NEW STATE RCORD FLATHEAD

Yup, it's legit, I saw a picture of it myself (nobody would use photoshop, right? Lol). Didn't know the guy caught it trolling for Trout, though! I figured the next state record Flattie would come from the base of a dam on one of the three rivers around Pgh where they get fat on commercial divers :).

They killed it?  You still have to kill the fish to get the record right?  Otherwise I can't imagine the glowing mercury sammiches off that mudpig.  Nice old beast regardless.

 Can try & keep alive & record it. Sure many fish (spieces) would be new records but released or just end up on the table without ever a thought or care ov recording a new record. 
 
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crappiefisher
 Can try & keep alive & record it. Sure many fish (spieces) would be new records but released or just end up on the table without ever a thought or care ov recording a new record.  crappy

5 pound Pink Salmon I caught last July would've been a record, thought it was a Steelhead until I saw the orange flesh! Still haven't gotten over losing the chance at a state record, but I'm sure many of us have done a similar thing.

Divemaster
 I figured the next state record Flattie would come from the base of a dam on one of the three rivers around Pgh where they get fat on commercial divers :).

Ha! 

zdub7
and i thought the new record would come from a place with flathead in it... still seems fake to me never seen or heard of anyone catching a flathead from donegal. "This guy" with no name probually took the flathead from a private pond/lake and put it on his boat before even going out to the lake just to try to get in the state records is a more believable story then someone catching a record flathead there.
[/quote I know I have fished there for many years and caught small channel cats. I still have yet to area picture though

my buddy and i have been fishing donegal for catfish for years mostly cat fishing at night we have both caught a lot of fish that were nice fish but never thought the state record would come out of there. but i do believe it. not a lot of people fish for big cats at donegal so the pressure isnt there. great catch but i wish we had a system in place where we dont have to kill such a cool fish or any fish for that matter to justify a state record.

Fish and Boat Commission has never heard of it either..
 
http://www.fishandboat.com/images/fisheries/afm/2009/8x08_12donegal.htm
 
"The PFBC has been stocking Donegal Lake with walleye and channel catfish for many years. One goal of our survey was to assess the survival of the walleye and channel catfish fingerlings and to update management of these species at Donegal Lake. During our survey, we encountered no walleye or channel catfish, and only one saugeye, which were last stocked in 2001."

flatheads in donegal are a rare occurrence for sure. my buddy caught one out of donegal about 5 years ago at night. but no way is anyone catching those in numbers from donegal. i also caught a albino flathead from that lake out there in mt.pleasant. i have a pic of the fish somewhere and my buddy ryan AKA invicta was fishing with me when i made the catch but i was extremely surprised when i landed the fish.i have been night fishing all over the county for about 15 years now. and over the years i have learned that you never know what is on the line or how it got their for that matter until you landed the fish but the state record flathead coming from donegal sounds a little far fetched for me. actually it sounds like total fubar lol

here's the photo from Jeff at Scott's bait store

Peters lake park shows some were put in to control the shad. Were they sterile??

https://blog.triblive.com...tate-record-that-isnt/

Glad this was pursued and Prosecuted! Good job for the fish commission and nice to hear other anglers came forward to keep the record straight!

Imagine the ride that dude had when he caught it in that little "boat"...he was probably terrified lmao