River Rumors

Jason Burns with his 53-pound-plus lake record caught in Twin Buttes Reservoir. New Lake Record at Twin Buttes? Texas Parks & Wildlife Inland Fisheries Big blue tips the scales at...

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...

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 &...

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...

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:...

WDFW fisheries biologist Marc Petersen holds up an 8-pound channel catfish caught in Roses Lake in Chelan County. (courtesy of WDFW)   Washington Revives Channel Cat Stocking Program Source: Washington...

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...

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 &...

The Cats Incredible Tournament draws teams from up and down the Red River Valley from Manitoba to Fargo, and teams from Nebraska, Missouri and Arkansas.   Cats Incredible Catfish Tournament...

Thousands of channel catfish will be stocked in urban and suburban lakes around Texas this spring and summer.   Texas’ Neighborhood Lakes Get Catfish Source: Texas Parks & Wildlife Department...