This spring Daniel Mayer of Agency, Missouri, caught a 121.1-pound blue catfish while fishing the Kansas side of the Missouri River. Although the news hit social media in May, the Kansas Department of ...

Even normal-sized blue catfish, or Ictalurus furcatus, are big fish. Originally native to the basins of the Mississippi, ...

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A Georgia angler has obliterated the Jackson Lake record for blue catfish with the catch of a 71.6-pound behemoth that was almost too large for the net. Walter Dorough, of Hillsboro, was fishing with ...

TOPEKA (KSNT) – Kansas anglers will need to read up on a new catfish regulation before heading down to their favorite fishing spots this year. The Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks (KDWP) said a ...

The James River delivered in a big way! Hooking into giant blue catfish one after another, I ended up landing my biggest one yet—a new personal best! The fight was brutal, the runs were long, and the ...

The blue catfish was never supposed to be in the Chesapeake Bay. In the 1970s, the species was introduced into the James River in Virginia as a trophy fish. From there, it quietly slipped into the Bay ...

Invasive species like the blue catfish and snakehead are threatening ecosystems across Maryland’s waters. Chefs say that if we can’t beat ’em, we should eat ’em. These species vary considerably from ...