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Virginia lawmakers hope to curb the blue catfish’s impact on the Chesapeake Bay ecosystem by encouraging more harvest and consumption of these delicious fish. (credit: Keith Sutton) Virginia Lawmakers Target...

Marc Cooper and girlfriend, Katie Allen, show off a 30-pound blue taken pulling planer boards in relatively shallow water in the back end of a slough off the Tennessee River....

Ing with the big catfish, which he said weighs 150 pounds on the nose. (courtesy of Chigboro Fisheries) New Record Wels in the UK Source: Chigboro Fisheries Eight-foot monster released...

Page from the Past: Churning for Catfish From “Plantation Life Before Emancipation” by R.Q. Mallard In his 1892 memoir “Plantation Life Before Emancipation,” Robert Quarterman Mallard painted a vivid picture...

The foot of a bald eagle that got tangled in discarded fishing line and died because it could no longer catch its prey. Proper disposal of used fishing line can...

Page from the Past: Catfish Campfire Chronicles From Scribner’s Monthly, May 1878 In the May 1878 issue of Scribner’s Monthly, a magazine popular from 1870 through 1881, a lively tale...

Lucas Barnett is all smiles after landing a channel catfish that established a new Idaho catch-and-release record. (courtesy of Idaho Fish & Game) Double Record Catch Source: Idaho Fish &...

Daniel Wegener of Fort Totten, North Dakota, holds up a stringer with the 4-pound, 9-ounce bullhead he caught Sept. 27, 2024, on Devils Lake. The bullhead is the new North...

Scientists, officials and fishermen released this 300-pound Mekong giant catfish back into Cambodia’s Mekong River on December 10, 2024 after it was tagged. (Credit: Chhut Chheana/USAID Wonders of the Mekong)...

Page from the Past: The Last of the Big Ones By T.P. Coffin and Henig Cohen   In their 1973 book “Folklore from the Working Folk of America,” T.P. Coffin...