# @outdoor_life on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DJ7TPqIvnj2
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/30769644-outdoor-life-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-05-21T19:00:58.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Outdoor Life (@outdoor_life) — https://gondola.cc/outdoor_life

## Caption

Catfish guide Justin Conner of Milton, West Virgina, was fishing the Kanawha River in Putnam County on May 9 with his fiancé, Tabitha Linville when he hooked into this massive blue catfish they already had plenty of history with.⁠
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“I knew right away it was a state length record blue cat,” said Conner. “I also knew it was a catfish I’d caught previously that we call ‘Spotty.’ We weighed the fish, and did a quick length measurement, then I called the state DNR to document it.” They met state fisheries biologist Ryan Bosserman at a nearby boat ramp. Bosserman weighed the cat on certified scales at 66.30 pounds and measured it at a length of 51.49 inches. Conner’s cat sets a new state length record for blues, edging out the previous record by less than an inch.⁠
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Story by: Bob McNally

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fishingseason, bluecat, outdoorlife, fishingtrip, bluecatfish, conservation, catfish, outdoors, catfishing, fishing, westvirginia, catfishfishing

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