Catfish Fishing

Catfish fishing for the biggest, blues, channel cats, and flatheads in the country.

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Catfish have spiny fins that can stab fishermen.
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A Flying Fish Stabbed a Surfer in a Freak Accident. These Fish Are More Likely to Impale You

By Joe Cermele

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Angler Catches New State-Record Channel Catfish, Breaks His Net in the Process

By Bob McNally

The pending state-record blue catfish for Tennessee, on a table.
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This Man’s Pending State-Record Blue Catfish Could Be the Same Record Fish He Caught Last Year

By Bob McNally

pennsylvania record flathead catfish
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Giant Flathead Catfish Confirmed as New Pennsylvania State Record

By Bob McNally

An italian angler with one of the biggest Wels catfish ever caught.
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Italian Angler Catches Pending World-Record Wels Catfish Over 9 Feet Long

By Dac Collins

Trash fish slam of the South.
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4 Summer Fishing Slams Anyone Can Do

By Rick Bach

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How to Catch Channel Catfish—and Why You Should Target Them This Spring

By Joe Cermele

dollar store baits
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The Best Bait You Can Buy at the Dollar Store

By Raymundo Ruiz Jr.

A catfishing bum in Pittsburgh.
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How to Be a Fish Bum: These 6 Fishermen Are Living the Dream

By Joe Cermele

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220-Pound Wels Catfish Tows Angler for a Mile Down the River Ebro

By Bob McNally

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South Carolina Bowfisherman Arrows World-Record Blue Catfish

By Dac Collins

Adobe stock farmed catfish
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Alligator-Catfish Hybrids Are Being Spawned in an Alabama Lab

By Dac Collins

Ice fishing for catfish
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Ice Fishing for Catfish: Tips and Tactics

By Steve Ryan

how to catch catfish in winter
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How to Catch Catfish in Winter

By Joe Cermele

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Pending Record Blue Catfish Caught (and Released) in Tennessee

By Dac Collins

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The Biggest Record Catfish from Around the World

By Ken Perrotte

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The Biggest North American Catfish of All Time

By Ken Perrotte

Idaho channel catfish turns out to be a blue cat.
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Idaho’s New Record Channel Catfish Turns Out to Be a Blue Catfish. It’s Still a State Record

By Dac Collins

Giant Mississippi catfish
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Mississippi Fisherman Catches Giant Blue Catfish with a Secret Family Bait Recipe

By Bob McNally

Colorado is asking anglers to catch fish in two reservoirs.
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Colorado Asks Anglers to Catch and Keep as Many Fish as Possible Before Two Reservoirs Dry Up

By Keegan Sentner

Channel catfish record.
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Idaho Angler Catches Record Channel Catfish

By Bob McNally

Jason Emmel holding the record breaking blue catfish he shot.
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Virginia Bowfisherman Shoots Record Blue Catfish

By Wade Thiel

Idaho record catfish.
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Idaho Angler Beats His Own Catfish Record on the Snake River

By Wade Thiel

Channel catfish and hotdogs.
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Hotdogs are the Best Bait for Catching Summertime Channel Catfish

By Joe Cermele

iowa dnr 72.4-pound flathead
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Iowa Fisheries Biologists Catch and Release a Massive Flathead Catfish Weighing More than 70 Pounds

By Bob McNally

Record Channel Catfish Caught in West Virginia
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Record Channel Catfish Caught in West Virginia

By Bob McNally

Airlifted to a Tampa hospital.
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Florida Boy Airlifted to Hospital After Catfish Sting to the Chest

By Bob McNally

Kanawha Blue Cats
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Record-Breaking Streak Continues on West Virginia’s Kanawha River

By Dac Collins

Bailey Williams caught a 35-pound channel catfish.
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New York Angler Reels in State-Record Channel Catfish

By Keegan Sentner

A giant Tennessee blue catfish.
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Tennessee Angler Catches and Releases Massive 107-Pound Blue Catfish

By Bob McNally

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West Virginia Angler Catches and Releases the New State-Record Blue Catfish

