Giant Mekong Catfish. Image by JuanWei, via Openverse Missouri has seen several record-breaking catfish catches. One of the most notable was a blue catfish caught in 2010 in the Missouri River, ...

Few freshwater fish can match the size of the Mekong giant catfish, which can exceed 10 feet and weigh over 660 pounds. Native to the Mekong River, this gentle giant feeds on plankton rather than ...

You don’t need a round-the-world ticket to visit the Mississippi, Nile, Amazon, and Mekong – River Wonders has them all, minus the jet lag. The park is built around 8 of the world’s most legendary ...

Although catfish are known for their whiskers, the Mekong giant has no whiskers. It gets its name from its natural habitat, the Mekong River. They are a species in the shark catfish family. Mekong ...

Recently, a pending world record for the longest catfish was caught in Italy’s River Po. This fish measured 9 feet, 4 inches long (285 cm)! It is called a Wels catfish and they can be found ...

A Davenport man caught 60-pound flathead catfish out of the Mississippi River at Davenport on Friday. That topped the 45-pound catfish Samuel Brown hauled in at about the same spot last year.

The Mississippi River, with its wide waters and abundance of blue catfish, is a well-known hotspot for anglers seeking giant catfish. Bluff City Outdoors in Alton, the host of the event, draws ...

Midwestern states are spending millions every year to prevent Asian carp from invading rivers and lakes, but the fish have established a home in the Mississippi River basin, and experts say they ...

Silver carp jump in the Fox River in Illinois. (Ryan Hagerty/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service via Invasive Carp Regional Coordinating Committee) Credit: Ryan Hagerty / U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ...

Midwestern states are spending millions every year to prevent a giant, goggle-eyed fish from invading rivers and lakes. But the Asian carp has firmly established a home in the Mississippi River ...

Midwestern states are spending millions every year to prevent a giant, goggle-eyed fish from invading rivers and lakes. But the Asian carp has firmly established a home in the Mississippi River basin, ...

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — A local fisherman caught a very large catfish at The Fly along the Mississippi River behind Audubon Zoo last week.