he weighed 36lbs. There not native to WV thats why DNR didnt recognize them. According to Brett Preston DNR. This small lake i caught him in is near the ohio river. All we can figure out is that either someone put him in here or when the river flooded it banks, it kinda stayed there when the water went down. We have caught several from here. Got pics of a flathead caught there last year that measured at 58 inches. That broke state record in length by 6 inches. We have hooked a few on the ohio near Robert C Byrd dam that moved our pontoon boat.