Studies of the channel cat have shown that it will eat just about anything that is or was living. Elm seeds and wild grapes, ...

EAST GRAND FORKS, Minn. — “The reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated,” Mark Twain once wrote, after a newspaper mistakenly published his obituary. The same, it can be said, applies to the ...

Jul. 19—When Gary and Bonnie Mounce won the 2023 Cats Incredible Catfish Tournament on the Red River in East Grand Forks, the Nebraska couple said the tournament would be their last. Now in their 80s, ...

Jul. 19—All systems are "go" for the 38th annual Cats Incredible Catfish Tournament, but this year's tourney will focus more on fishing and less on other activities that have been part of the event in ...

Chicken livers, worms, soy beans, shad guts — avid catfish anglers try a variety of different (and often stinky) methods to try to lure in one of nature’s tastiest treats from the murky depths below.

A total of 80 two-person teams are fishing this year’s tournament, organizers said. LaFave Park in East Grand Forks is tournament headquarters. Anglers launch their boats before the start of the Cats ...

Channel catfish and blue catfish are two of the most abundant catfish species in the country. While blue cats vs channel cats do have some similarities in terms of looks, they can’t go toe-to-toe in ...

Don't ask me why, but lately I have been thinking about catfish. That's right, catfish - those whiskered denizens of a lot of our local lakes and rivers. I have written about catfish before, but I ...