Second grader Reese Perez caught a giant blue catfish near St. Louis in late March. The roughly 60-pound fish nearly ...

The Mekong giant catfish is the official freshwater heavyweight champion of the world. According to the Guinness Book of Records, a nine-foot-long individual caught in northern Thailand in 2005 ...

A 20-year-old Arlington man out fishing near the Chain Bridge caught the biggest catfish of his life this week. Stanley ...

But will it ever be broken? Ken Paulie set not only a new state record but also a world record with his legendary 123-pound flathead catfish pulled out of Elk City Reservoir in May 1998.

The river catfish may be overshadowed by its famed cousin, the Mekong giant catfish, which shares the same river system in Southeast Asia. But this less celebrated species is a remarkable fish in ...