36-pound flathead caught at Kirby Lake

ABILENE, Texas (KTAB/KRBC) – Big fish have been biting at Kirby Lake in Abilene.

Local angler Brandon Minshew caught a 36-pound flathead on August 2. He used freshly caught shad from the dock as bait and a Lew’s Reactor reel combo.

The Texas Department of Parks and Wildlife shows the biggest flathead catfish ever recorded at Kirby Lake was 49.77 pounds, the biggest blue catfish was 42.20 pounds and the biggest channel catfish was 12.92 pounds.

Kirby Lake is also home to populations of bass, carp, crappie, drum, pacu, and saugeye fish.

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