The Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks just announced it had certified a 121.1-pound blue catfish as the new state ...

A 121.1-pound blue catfish was caught May 15 on the Missouri River, breaking the previous Kansas state record of 102.8 pounds ...

May, Daniel Mayer of Agency, Mo. caught an enormous 121.1-pound, 59.75-inch blue catfish. He used a carp for bait and hooked ...

Utility Park and Zoo in Clay Center, Kans. has been a favorite for area family outings for generations of residents. In ...

The blue catfish is, in part, a monster of our own creation. Virginia first stocked the fish in the James and Rappahannock rivers in the 1970s for sport fishing.

A Georgia angler has obliterated the Jackson Lake record for blue catfish with the catch of a 71.6-pound behemoth that was ...

The Chesapeake Bay has a lot of blue catfish, and that's a problem. Now, lawmakers have a plan to see if the invasive fish can be used as pet food. A bipartisan bill, introduced in Congress, is aimed ...

February column on The Year Of Eating Chesapeake Bay Blue Catfish: Checking Maryland’s official advisories on the safe levels of consumption of this invasive fish, and offering a recipe to re… ...

Blue catfish are big, fast predators that spread quickly and can tolerate salinity. Now in all Maryland’s major rivers, blue cats are preying on and outcompeting native fish, according to the ...

Blue catfish were first introduced in Virginia in the 1970s for recreational fishing, before reaching Maryland waters — where they quickly became abundant — in the 1990s and 2000s.

In 2023 and beyond, the agency started stocking yearling blue catfish which are about 8 to 10 inches. Each year through 2026, they are requesting 10,000 yearlings to be stocked.

The Chesapeake Bay has a lot of blue catfish, and that's a problem. Now lawmakers have a plan, to see if the invasive fish can be repurposed into pet food.