A fisherman caught a flathead catfish weighing a whopping 95 pounds in southeast Oklahoma, setting a record for the largest flathead ever caught in the lake, wildlife officials announced last week.

Flathead catfish—native to the Mississippi River basin—were first detected in the Susquehanna River in Pennsylvania in 2002, ...

Kansas holds the United States record for a 123-pound flathead catfish caught at the Elk Reservoir nearly 30 years ago. However, finding this big one in the downtown area isn’t common.

At 2:30 p.m. on April 6, Jeff Bonawitz of East Lampeter Township reeled in a record-setting flathead catfish from the Susquehanna River. The catfish tipped the scales at 50 pounds, 7 ounces.