With flathead catfish spawning season underway and National Catfish Day set for June 25, many Iowans have trophy fish on their minds. National Catfish Day was established in 1987 by President Ronald ...

Iowa biologists conducting a recent survey on the Missouri River hauled up a very pregnant flathead catfish that weighed 72.4 pounds before it was released. The massive fish was less than nine pounds ...

ALL RIGHT JASON, THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOU WANT TO SEE A BIG FISH. WELL A FISHERMAN POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY NOW HOLDS THE STATE RECORD FOR REELING IN THIS. WOW. YEAH THAT’S A BIG CATFISH. WE’RE TALKING 60IN ...

Master Angler Gavin Campbell had quite the catch from an icy Iowa lake. Using live minnow bait, fisherman Gavin Campbell pulled a “monster” flathead catfish through the ice of Lake Manawa on Jan. 31, ...

A bill to make it legal to go “noodling” for catfish in Iowa lakes, streams and rivers is under consideration in the Iowa House. Rep. Ray “Bubba” Sorensen, R-Greenfield, sponsored the bill to have the ...

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (KCRG) - 60 inches and 105 pounds, that’s the new record for the largest blue catfish to ever be captured in Iowa. The Iowa Department of Natural Resources says the behemoth fish ...

This may not be the best time to bring this up. The Iowa legislature has problems ahead of them that makes the fact we don't have a state fish pale in comparison. But, if Gov. Tom Vilsack has the guts ...