When the tip of my rod starting bouncing I knew I was in for an exciting fishing trip. " Take your time and let the fish run with it," my fishing partner told me. "Wait Éwait", then suddenly something ...

GRAND TOWER, Ill. — A southeast Missouri man reeled in a very large fish from the Mississippi River on Friday. This massive fish was caught in the Grand Tower area near Tower Rock. JE Wiseman tells us ...

Four "old dudes" pulled in quite a lunker earlier this month in Pool 14 of the Mississippi River, but the color of its skin — not its size — has kept them talking about it. “I’ve been fishing this ...

Billy Dougherty’s grandfather bought the Kettle Falls Hotel in 1918 for four barrels of whiskey and $1,000. The hotel bridges Kabetogama and Rainy lakes. Dougherty, 68 years old, first showed up at ...

Flatheads grow fast in this river system, attain large body sizes and can eat a variety of prey. Because adult flatheads have few natural predators, they can exert strong control over the ecosystem.

Flathead catfish, opportunistic predators native to the Mississippi River basin, have the potential to decimate native and recreational fisheries, disrupting ecosystems in rivers where they become ...

A first-of-its-kind project seeking to restore river ecosystems along 39 miles of the Lower Mississippi River has federal approval to move forward — if it can secure a slice of the federal bankroll.