PITTSBURGH ― Imagine hooking into a fish that weighs as much as 100 pounds. Imagine doing it in a Pennsylvania river. You might be able to have that experience in a few years around Pittsburgh. The ...

Catfish, especially blue catfish, can grow to enormous sizes. The Mississippi state record is 95 pounds and was caught in the Mississippi River near Natchez. Flatheads, another popular species, can ...

Blue catfish grow to large sizes, are tasty to eat and can be easily caught in the majority of Maryland’s rivers — the problem is they’re considered invasive and are a threat to other native fish and ...

In 2005, Thai fishermen caught a ~646-pound, 9-foot Mekong giant catfish, among the largest freshwater fish ever reliably recorded. The fish died before release and was used as food, reflecting local ...