Body
Catch a big Missouri catfish? Use this chart to estimate how much a blue or flathead catfish weighs.
| Total Length (inches) from the tip of the mouth to the end of the tail; mouth closed and tail lobes pressed together |
Blue Catfish Anticipated Weight (pounds) |
Flathead catfish Anticipated Weight (pounds) |
|---|---|---|
| 15.0 | 1.04 | 1.37 |
| 15.5 | 1.16 | 1.52 |
| 16.0 | 1.29 | 1.68 |
| 16.5 | 1.43 | 1.85 |
| 17.0 | 1.58 | 2.03 |
| 17.5 | 1.75 | 2.22 |
| 18.0 | 1.92 | 2.42 |
| 18.5 | 2.10 | 2.64 |
| 19.0 | 2.30 | 2.87 |
| 19.5 | 2.51 | 3.11 |
| 20.0 | 2.73 | 3.37 |
| 20.5 | 2.97 | 3.64 |
| 21.0 | 3.22 | 3.93 |
| 21.5 | 3.48 | 4.22 |
| 22.0 | 3.76 | 4.54 |
| 22.5 | 4.05 | 4.87 |
| 23.0 | 4.36 | 5.22 |
| 23.5 | 4.69 | 5.58 |
| 24.0 | 5.03 | 5.96 |
| 24.5 | 5.39 | 6.36 |
| 25.0 | 5.77 | 6.77 |
| 25.5 | 6.16 | 7.20 |
| 26.0 | 6.58 | 7.65 |
| 26.5 | 7.01 | 8.12 |
| 27.0 | 7.46 | 8.61 |
| 27.5 | 7.94 | 9.12 |
| 28.0 | 8.43 | 9.65 |
| 28.5 | 8.94 | 10.20 |
| 29.0 | 9.48 | 10.77 |
| 29.5 | 10.04 | 11.36 |
| 30.0 | 10.62 | 11.98 |
| 30.5 | 11.23 | 12.61 |
| 31.0 | 11.86 | 13.27 |
| 31.5 | 12.51 | 13.95 |
| 32.0 | 13.19 | 14.65 |
| 32.5 | 13.89 | 15.38 |
| 33.0 | 14.62 | 16.13 |
| 33.5 | 15.37 | 16.91 |
| 34.0 | 16.16 | 17.71 |
| 34.5 | 16.96 | 18.54 |
| 35.0 | 17.80 | 19.39 |
| 35.5 | 18.67 | 20.27 |
| 36.0 | 19.56 | 21.18 |
| 36.5 | 20.49 | 22.11 |
| 37.0 | 21.45 | 23.08 |
| 37.5 | 22.43 | 24.06 |
| 38.0 | 23.45 | 25.08 |
| 38.5 | 24.50 | 26.13 |
| 39.0 | 25.58 | 27.21 |
| 39.5 | 26.70 | 28.31 |
| 40.0 | 27.85 | 29.45 |
| 40.5 | 29.03 | 30.61 |
| 41.0 | 30.25 | 31.81 |
| 41.5 | 31.50 | 33.04 |
| 42.0 | 32.79 | 34.30 |
| 42.5 | 34.12 | 35.59 |
| 43.0 | 35.48 | 36.92 |
| 43.5 | 36.88 | 38.28 |
| 44.0 | 38.32 | 39.67 |
| 44.5 | 39.80 | 41.10 |
| 45.0 | 41.32 | 42.56 |
| 45.5 | 42.87 | 44.06 |
| 46.0 | 44.47 | 45.59 |
| 46.5 | 46.11 | 47.16 |
| 47.0 | 47.80 | 48.76 |
| 47.5 | 49.52 | 50.40 |
| 48.0 | 51.29 | 52.08 |
| 48.5 | 53.10 | 53.80 |
| 49.0 | 54.96 | 55.55 |
| 49.5 | 56.86 | 57.34 |
| 50.0 | 58.81 | 59.17 |
| 50.5 | 60.80 | 61.04 |
| 51.0 | 62.84 | 62.95 |
| 51.5 | 64.93 | 64.90 |
| 52.0 | 67.06 | 66.90 |
| 52.5 | 69.25 | 68.93 |
| 53.0 | 71.48 | 71.00 |
| 53.5 | 73.77 | 73.12 |
| 54.0 | 76.10 | 75.28 |
| 54.5 | 78.49 | 77.48 |
| 55.0 | 80.93 | 79.72 |
| 55.5 | 83.42 | 82.01 |
| 56.0 | 85.96 | 84.34 |
| 56.5 | 88.56 | 86.72 |
| 57.0 | 91.21 | 89.15 |
| 57.5 | 93.92 | 91.61 |
| 58.0 | 96.69 | 94.13 |
| 58.5 | 99.51 | |
| 59.0 | 102.38 | |
| 59.5 | 105.32 | |
| 60.0 | 108.31 |
- Blue catfish data based on 2,228 Missouri blue catfish
- Flathead catfish data based on 6,459 Missouri flathead catfish
























