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Thousands of invasive silver carp jump from the water as biologists attempt to capture them from a specialized electrofishing boat. (Photo by Ryan Hagerty/USFWS) Clearing a River of Invasive Carp...

Workers from the Minnesota DNR collect data to assess the Red River’s population status during test netting in 2025. (Photo by Nicholas Kludt, Minnesota DNR) Catfish Conservation and Management That...

Guide Owen Koch and a customer celebrate catching a big blue catfish in the Potomac River. (Photo courtesy of Capital Blues Fishing Charters)   Chesapeake Blues by Brent Frazee Too...

Chasin’ Cats guide Jimmi Brown shows off a trophy-sized channel catfish caught in central Iowa. Photo courtesy of Jimmi Brown Guide of the Month: Jimmi Brown, Chasin Cats by Capt....

A flathead catfish like this one can live for decades under the right conditions, as shown by a remarkable recapture at Canton Lake, Illinois.   River Rumors: One Catfish, Three...

Protecting Kentucky’s rivers and catfish populations: Game wardens conducted a 10-month investigation into illegal commercial fishing activity known as Operation River Raid. Photo by Kentucky Fish & Wildlife River Raid...

An extra day off and deep winter water produced this Presidents’ Day stringer of channel catfish for CatfishNOW editor Keith Sutton. Photo by Alex Hinson   Presidents’ Day Catfish By...

 Matt ‘Catmatt” Jones specializes in seeking trophy flatheads on Illinois’ Rock River. He has retired from full-time guiding, but continues part time and is one of those rare guides who...

Removal of Steamboat Rock Dam on the Iowa River will mitigate the safety hazard of the dam, restore fish passage, improve fish habitat throughout the river and reduce the risk...

Off Shore Tackle’s SST Pro Mag Planer Boards are designed to pull more weight than any other planer board on the market today.   Off Shore Tackle’s OR37 SST Pro...