March 11 was cold and windy in east-central Missouri when Tucker Mullinax, his uncle John Mullinax and friend Doug Knight left for a birthday fishing trip for Tucker at 5:45 a.m. They drove 45 minutes ...

“But we started catching catfish right away and that warmed us up.” Their youngest, 8-year-old Reese, started out on the rod, Kali says. But after losing two fish back-to-back, it was 9-year-old Rhett ...

The Mekong giant catfish has one of the fastest growth rates of any fish in the world. It can reach up to 440 pounds in only six years. They can live up to 60 years. Highly migratory, the species ...