By Bob McNally

Giant state-record blue catfish out of Mississippi.
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Giant 131-Pound Blue Catfish Shatters Mississippi State Record by 30 Pounds

By Bob McNally

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Tennessee Angler Won’t Let Cancer Stop Her from Catching Giant Catfish

By Bob McNally

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Two Kentucky Anglers Pull a Massive, 94-Pound Blue Cat Out of the Ohio River

By Dac Collins

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Dozens of Giant Mississippi River Catfish Caught in Illinois Tournament

By Bob McNally

Gavin Campbell caught this catfish on Lake Menawa.
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Iowa Angler Lands a 34-Pound Catfish Through the Ice

By Erin Merrill

A father and daughter team hold up a 112-pound bluecatfish.
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Father-Daughter Team Catch and Release 112-Pound Blue Catfish in North Carolina

By Bob McNally

Anglers Catch 106-Pound Blue Catfish to Win Nearly $1,400 in South Carolina Tourney
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Anglers Catch 106-Pound Blue Catfish to Win Nearly $1,400 in South Carolina Tourney

By Bob McNally

William Bates Jr. arrowed this massive Virginia catfish.
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Maryland Archer Sets Virginia Blue Catfish State Record

By Bob McNally

Texas teens catch big Texas catfish.
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Two Texas Teens Catch a 55-Pound Flathead Catfish at a Friend’s Birthday Party

By Bob McNally

This record blue cat was caught in Texas.
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Texas Angler Hooks Record 31-Pound Blue Catfish on a Fly Rod

By Joe Genzel

A potential new state-record flathead catfish
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Potential New Michigan State-Record Flathead Catfish Caught—and Released

By Bob McNally

The possible new state-record catfish is a 57-pound flathead.
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Giant 57-Pound Flathead May Be Pennsylvania’s New State-Record Catfish

By Bob McNally

This 80-pound Arizona flathead catfish was cut up for a fish fry.
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Fishermen Catch Arizona’s Would-Be Record Flathead Catfish, Then Fry It

By Bob McNally

The new West-Virginia state-record drum weighed close to 30 pounds.
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West Virginia Catfish Angler Catches New State-Record Drum

By Bob McNally

Illustrations of trot line rigs.
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3 Ways to Catch Big Catfish Without a Rod and Reel

By Keith Sutton

Two anglers holding up a large blue catfish.
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How to Catch a 100-Pound Catfish

By The Editors

Kansas River flathead catfish
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Tips for Catching Trophy Flathead Catfish

By Keith Sutton

blue cat fishing in shallow water
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Shallow-Water Tactics for Catching Super-Sized Blue Catfish

By Michael Pearce

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Use These 5 Dirty Tricks for Lures to Catch More Catfish

By Keith Sutton

How to Fish for and Catch Catfish Near Low-Head Dams
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How to Fish for and Catch Catfish Near Low-Head Dams

By Brian Ruzzo

Clonking Cats: How to Call In Catfish
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Clonking Cats: How to Call In Catfish

By Chad Ferguson

Expert Tips on How to Catch Catfish
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Expert Tips on How to Catch Catfish

By Chad Ferguson

Splat Cats: How to Catch Big Catfish Under Cormorant Roosts
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Splat Cats: How to Catch Big Catfish Under Cormorant Roosts

By Chad Ferguson

Texas Teen Wins Noodling Competition with 72-Pound Catfish
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Texas Teen Wins Noodling Competition with 72-Pound Catfish

By Chris DiScipio

How to Catch Bigger Muskies, Catfish, Bass, Lake Trout, Sturgeon, Stripers and More
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How to Catch Bigger Muskies, Catfish, Bass, Lake Trout, Sturgeon, Stripers and More

By James Hall

World Record Albino Catfish Pulled from the River Ebro in Spain
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World Record Albino Catfish Pulled from the River Ebro in Spain

By Gayne C. Young

The Weirdly Wonderful Wels Catfish
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The Weirdly Wonderful Wels Catfish

By Outdoor Life Online Editor

Catfish Capital: Savannah, Tennessee
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Catfish Capital: Savannah, Tennessee

By Keith Sutton