A Mississippi river catfish hunt turns tense when the rods start getting hammered around heavy debris. After landing solid ...

We’ve all heard stories from fishermen about “the one that got away.” In those tales, the biggest fish ever got hooked on the end of the line and gave such a fight that it escaped its fate. Sometimes, ...

When a Mississippi man set out on the Mississippi River for a day of catfishing on April 7, he couldn't have imagined he was about to land a 131-pound blue catfish that not only set a new state record ...

Checked the river stages lately? From projections, it looks like the Mississippi River at Baton Rouge will crest above 41 feet and will hit a high above 16 feet on the New Orleans gauge sometime early ...

GRAND TOWER, Ill. — A southeast Missouri man reeled in a very large fish from the Mississippi River on Friday. This massive fish was caught in the Grand Tower area near Tower Rock. JE Wiseman tells us ...

ST. LOUIS — A St. Charles man has one heck of a big fish story to tell after a day out on the Mississippi River. Wade Kaminski didn't just land any catfish on Friday. He reeled in a 112-pound, ...

Sitting atop the Mississippi River levee where Leake Avenue joins Oak Street, angler Marshell Johnson launched a strip of calf liver on a moon-shot cast that didn't splash down for almost 40 yards. It ...

W. Whaley’s 58-pound channel cat, caught July 7 1964, in South Carolina’s Santee-Cooper Reservoir, is the all-tackle world ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Four young anglers from northern Ohio wanted to tackle the thrill of hooking a big Mississippi River catfish, and Michelle Petitti of Twinsburg made their dream come true. Dave ...

Eric Muhoberac and Chris Holmes drove their trucks to the east bank of Jefferson Parish, parked along River Road and dragged their kayaks across the levee to the jungles of Bolivia. Based on their ...