A team of Polish anglers say they caught the new world-record Wels catfish during a tournament. The fish measured roughly 9.6 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A pro fisherman in Italy reeled in a massive wels catfish, which could set a new world record for length. Photo provided by MADCAT. An Italian angler could soon be a new world record holder after ...

Fishing solo in a boat on Italy’s River Po, known for its huge wels catfish, Alessandro Biancardi made “a dream come true” by landing the biggest wels catfish he’s ever seen, and almost lost his boat ...

A family vacation to Spain turned into an international headline when 11-year-old Joshua Davenport caught a 152-pound wels catfish on the River Ebro during the last week of October. He and his parents ...

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 ...

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 catfish became desperate enough to try hunting ...

While biologists aren't yet calling the fish pests, they are puzzled by boom. Jan. 20, 2013— -- The enormous wels catfish is rapidly expanding in German waters. The fish can grow up to 10 feet ...