‘We Thought It Might Be A Mermaid’: Lancaster Co. Man’s Catfish Catch Sets State Record

EAST LAMPETER TOWNSHIP, Pa. (KDKA) — A Lancaster County man set a state record in April after catching a 50-pound flathead catfish.
The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission says 54-year-old Jeff Bonawitz, of East Lampeter Township, Pa., was fishing on the Susquehanna River in York County on April 6.
Bonawitz said he caught several 30-pound fish before he started to run low on bait. He decided to use the biggest live bluegill he had left, and he got a bite.
“It kept hanging down deep