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Officials say suspects sold thousands of pounds of catfish illegally. (Photo courtesy of KFW Law Enforcement) Cracking Down on Catfish Trafficking Source: Kentucky Fish and Wildlife Law Enforcement Multi-State investigation...

Page From the Past: Mississippi River Fishing As told by Bluegrass Storyteller Chuck Larkin In the 1980s, Chuck Larkin hosted the WPBA-TV variety show “Tonight at Ferlinghetti’s,” a PBS music...

KDWP Commissioners Approve New Blue Catfish Regulation Source: Kansas Dept. of Wildlife and Parks New harvest limits aim to balance fisheries and enhance angler opportunities. Commissioners with the Kansas Department...

Fisheries biologists say that color is sometimes the worst way to distinguish one fish species from another. For various reasons outlined below, there are times when even big channel catfish...

John Tyler Rutherford (left) and his father are all smiles as they pose for the camera with John’s 46.7-pound state-record channel catfish, one of the biggest caught anywhere in North...

Seven-year-old Gunnar Cheney (center) now holds the record for the largest-ever catfish caught at Lake Lamar Bruce just outside of Saltillo, Mississippi. (courtesy of MDWFP) 7-Year-Old Catches New Lake-Record Catfish...

Bottom lock can be used to zoom in on the bottom layer when searching for fish or baitfish. Zoom, Zoom to See More Story and photos by Brad Wiegmann Zooming...

Page From the Past: A Protest In Volume 89 of the British periodical Punch, dated August 1, 1885, we find published this poetic objection to the proposed introduction of catfish...

Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission fish culturist Andy Severns prepares to stock blue catfish fingerlings into the Ohio River near Point State Park in Pittsburgh. (Courtesy of Penn. Fish &...

Making memories: A mother and her three sons enjoy a fun day of catfishing on the lake. With some night crawlers for bait and a bit of teamwork, they've landed...