10-10-2005, 04:10 PM
[font "Arial"]RALEIGH, NC—Late last year, North Carolina angler Brian Newberger predicted to friends and family that he'd set a new state flathead catfish record by the end of 2005. Shortly after midnight on September 17, his prediction became reality when he landed a 78-pound, 52-inch flathead while fishing the Cape Fear River above Lock and Dam No. 3 in Cumberland County, North Carolina. [/font]
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