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Using Off Shore Planer Boards With Marshall Hughey When it comes to spreading out baits and increasing the odds for catching some trophy catfish, pro angler Marshall Hughey of Wetumpka,...

Flathead catfish: more muscle, more mystery. This underwater brute isn’t like your average blue or channel cat. Read how to hook your first flathead the right way in our latest...

The Indiana Department of Natural Resources is currently involved with one of the largest catfish research projects in the agency’s history. Here, fisheries biologists show some of the big flatheads...

Page From the Past: Ozark Whoppers Long before social media carried tales of record-breaking catfish, one man was writing down the tall ones passed from front porches to potluck suppers...

Justin Connor from Milton, West Virginia caught a 51.49-inch, 66.3-pound blue catfish on the Kanawha River in Putnam County, breaking the state’s previous blue catfish length record. Photo courtesy of...

Crews installed the channel catfish spawning boxes in Illinois’ lakes Mattoon, Paradise and Charleston in June. Photo courtesy of Illinois DNR Nesting Boxes Aim to Boost Illinois Catfish Populations.  By...

Boss Kat Sinker Slides & Knot Protectors By Keith “Catfish” Sutton When it comes to catfishing, little details in your terminal tackle can make a big difference. Two often-overlooked components—sinker...

Anglers at Family and Community Program ponds are certain to enjoy larger-than-normal size stockings of channel and blue catfish provided by Baxter Land Company’s catfish farms. Photo courtesy of AGFC...

Bank fishing for catfish is simple, affordable and confidence-building, especially for women just getting started. With basic gear and a little know-how, skills develop quickly. Photo by Kody Lucas  Catfish...

Jaylynn Parker with her 101.11-pound Ohio state-record blue catfish caught in an Ohio River tributary in 2024. Photo by Kristen Parker Life After Landing A State-Record Catfish By Anietra Hamper...