Homedale man hooks new Idaho catfish record
HOMEDALE, Idaho — Jared Holt of Homedale has a knack for catching big fish. While fishing on the Snake River earlier this month, he hauled up a fla...
HOMEDALE, Idaho — Jared Holt of Homedale has a knack for catching big fish. While fishing on the Snake River earlier this month, he hauled up a flathead catfish that measured 43 inches long -- just one inch longer than the previous record-holding fish caught in 2020, according to the Idaho Department of Fish and Game. Who had the old record? None other than Holt himself. Holt's catch on July 9 is a new state catch-and-release record for flathead catfish. Idaho has several species of catfish, the most common of which are channel catfish, brown bullhead and black bullhead.