There is a new flathead catfish state record, and it’s not even close. While bowfishing recently in Monroe County, an angler from Newport, Michigan, caught a new state-record fish: a flathead catfish ...

Codie Carlson from Newport, Michigan, broke Michigan's flathead catfish record while bowfishing at Plum Creek in Monroe County on June 29, according to Michigan's Department of Natural Resources. The ...

Codie Carlson from Newport, Michigan, broke Michigan's flathead catfish record while bowfishing at Plum Creek in Monroe County on June 29, according to Michigan's Department of Natural Resources. The ...

MICHIGAN, USA — A Michigan man was shocked last month when he caught a flathead catfish so large he blew a state record out of the water. Codie Carlson, of Newport, had been bowfishing in Plum Creek ...

Paula Wethington is a digital producer at CBS Detroit. She previously held digital content roles at NEWSnet, Gannett/USA Today network and The Monroe News in Michigan. She is a graduate of the ...

MONROE COUNTY, Mich., (WPBN/WGTU) -- A Newport man is a state-record holder after he reeled in a massive flathead catfish, weighing in at 64.46 pounds and measuring 45 inches. The Michigan DNR said ...

Michigan's flathead catfish record was shattered after a Newport man caught a 64.46-pound, 45-inch fish in Plum Creek in Monroe County. Codie Carlson was early morning bowfishing on June 29, when he ...