Moments before freedom: a trophy channel cat is cradled above the current, gills pumping, as the angler practices the kind...

The Fields at 17 Springs in Elmore County, Alabama Is a state-of-the-art sports complex and meeting venue, with facilities to...

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An Ohio DNR employee stocks blue catfish at Seneca Lake. Photo by Josh Zielinski   The Science Behind Trophy Catfish...

Danny Mayer holding the 121.1-pound Kansas state-record blue catfish he caught in May near downtown Kansas City Another state record...