Upstate NY anglers colossal Lake Ontario catfish crushes state record [Video]

One Saturday evening in early May, Dylan Kampnich and his son Kaden went bullhead fishing on Lake Ontario’s Black River Bay marsh near their Pillar Point home.

At the ripe old age of four, Kaden was already a seasoned angler, but little did he know that he’d be making history with his dad that day.

Tagging along were Kampnich’s fiancé and baby daughter.

“They normally never go with us,” Kampnich said. “It’s usually just a son and father thing. But my daughter needed a nap, so I threw her in the car seat.”

It was beautiful spring evening for shore fishing. The air was soft, the bullheads were biting, and the baby was asleep.

As he and Kaden hammered the bullheads, Kampnich thought about a conversation he had earlier that week with state biologists who’d netted a 40-inch, 39-lb channel catfish in the bay while surveying for sturgeon.

Just for kicks, Kampnich began targeting catfish, using the same …