Wels catfish are so big they make the biggest blue catfish look small. The species is the largest freshwater fish in Europe. They are capable of living for decades, grow continuously as they age, and ...

The Wels catfish is among the largest freshwater fish species on earth. Currently, the IGFA fishing world record for Wels catfish sits at 297 pounds and 9 ...

An international team of scientists has confirmed that the dorado catfish (Brachyplatystoma rousseauxii) of the Amazon River basin holds the record for the world's longest exclusively freshwater fish ...

Like doghouses and litter boxes, aquariums are a fixture in many homes. An estimated 1 in 8 American households keeps fish as pets, and over 158 million fish live in captivity in the U.S. It’s not ...

The first words long-distance swimmer Ben Lecomte uttered after becoming the first person to swim 3,716 miles across the Atlantic Ocean in 1998 were, "Never again." That feat took him 73 days. In ...

Freshwater fish are a popular choice among novice and veteran aquarists alike. The latter often fall in love with them for their breathtaking patterns and a wide selection of breeds while the former ...

Capt. Keith "Herk" Bergeron is best known around South Louisiana for guiding eager anglers to spawning speckled trout around Grand Isle. But that won't really get rolling for another few weeks. In the ...

They are big. They are tasty. And they are the champions of freshwater migration. The dorado catfish (Brachyplatystoma rousseauxii), a species of Amazon goliath catfish, has officially taken over as ...

Area freshwater fishermen are not letting high water from the Atchafalaya Basin stop them from reeling in some nice catches. With bass and sac-a-lait moving into marshy areas because of the high water ...

Some of the most astonishing creatures on Earth hide deep in rivers and lakes: giant catfish weighing more than 600 pounds, stingrays the length of Volkswagen Beetles, 6-foot-long trout that can ...