Nebraska native George Thompson reeled in a record blue catfish on Oct. 12, breaking the record for the largest caught in ...

A team of Polish anglers say they caught the new world-record Wels catfish during a tournament. The fish measured roughly 9.6 ...

Nebraska fishing guide George Thompson caught a 105-pound blue catfish from the Missouri River. It's a new Iowa record.

Imagine a river loaded with big fish that are eager to bite and put up a mean fight when hooked. Imagine you have most of the river for you and your fishing pals to catch as many fish as you want to ...

RED RIVER NEAR DRAYTON, N.D.-Brad Durick watched the screen of his Humminbird Onix 10 depthfinder and saw just enough change in the bottom of the river to convince him to drop the anchor. It wasn't ...

Wels catfish are so big they make the biggest blue catfish look small. The species is the largest freshwater fish in Europe. They are capable of living for decades, grow continuously as they age, and ...

The fish, which weighed 105 pounds and was 60 inches long, was reeled in by Nebraska resident George Thompson.

A fisherman in Pottawattamie County, Iowa, now holds the state record for reeling in the biggest catfish. George Thompson was ...

EAST GRAND FORKS – They battled rain for the better part of the first day, but a group of 14 military veterans from the Dakotas, Minnesota and Wisconsin found out firsthand why the Red River of the ...

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 ...

The Arkansas River contains excellent catfish habitat, but it does not sustain great numbers of trophy catfish. Chelsea Gilliland, a fisheries biologist for the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, made ...