In many of America's freshwater regions blue catfish are held in pretty high esteem. They grow fast, are plenty strong when ...

Dave Amick, Bronson, Iowa, holds a 57-pound blue catfish he caught a few weeks ago while fishing with Pat Carter, Elk Point, S.D.

A bill to make it legal to go “noodling” for catfish in Iowa lakes, streams and rivers is under consideration in the Iowa House. Representative Ray “Bubba” Sorensen of Greenfield sponsored ...

Let's pass a law this year, ladies and gentlemen, which would designate the channel catfish as the Iowa state fish. We have a state bird, the American goldfinch. We have a state tree, the oak.

Along with fly, ice and sport fishing, Iowans would be able to legally catch catfish with their bare hands under a bill being considered by state lawmakers.

Blue catfish are wreaking havoc on native species in the Chesapeake Bay. To reduce the damage, environmentalists want to encourage more restaurants to add the whiskered predator to their menus.

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — Keisha Sedlacek is the federal director for the Chesapeake Bay Foundation and said blue catfish are a threat to the native species in the Bay, preying on nearly anything in ...