Of all the qualities that make the striped bass one of the country’s premier game fish—including its tremendous strength, its regal purple sheen and stately black stripes, and its ability to grow to ...

So, you want to catch a big flathead catfish. That’s a laudable goal. These brutes commonly exceed 50 pounds. World-record-class fish top 120. While in the same family as channel and blue catfish, ...

Caleb Nichols of Boise shows off a monster flathead catfish he caught at Brownless Reservoir. This fish weighed 23 pounds — and they can grow to twice that size. Jordan Rodriguez Special to the Idaho ...

Striped bass hooked in the New Jersey surf on a T-Hex metal—a variation of the classic diamond jig. Photo Courtesy of Matt Farrell. Metal lures are boring. Scan the pegboard at any saltwater tackle ...

How’s this for a yummy milkshake? Take one chunked river redhorse (a type of rough fish) and a little water, and put them into Joel Stiras’ Shad-O-Matic blender. Skip the ice cream. Hit puree. By all ...

Flathead catfish record broken The catch-and-release flathead catfish record was also broken in June. Jacob Robinson of Shakopee caught and released a big cat that measured 49 inches long and had a ...