The Wels catfish has a unique behavior not seen in many other species: eating pigeons. Read here to learn how and why they ...

An angler caught the gigantic wels catfish in the murky waters of the River Po, in Italy, where the previous world record for the largest catfish was set just 2 months ago.

Wels catfish eat worms, insects, fish, rodents, frogs, and birds. Their mouths contain rows of small but incredibly sharp teeth, and, while extremely rare, there have been reports of these fish ...

The wels catfish is hands-down one of the biggest freshwater game fish on the planet. Here are the largest ever landed by anglers. Print Subscription-$35 for the Best Field & Stream Stories ...

A fisherman in England landed a 133-pound wels catfish at a catch-and-release pay lake in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, that apparently would qualify as a British record, and by a lot. The catch by ...

A pro fisherman in Italy caught a massive wels catfish over 9-feet long, photos show. It could set a new world record if approved.

Tomas Marcinkevicius caught the wels catfish—a species native to large swaths of central, southern, and eastern Europe—from the Willowcroft Fishery catch and release pond in Wisbech ...

A pro fisherman in Italy caught a massive wels catfish over 9-feet long, photos show. It could set a new world record if approved.

A pro fisherman in Italy caught a massive wels catfish over 9-feet long, photos show. It could set a new world record if approved.

An angler caught a 9-foot-long "monster" catfish in an Italian river after a 40-minute battle. The enormous wels catfish was likely a world-record breaker in length.

He was right. The catfish measured 285cm, he said, making it 4cm longer than the current wels catfish world record for length. The current record recognized by the International Game Fish ...