Lena Sawyers, a biologist at the Maryland Department of Natural Resources, holds a flathead catfish captured during an electrofishing demonstration on the Potomac River on Sept. 10. (Photo by ...

Not long ago, people worried that a giant, gape-mouthed predator called the blue catfish would take over the James River. We are so beyond that. Now the invader fish, which can top 100 pounds and eats ...

The anglers used a rig made from a 12-volt car battery to stun the catfish. The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries recently cited two Evangeline Parish residents for taking fish illegally ...

JAMES RIVER - Splashed and speckled in mud, Dave Lucchesi jumped into action. He quickly stepped over the slow-moving James River, from one boat into another, to take control of the wheel as flathead ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Many anglers on the James River are targeting blue catfish. But is the blue catfish population growing out of control? Some believe it is. The Virginia Department of Wildlife ...

TILGHMAN, Md. - A Maryland lawmaker is sponsoring a bill to address the growing problem of blue catfish in the Chesapeake Bay. Pictured above is footage from the Wicomico River. It shows a typical ...

Each summer our local conservation police officers (CPOs) receive calls from the public about issues they observe on the river. One call they receive often is about people out electrofishing.

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RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Many anglers on the James River are targeting blue catfish. But is the blue catfish population growing out of control? Some believe it is. The Virginia Department of Wildlife ...