(Iowa City, IA) — An eighth grader from Iowa City is celebrating a catch most anglers only dream about. Fourteen-year-old Benjamin Stong reeled in a 68-pound flathead catfish from the Iowa River on Wednesday morning – just before heading to school. After weighing the fish and realizing how rare the size was, Stong released it back into the water.
The Iowa DNR says the state record flathead catfish is 81 pounds, caught in 1958…