The late-September catch of an 8-foot, 150-pound catfish – said to be the largest ever caught in the UK – has been generating headlines this week. Shaun Ing landed the behemoth at Chigboro Fisheries’ ...

Catfish are popular among North American anglers, but they can also be found all around the world, with two of the largest species—the Wels and the Giant Mekong—inhabiting waters in Europe and ...

A family vacation to Spain turned into an international headline when 11-year-old Joshua Davenport caught a 152-pound wels catfish on the River Ebro during the last week of October. He and his parents ...

The United Kingdom has a new catfish on record, thanks to an angler from Rainham. Darren Reitz, 34, from east London seems to have captured the country's largest freshwater fish by rod from a lake in ...

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 ...