There is no official record-keeping or database of the world's biggest freshwater fish. The Mekong is rich in biodiversity but overfishing, dams and pollution threaten its fragile ecosystem.
A Kansas angler rocked the fishing world more than 25 years ago with his record-shattering catfish. But will it ever be ...
This story appears in the October/November 2016 issue of Nat Geo WILD magazine. Zeb Hogan, biologist, explorer, and photographer, is on a mission to document and protect the world’s freshwater fish.
One of Earth’s biggest freshwater fish is bouncing back One of Earth’s biggest freshwater fish is bouncing back Enormous stingray sets world record for largest freshwater fish Enormous ...
Jason Bair’s 36-pound, 42¾-inch freshwater drum caught at Oneida ... but then I read that the world record is a fish from Nickajack Lake in Tennessee that weighed 54 pounds, 8 ounces.
Big fish hunter Art Weston was back in Texas a few weeks back. Not surprisingly, he was up to his old tricks again.