How to Use flathead catfish in a Sentence

flathead catfish

noun
  • The state weight record for flathead catfish has stood for more than 30 years.
    — Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Along with flathead catfish, blues are a top-of-the-food-chain species in many waters.
    — M.d. Johnson, Field & Stream, 21 June 2023
  • All flathead catfish that are found are then removed from Lums Pond.
    — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 29 July 2022
  • Neither channel, nor blue, nor flathead catfish have any teeth, though the interior of their mouths is rough and mildly sharp.
    — Joe Cermele, Field & Stream, 24 May 2023
  • The daily limit for flathead catfish is one fish longer than 35 inches, with no limit on shorter fish.
    — Chad Murphy, The Enquirer, 11 June 2024
  • Fish caught there include flathead catfish, burbot, walleye, largemouth bass and smallmouth bass.
    — Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 21 Jan. 2020
  • An Idaho woman reeled in a flathead catfish that broke the state catch-and-release record — the title that her husband held for nearly five years.
    — Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Hoping to contain their spread, the state encourages anglers to kill rather than catch-and-release any northern snakehead, blue catfish or flathead catfish.
    — Joe Heim, Washington Post, 18 July 2024
  • Cut herring, shad, and other baitfish, for example, are excellent options for flathead catfish.
    — Pete M. Anderson, Field & Stream, 20 Mar. 2023
  • Captain Mike Mitchell says the winter months are prime time for a monster blue or flathead catfish on lakes Wheeler or Wilson.
    — Frank Sargeant, al, 20 Dec. 2019
  • The category will continue to include muskellunge, northern pike, lake sturgeon and flathead catfish.
    — Kay Johnson, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
  • Channel, blue and flathead catfish are the most widely dispersed and widely sought catfish species in the United States, but there are numerous others.
    — Gary Garth, USA TODAY, 1 Sep. 2017
  • In fresh water carp, blue catfish, flathead catfish and channel catfish activity increases at least through November and may last longer.
    — Bill May, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 13 Oct. 2019
  • 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
  • Had Tucker miraculously landed the fish on his own, the 72-pounder would have set a Texas youth record for the heaviest flathead catfish ever caught in the state.
    — Bob McNally, Outdoor Life, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Certified weight records will be available for black crappie, bluegill, brown bullhead, channel catfish, common carp, flathead catfish, lake trout, northern pike, smallmouth bass, walleye and yellow perch.
    — Kay Johnson, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
  • The previous record for a flathead catfish was set in 2019, when a fisherman named Marvin Griffin caught one in the same location.
    — Brett Clarkson, sun-sentinel.com, 1 Sep. 2020
  • The sprawling tidewater in the Baltimore Harbor area is also home to overpopulations of blue and flathead catfish, both of which have expanded their range into the bay and are eating their way through the native food chain.
    — Bob McNally, Outdoor Life, 1 May 2025
  • 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
  • While there are a number of American catfish (and similar-looking bullheads) the most important catfish species to American anglers are channel catfish, blue catfish, and flathead catfish.
    — Popular Science, 1 June 2020
  • 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
  • Larry Kaylor caught a 85 pound and 15 ounce flathead catfish in the Hiwassee River on July 25, 1993.
    — Katie Nixon, Nashville Tennessean, 21 Nov. 2025
  • Blue catfish were introduced into several Virginia western shore Bay tributaries by state biologists beginning in the early 1970s, and later flathead catfish were added.
    — Bill May, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 24 Nov. 2019

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