They are truly giant fish; two Mississippi state record blue catfish weighing over 100 pounds caught this year. And how quickly these fish can reach weights like that may come as a surprise to you. On ...

A Mississippi angler has shattered the state record for blue catfish after a 40-minute fight with what he described as “a fish of a lifetime.” Eugene Cronley, of Brandon, hooked the massive catfish ...

NATCHEZ, Miss. (WJTV) – A fisherman in Mississippi set a new record for the largest blue catfish ever caught in the state. Eugene Cronley, of Brandon, caught the 131-pound fish on April 7, from the ...

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – Residents of Mississippi are no stranger to catfish. But did you know there’s a month to celebrate them? August is celebrated as National Catfish Month. The earliest recorded ...

NATCHEZ, Miss. — A Mississippi man has broken a 1997 record for the state’s heaviest catfish. Christopher Halley caught a 104-pound blue catfish Tuesday using a trotline on the Mississippi River near ...