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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...

Channel Cats Stocked Statewide in Indiana Source: Indiana Dept. of Natural Resources State DNR stocks 51,000 channel catfish across 157 locations   The Indiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has...

To determine what the flathead catfish were eating, researchers collected 576 of them over two years, with 241 individuals having recoverable stomach contents. The researchers extracted DNA from those contents...

Page From the Past: The Fisherman’s Patience By Izaak Walton The patience required of anglers has been celebrated—and lamented—in countless tales. One such story comes from The Complete Angler by...

Kimberly Feltner proudly displays the blue cat that set a new length record for the species in West Virginia. (courtesy of WVDNR)   Giant Blue Cat Sets New Record Source:...

During the past two decades, the Texas Freshwater Fish Stamp has helped fund the production of more than half a billion fish, including catfish, for stocking in Lone Star State...