For decades at Lake Tawakoni, the “trophy” blue catfish season began with the first cooling north winds in October and ended with the spring warm up. Fall and winter was the designated time to go ...

This spring Daniel Mayer of Agency, Missouri, caught a 121.1-pound blue catfish while fishing the Kansas side of the Missouri River. Although the news hit social media in May, the Kansas Department of ...

POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY, Iowa — A long-standing record for the biggest blue catfish caught in Iowa has been broken. In 2004, a state record was recorded for the biggest blue catfish caught in Iowa. That ...

In many of America's freshwater regions blue catfish are held in pretty high esteem. They grow fast, are plenty strong when hooked, and top out at triple-digit weights. They're not hard to catch, and ...

An Iowa angler reeled in a 105-pound blue catfish, breaking the previous record held by a 101-pound catfish for 21 years, according to officials. Iowa Department of Natural Resources A fisherman in ...

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WASHINGTON, Mo. - A Midwest angler on the banks of the Missouri River near St. Louis recently experienced the catch of a lifetime. Wally Klein landed a colossal 86.8-pound blue catfish that truly put ...

WASHINGTON, Mo. – A man recently hauled in the catch of a lifetime from the Missouri River, a “monster” 86-pound blue catfish near Washington, Missouri. Wally Klein made his impressive catch using ...

Flathead catfish are large fish with many nicknames. They are also commonly referred to as mudcats or shovelhead cats. Flathead catfish are a large species of North American freshwater catfish, and it ...