It was autumn 2007 on the Mississippi River at West Memphis, Tenn. In a shallow backwater adjacent the river, logs and debris had been sucked into a huge slow-moving eddy, creating a gigantic wooden ...

If I were to flip you the bird left-handed, which I sometimes do to mix things up, you’d notice that my middle finger is crooked, with a bulged knuckle. Why does it look like that? Catfish noodling.

There are good times to catch big flathead catfish, and there are great times to catch big flathead catfish. We’re on the cusp of one of the great ones. So says Chris Souders, anyway. And he should ...

The wide-jawed flathead catfish made its first known appearance in eastern Pennsylvania at Blue Marsh Lake in 1997. According to the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission, the size of the fish ...

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A study found flatheads occupy the highest level in the food web, forcing native species like smallmouth bass to change their diets. The invasive catfish are growing much faster and larger in the ...