Nebraska native George Thompson reeled in a record blue catfish on Oct. 12, breaking the record for the largest caught in ...

After a 35-minute battle using only a rod and reel, George Thompson hauled in a behemoth 105-pound, 60-inch blue catfish on ...

The James River delivered in a big way! Hooking into giant blue catfish one after another, I ended up landing my biggest one yet—a new personal best! The fight was brutal, the runs were long, and the ...

An Iowa fisherman broke the state record by reeling in a 105-pound blue catfish from the Missouri River, surpassing a 21-year ...

An angler in Missouri caught what would have been a state record blue catfish had he not released it. But the massive blue catfish didn't go back into the ...

Nebraska fishing guide George Thompson knew exactly where he was headed Sunday, when he launched his boat on the Missouri River along with his two sons. He says they’d hooked something huge the week ...

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources says George Thompson landed a monster after a 35-minute battle on rod and reel on ...

KCRG reports that George Thompson was fishing along the Missouri River in Pottawattamie County on October 12th, when he ...

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources says the behemoth fish was reeled in by George Thompson along the Missouri River in ...

The blue catfish was never supposed to be in the Chesapeake Bay. In the 1970s, the species was introduced into the James River in Virginia as a trophy fish. From there, it quietly slipped into the Bay ...