. But folks just love giant cats. And who could blame them? They’re fun to catch—and even more fun to fight. And while you probably don’t want to fry the fillets off of a trophy catfish, you’d be hard ...

TOPEKA (KSNT) – A Kansas angler rocked the fishing world more than 25 years ago with his record-shattering catfish. But will it ever be broken? Paulie’s record was met with controversy and the fish ...

The team of Polish anglers caught the massive Wels catfish in Rybnik reservoir in southern Poland. A team of Polish anglers claims to have caught the new world-record Wels catfish, according to ...

CHARLESTON, W. Va. (KDKA) — A woman caught a blue catfish that was more than 4 feet long and weighed over 64 pounds, breaking West Virginia's state length record. Kimberly Feltner of Madison, Indiana, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WBOY) — Two more state fishing records were broken this month, the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources ...

Paula Wethington is a digital producer at CBS Detroit. She previously held digital content roles at NEWSnet, Gannett/USA Today network and The Monroe News in Michigan. She is a graduate of the ...

There is a new flathead catfish state record, and it’s not even close. While bowfishing recently in Monroe County, an angler from Newport, Michigan, caught a new state-record fish: a flathead catfish ...

Codie Carlson had just gotten off work from his airport job south of Detroit, Michigan. It was about midnight, and he decided to walk along nearby Plum Creek to bowfish. “My girlfriend Shelby ...

Dylan Kampnich and his 4-year-old son Kaden, were catching bullheads from shore using earthworm baits one recent Saturday evening. Kampnich learned there were some big channel catfish in the tributary ...

Codie Carlson of Newport has set a new Michigan state record by catching a 64.46-pound flathead catfish in Plum Creek. The massive 45-inch fish shatters the previous state record by over 11 pounds and ...

A woman in Idaho landed a flathead catfish that was a catch-and-release state record previously held by her husband, but she had initially thought about not submitting it for record consideration.

Colin Kearns is the Editor-in-Chief of Field & Stream. His media career began in 2004, when he landed the summer gig of a lifetime, as an editorial intern for Field & Stream. After college, he worked ...