Blue catfish are the undisputed heavyweights of the American catfish family, and they can even outgrow flatheads. They can reach up to a staggering 65 inches and tip the scales at 150 pounds. Although ...

Live fish top the list of most enticing catfish baits, and with good reason. A catfish 24 inches or longer, regardless of species, sustains itself on a diet comprised almost exclusively of other ...

Their bellies tend to be whiter than the other species. White catfish are easily caught on live bait. The species can be distinguished from channels and blues by the number of rays in the anal fin.

Use live bait. There are three ... Blue catfish and flatheads prefer live sunfish or shad. 2. Use a circle hook over a treble hook. Advertisement. Article continues below this ad. 3.

LIBERTYTOWN -- Tim Hagan may be "the catfish king," but New Yorker Jayson Zorda may have the state record for blue catfish. Hagan is the founder of Catfish Nation, a nationwide organization formed ...

Wade Kaminski on Friday reeled from the Mississippi River “the fish of a lifetime,” a 5-foot-long blue catfish that weighed 112 pounds. “This is the one I’ve been chasing my whole life ...

Muddy Waters knew catfish. And catfishers. “Well, I wish I was a catfish/ Swimmin’ in the deep, blue sea/ I’d have all you good-lookin’ women/ Fishing after me,” the seminal bluesman ...