This fish is a yellow bullhead catfish. It has eight barbels (whiskers) around its mouth that it uses to locate food. These barbels are harmless to touch, but beware of being stuck by any of the three ...

When my Son, Justin, was in Wilmington on a recent visit, we decided to fish one of our favorite hangouts when he was just a kid. We called the place, which is at a bend in a creek that enters the ...

I have fond memories of fishing for bullhead catfish from the shores of Frances Slocum Lake with my Pop-Pop. We fished ugly sticks with Mitchell reels and clipped clothespins on our lines as strike ...

Another Missouri fish record was broken recently when a bow fisherman shot a 2-pound, 4-ounce yellow bullhead catfish. The Missouri Department of Conservation reports that Michael Williams of ...

They’re ugly little devils, seemingly half head and that large indeed, with a mouth of equal size, and body tapering down quickly to a tail. They have trailing whiskers, too, and tiny eyes. If you ...

Let’s not talk about hurricanes after what we went through last week with Ian. Maybe it is time to look at one of the more common and extremely popular groups of fish found in the St. Johns River: ...

Put more catfish in the net by dialing in their eating habits. If you're wondering what catfish eat, the answer is just about anything. These fish are opportunists that feast on a wide array of food ...

In 50-some years of catfishing and writing about catfishing, I’ve often fielded the question, “What do catfish eat?” The short answers is, whatever they can fit into their mouths, including aquatic ...