So, how big do catfish get, and how big was the largest catfish ever caught? Continue reading to discover the answers and ...

A South Philadelphia angler explains why he didn't have his potential Pennsylvania state record flathead catfish official weighed.

A 19-year-old Dexter man has reeled the first record-setting fish of 2025. The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation announced the first state record ...

It weighed 297 pounds, 9 ounces. Related: Watch Giant Wels Catfish Beach Themselves While Hunting Pigeons Since Biancardi opted to release his fish, it won’t beat Zsedely’s 2010 catch.

Wels catfish were said to swallow people and ... The blue catfish is the largest catfish in North America, with a rod and reel record of just over 140 pounds. Blue catfish are not typically ...

Chigboro Farm & Fisheries, which operates the lake where the Wels catfish was caught, said it weighed 143 pounds, likely the largest ever caught in the United Kingdom, according to a Facebook post.

The current title of the largest catfish ever recorded goes to a Wels catfish caught in the River Po, Italy, in 2023, by an Italian angler named Alessandro Biancardi. This particular flathead ...

“I knew it was a big fish,” he said. After 30 minutes, he landed the wels catfish and slipped it into a weighing sling to capture its weight of 133-plus pounds before releasing the fish.