Like with nearly every species of fish, there are specific catfish rod and reel combos designed for the catfish fishing fanatic, with many pre-matched, pre-rigged options for the perfect pairing. A ...

CHAMBERSBERG, Penn. – You’ve got your bass rods; your crappie rods; your trout and salmon rods. Even walleyes and muskies garner multiple models. Strange then that the third most popular freshwater ...

A monster blue catfish caught in Mississippi with a rod and reel has smashed the state record by almost 40 pounds. Angler Eugene Cronley caught the 131 pound fish on April 7 in the Mississippi River ...

Using a fishing outfit designed to catch bluegill and crappie, a fisherman landed a 46.7-pound channel catfish that broke the West Virginia record by more than nine pounds. Tyler Rutherford used a ...

Apr. 26—"I can't believe you're still using that fishing rod," friend Brad Durick said the other day at the start of a 3 1/2 -day sturgeon fishing trip to the Rainy River. "You should write a column ...

In the beginning, I had a classic Zebco 202 spin-cast combo, and it was good. At least, good enough for 5-year-old me. But I've owned many types of fishing rods since I was a freckle-faced boy who ...

LAKE CONROE, Texas -- A 10-year-old boy has quite a fish story after he recently beat Lake Conroe's junior record for the biggest catfish. Hudson Simmons spent 30 minutes pulling in his prized catch, ...

Pull out your fishing rods and get ready to catch some catfish. On Wednesday, as part of its Neighborhood Fishin' program, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) began stocking thousands of ...