including a leucistic whitetail buck that a hunter killed in Virginia last November, and the giant leucistic flathead catfish that was caught in Nebraska in October.—Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 29 Feb. 2024 Rockin River Ranch State Park fishing Anglers can try their luck fishing for largemouth and smallmouth bass, redeye, channel and flathead catfish, bluegill and green sunfish.—Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 7 Mar. 2024 Local anglers might chalk the decline up to everything from a few high-water events during critical spawning periods, to an influx of invasive flathead catfish, to rising water temperatures in the central and lower parts of the system.—Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 11 Jan. 2024 Previously in Oklahoma, noodlers were only allowed to keep three flathead catfish, while rod-and-reel anglers were allowed to keep 15.—Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 15 Nov. 2023 In June 2023, two Texas men caught a 98.7-pound flathead catfish by hand that might become a Texas state record since the fish was weighed on certified scales.—Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 15 Nov. 2023
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