Catfish continue to emerge in Lake Murphysboro from Jackson County, Ill.

It’s rarely among the small group of Illinois lakes boasting about its big flathead catfish, but Lake Murphysboro may soon enjoy a day when catfishermen around the state say, “Let’s try to find a monster in Murphy.”
Local legend of the “Big Muddy Monster” aside, they may be talking about a growing number of growing flatheads in Lake Murphysboro, the 145-acre Jackson County lake that which sits not far from the Big Muddy River and not far from the much larger Kinkaid Lake.

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