. 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 ...

Using a fishing outfit designed to catch bluegill and crappie, a fisherman landed a 46.7-pound channel catfish that broke the West Virginia record by more than nine pounds. Tyler Rutherford used a ...

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 ...

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, ...

Jaylynn Parker’s record 101.11-pound blue catfish appears to demand a few adjustments. Not that it’s ever been quite as simple as catch fish, weigh fish, acclaim fish. A process exists, of course, and ...

WE HAVE A FINAL STORY. YEAH, THIS IS THE TALE. THE PENNSYLVANIA FISH AND BOAT COMMISSION HAS CERTIFIED A NEW STATE RECORD. FLATHEAD CATFISH. YEAH. LOOK AT THIS. 46 YEAR OLD MICHAEL WARY OF ...

I’ve caught what would have been the New Jersey state-record brook trout at least once. Maybe twice. Both goliath fish came from the same hole on the same river. Both hit wooly bugger streamers. I ...

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 ...