Boise angler sets new state catch-and-release catfish record by a whisker
A Boise angler reeled in a record fish last month on the Snake River in Canyon County, according to a Wednesday news release from the Idaho Department of Fish and Game.
Scott Turner broke the state catch-and-release record for channel catfish when he caught a 32-inch fish on May 16. He barely nudged out the previous record, a 31-inch fish caught in 2018 by James Stackhouse. Turner already held the state catch-and-release record for flathead catfish for a 38.5-inch fish caught at Brownlee Reservoir in 2018.
Catfish are widespread across Southern Idaho, particularly in the Snake River. Late spring and summer is the best time to reel one in, Fish and Game officials said in the news release.
Nicole Blanchard
Idaho Statesman