Flathead catfish—native to the Mississippi River basin—were first detected in the Susquehanna River in Pennsylvania in 2002, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. In the two decades since ...

Donation Options Search Search Search Jim Hall holds the big flathead catfish he caught in Louisville, Kentucky, while fishing around his son Nik’s baseball games for Brother Rice. Provided ...

A massive flathead catfish was caught in southeastern Oklahoma, breaking the record for that lake. Bradly Courtright caught the 95-pound catfish in Pine Creek Reservoir, a lake northwest of Broken ...

including Illinois and Wisconsin, though it is most popular in the Southern U.S. House File 832 would establish a noodling permit allowing individuals to catch up to three catfish per license ...

It is legal to go “noodling” for catfish in at least 17 other states, including Wisconsin and Illinois. The fishing technique has opponents, however. “How noodling works is a person reaches ...

At 2:30 p.m. on April 6, Jeff Bonawitz of East Lampeter Township reeled in a record-setting flathead catfish from the Susquehanna River. The catfish tipped the scales at 50 pounds, 7 ounces.