River Rumors

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...

Arizona’s Fat Cat Challenge encourages catch-and-release of the biggest and oldest individual fish in waters managed by the state Game & Fish Department.   Fat Cat Challenge Source: Arizona Game...

Angela Dixon of Chidester, Arkansas with her 3-pound, 9-ounce record brown bullhead from Lower White Oak Lake.   Two for the Books Sources: Arkansas Game & Fish Commission, International Game...

Haylee and Logan Applegate caught 50-pound catfish from Lake Conway in Arkansas within days of one another.   Rebuilding a Legendary Flathead Lake By Keith “Catfish” Sutton Arkansas’ Lake Conway...

The Maryland Department of Natural Resources has launched a statewide campaign to teach citizens about the impact of blue and flathead catfish and encourage anglers to remove these invasive species...

The little Scioto madtom has not been documented since 1957 and was recently declared extinct by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. (credit: Dave Neely, Ohio DNR)   Scioto Madtom...