See our top photos as noodlers compete for top prize in 26th annual Okie Noodling Festival catfish tournament in Pauls Valley on Saturday, June 20.

With the sound of a cannon blast, the 93rd annual Alabama Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo on Dauphin Island, the largest deep sea ...

Catfish noodling means diving or reaching underwater, sticking your hand into a hole where catfish spawn, letting the fish bite down, then grabbing it by the jaw and wrestling it to the surface. It ...

If it seems like Minnesotans are breaking fish records more than ever before, that’s because they are. Beginning in the 1980s ...

Other fishing nightmares aren't inspired by the violence a fish might commit, but more simply how the fish looks. These ugly ...

After an exceptionally poor snow season, one of Arizona's largest reservoirs shrank to less than 1% full, wiping out nearly ...

The San Carlos Reservoir is now less than 1% full, and virtually all the fish in it have died, NASA Earth Observatory ...

Noodling, or fishing by hand, has been legal for catfish and bullheads in Wisconsin since 2020. Dr. Nick Anderson of Neenah is a passionate noodler and set the Wisconsin record with a 54.85-pound ...

An avid angler supports the new rules, citing the thrill of catching the powerful fish. The current state record flathead catfish weighed 66 pounds, 6 ounces and was caught in 2023. An avid catfish ...

Catfish may not carry the esteem of trout or bass, but when it comes to accessibility, no fish better represents the Midwest.

Husband and wife fishing duo Cole & Jay bounce back from losing three massive flathead catfish by successfully reeling in a giant gar.

Michigan's flathead catfish record was shattered after a Newport man caught a 64.46-pound, 45-inch fish in Plum Creek in Monroe County. Codie Carlson was early morning bowfishing on June 29, when he ...