River Rumors

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...

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...