Twelve-year-old Louisiana boy catches 114-pound catfish. (Facebook) MONROE, La., March 2 (UPI) -- A 12-year-old boy caught a record 114.1-pound catfish in the Mississippi River in Louisiana. Lawson Boyte, of Oak Grove, La., was on a family fishing trip on the river when he caught the huge catfish using shad bait, KNOE-TV, Monroe, La., reported. The fish broke the previous record of 110.19 pounds in 2005.