Man catches record-setting 40-pound catfish in Central Texas lake

A blue catfish weighing 40.6 pounds and measuring 40.5 inches long is now the heaviest of its kind caught in Lyndon B. Johnson Reservoir, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department announced in a Facebook post on Thursday. less A blue catfish weighing 40.6 pounds and measuring 40.5 inches long is now the heaviest of its kind caught in Lyndon B. Johnson Reservoir, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department announced in a Facebook post on ... more Photo: Texas Parks And Wildlife Department Photo: Texas Parks And Wildlife Department Image 1 of / 53 Caption Close Man catches record-setting 40-pound catfish in Central Texas lake 1 / 53 Back to Gallery

That's a big fish.

A blue catfish weighing 40.6 pounds and measuring 40.5 inches long is now the heaviest of its kind caught in Lyndon B. Johnson Reservoir, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department announced in a Facebook post on Thursday.

Chad Couch, who caught the fish, will win the department's Big Fish award.

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Couch's catfish breaks the previous rod-and-reel weight record set in Nov. 26, 2014 by Jimmy Frasier, who caught a blue catfish that weighed 35.9 pounds.

However, Frasier's measured 41 inches long.

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