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 ...

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (WFXR) — If you can’t beat them, eat them! When it comes to blue catfish management, Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources (DWR) fisheries biologists are hoping for a little help ...

Catfish are named for the long, wispy barbels that jut from their faces like a cat’s whiskers—not for their catlike behavior. But it turns out some catfish may share more than looks with their ...

A few years ago, when I made regular trips to the Baltimore waterfront to fish for rockfish, several people stopped to ask the same question: Are they safe to eat? My answer: “I don’t know. I’m not a ...

Have you ever seen a fish eat a bird? Probably not, but that’s exactly what the Wels catfish is capable of doing. This video from BBC Earth shows a Wels catfish eating a pigeon whole. This astonishing ...

The U.S. Department of Commerce has ruled that the invasion of blue catfish and snakeheads in the Chesapeake Bay, combined with declines in the commercial harvest of rockfish and blue crabs, do not an ...

Chef Zack Mills has aimed for environmental balance in his craft for decades, but now with invasive blue catfish potentially threatening a Chesapeake Bay staple, blue crabs, the cook has another item ...

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 ...