Brandi Holt, of Homedale, holds the 44-inch flathead catfish she caught on the Snake River. The fish set a state catch-and-release record – a record previously held by Brandi’s husband, Jared. An ...

NEWPORT, Michigan (WWJ) — A Newport man has landed a new state record for a flathead catfish, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources reported. Codie Carlson was bowfishing early in the morning ...

Codie Carlson had just gotten off work from his airport job south of Detroit, Michigan. It was about midnight, and he decided to walk along nearby Plum Creek to bowfish. “My girlfriend Shelby ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — The Michigan Department of Natural Resources confirms that someone has shattered the state record for the heaviest flathead catfish. Codie Carlson, from Newport, ...

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 ...

A Monroe County fisherman has broken the state record for catching the largest flathead catfish, officials said. Codie Carlson reeled in the fish on June 29 while bowfishing on Plum Creek in Monroe ...

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 ...