Quick Take An angler found himself lucky one January morning, landing an 84-pound trophy catfish in Alabama. Navigating ...

A bacterial disease is blamed for the deaths of hundreds of catfish on Wheeler and Wilson lakes in recent weeks, conservation officials said today.

This is one that somehow didn’t get away. A Birmingham native bagged an 84.3-pound catfish in Lake Guntersville recently, according to the Alabama Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries Division. Forrest ...