Penn Live reported first – A state-record flathead catfish was pulled from the Susquehanna River, near the Muddy Creek public access area in York County, on April 6. The catfish, weighing 50 pounds 7 ounces, […]
Space Coast Daily Reported First – Griffin caught his flathead catfish on rod and reel using live bait in the Yellow River. “I wasn’t expecting to catch a state record when I started fishing […]
The popular Fox Chain of Lakes straddles the border between Lake and McHenry counties in northeast Illinois and stretches from Antioch, near the Illinois/Wisconsin state line, down to Pistakee Lake near the city of McHenry. […]
Everything’s bigger in Texas, including the size of catfish. Noodling, the art of catching catfish with your bare hands, took the spotlight in North Texas last month when a pair of adventurous Texans caught an […]
Flooded farmland in Murphysboro turned into a perfect place to make a huge catch on Friday. Louis Glidewell and his son Charles were fishing from on an old railroad bed when they reeled in a […]
This month’s issue of CatfishNOW features some great catfish destinations. Keith “Catfish” Sutton takes you on a trip to the Missouri River. Brad Durick guides your visit to the Red River and Brad Hierstetter leads […]
The scientific name of American shad, Alosa sapidissima, may mean savory fish, but it appears that the region’s hungry horde of blue catfish don’t necessarily share that view. Some fishery managers in recent years have […]
An Ohio River catfish tournament is named after a KY state catfish record holder. The 2nd Annual Bruce Midkiff Memorial Tournament will be held on August 27, 2016. Midkiff caught the state record 104-pound blue […]
Cloudy skies, north winds at 10 – 15, temperatures in the high 80’s and day-long scattered showers greeted catfish anglers on the Cumberland River and a day of chasing whiskered critters. By all accounts it […]
Covington, TN and the Mississippi River was the location of a recent Cabela’s King Kat Tournament Trail event. The affair was one of sixteen tournaments to appear in 10 states across the country in 2016. […]
The Coosa River provided catfish anglers some night fishing action from Saturday through Sunday noon. The Bass Pro Shops Big Cat Quest traveled to Rome, GA for the all night tournament that began on Saturday, […]
Flatheads and blue cats were the main targets for tournament anglers on the Ohio and Scioto Rivers near Portsmouth, OH. The Cabela’s King Kat event attracted 39 boats from several states to compete for cash […]
Rome Georgia is one of those great places where even strangers feel at home. Georgia’s Rome oozes with southern hospitality. Of course there is a famous one in Italy and another in New York, but […]
Big Catfish Tips is a series of tips and techniques for catching more catfish. Today’s tip comes from Cindy Stokes. Her tip relates to how preparation before the trip can improve the final outcome. […]
The first catfish came to the scales just before midnight in Bass Pro Shops Big Cat Quest on the Apalachicola River near Blountstown, FL on Saturday July 16, 2016. Those first fish were weighed in […]
The announcement of a catfish tournament in Calhoun County, FL is raising the excitement level of local and traveling catfish anglers. For weekend road warriors it is an opportunity to visit and fish in Florida, […]
Florida has a growing reputation for big flathead catfish. More and more anglers are targeting the big cats for the shear fun of catch and release fishing. Smaller flatheads are great for the dinner table, […]
The IGFA has recently received world record applications for several game fish species including an enormous striped marlin from New Zealand, a flathead catfish and black crappie from Alabama, USA, and a white seabass from […]
Catfish anglers are primed and ready to get in some competitive fishing on Santee Cooper Lakes in South Carolina. They will be competing for $10,000 in cash and prizes. Known for an abundance of big […]
There has never been one before, so what is a catfish conference? Catfish Conference 2016 will be an opportunity for catfish angers of all persuasions to meet in a given location to learn, teach, listen, […]
Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency(TWRA) employees love a good fish story and were delighted to learn about a possible state record. The Flathead Catfish reeled in was guessed at near 100 pounds by the anglers. It […]
The 155 miles of Rock River that flows through Illinois from the Wisconsin state line to near Rock Island on the Mississippi River divides into three basic habitats for fish. They are tailwaters below dams, […]
Capt. Ron Presley Reported The Following: Catfish fanatics across the nation have been waiting to hear the site selections for the 2015 Bass Pro Shops Big Cat Quest Tournament (BCQ). This years schedule will visit […]
The popularity of catfish angling has increased tremendously in recent years and the large sizes that catfishes can attain make them especially popular with anglers seeking trophy-sized fish. Trophy-sized catfishes can be found in many lakes, […]
On a recent overcast morning, Dale Sides dropped his lines 25 feet to the bottom of the murky Ohio River. Just then, a green boat motored past. A few hundred yards from where Sides was […]
It started off as your typical “let’s go fishing” kind of week for my 13-year-old daughter, Hannah, the youngest of my four children. I’ve been working with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) […]
Catfish thump tasty morsels that anglers present to them. Summer must be upon us. It is the prime time for fishing for this muscle with fins. A staple of southern cooking, catfish are also available […]
Catfish are thumping those tasty morsels that anglers present to them. Summer is the prime time for fishing for this muscle with fins. A staple of southern cooking, catfish are also available in restaurants as […]
Beginning with its headwaters in Champaign County, the Kaskaskia River flows some 280 miles to the southwest to join the Mississippi River. The upper reaches of the river above Lake Shelbyville do not produce large […]
Southeast Georgia anglers are talking about the comeback of the redbreast sunfish on the Satilla River, and much of that success comes from the ongoing removal of a different species of fish, the flathead catfish. […]
1st report by FollowTheLeader: The Department of Natural Resources confirmed the catch of a new state record flathead catfish on Monday, Jan. 13. The catfish was caught by Dale Blakley of Niles, Mich., on Sunday, […]
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