The Wels catfish is among the largest freshwater fish species on earth. Currently, the IGFA fishing world record for Wels catfish sits at 297 pounds and 9 ...

Alessandro Biancardi poses with his massive catch, a 9.4-foot-long wels catfish, on the banks of the River Po. Whiskered, marble-skinned giants lurk in the murky waters of Italy's longest river. These ...

The nine-foot-long catfish caught in Italy's Po River.Madcat Facebook An angler caught a 9-foot-long "monster" catfish in an Italian river after a 40-minute battle. The enormous wels catfish was ...

The enormous wels catfish two Polish fishermen landed a few weeks ago while competing in a fishing tournament at a reservoir in Rybnik, Poland, is being hailed as a world record for length. Krzysztof ...

A fisherman in England landed a 133-pound wels catfish at a catch-and-release pay lake in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, that apparently would qualify as a British record, and by a lot. The catch by Tomas ...

Italian fisherman Dino Ferrari caught a 280-lb. Wels Catfish Thursday in Italy's Po Delta river, setting a new record. The U.K. Mirror reported that the catch is the world's largest wels catfish to be ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Fishermen are known for their tall tales of big catches. Turns out ...

An international research team led by scientists from Estonian University of Life Sciences has for the first time sequenced and assembled the genome of the wels catfish (Silurus glanis). The maximum ...

Mark Steward-Brown of England went on a fishing vacation to the famous Ebro River in Spain two weeks ago and came away with a fish of a lifetime, catching a whopping 234-pound wels catfish on the ...

The catfish will then swallow the bird whole. This unusual behavior is not observed in Wels catfish populations elsewhere and is believed to be a learned adaptation. Due to limited food sources, the ...