Even normal-sized blue catfish, or Ictalurus furcatus, are big fish. Originally native to the basins of the Mississippi, ...

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The blue catfish was never supposed to be in the Chesapeake Bay. In the 1970s, the species was introduced into the James River in Virginia as a trophy fish. From there, it quietly slipped into the Bay ...

Kadence Oliver of Chandler loves the big bite, especially when a whiskered fish with a weight problem chomps down on a hapless live perch scrambling for its life. A nasty scuffle always follows once ...

When New Kent fishermen Chris Von Hatten and Christopher Whitmire go out on the Pamunkey River in the early hours of the morning, they hope to catch 3,000 to 4,000 pounds of blue catfish by midday.

Alabama Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries Division shared a photo on Facebook showing Forrest Winters holding up his monster ...

Invasive species like the blue catfish and snakehead are threatening ecosystems across Maryland’s waters. Chefs say that if we can’t beat ’em, we should eat ’em. These species vary considerably from ...