March 24 was a fishing day that Saul and Kali Perez had been planning for several years. The Wentzville family heard about huge blue catfish being caught from the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers near ...

A North Carolina-based fishing rod company announced what may be a pending state-record blue catfish earlier this month. The details are thin, but Catch the Fever reports the fish, caught in Kansas, ...

A routine fishing trip turned extraordinary when a group of fishermen caught a catfish so large it dwarfed a man’s forearm.

The Wels catfish is among the largest freshwater fish species on earth. Currently, the IGFA fishing world record for Wels catfish sits at 297 pounds and 9 ...

What starts as a simple pool pond quickly transforms into the ultimate home for monster catfish. These exotic giants grow ...

Apr. 17—As a part of their Easter weekend visit with their grandparents Jane and John Livingstone, brothers Parker, 17, and Bradley Livingstone, 21, decided to escape to Lake Jacksonville and do a ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Virginia -- A catfish reeled in by a Virginia man could set a new state record for the biggest flathead catfish. Jeffrey Dill told WAVY that he caught the fish on his $20 rod he ...

A pair of nearly one-meter-long catfish was spotted in a garden, their playful movements baffling the homeowner.

This unusual behavior is not observed in Wels catfish populations elsewhere and is believed to be a learned adaptation. Due to limited food sources, the catfish became desperate enough to try hunting ...

Will Brantley, a longtime noodler from Kentucky, with a big flathead. When a big flathead catfish bites your hand, your buddies wading nearby can feel the thump reverberate through the water. That ...