Record Bowfin (Image) | Missouri Department of Conservation

Closing the Missouri River to commercial harvest of catfish is paying hefty dividends.

Families that bowfish together know fish together, and Eric and Sara Whitehead had a notion this might be one for the record book.

Two anglers score hits on open fishing records

One record-setting angler plans to tackle invasive carp next.

Shortnose gar may earn St. Joe angler world record

Patience with a fish most anglers ignore put George Pittman Sr. on track to be considered a world record holder by the International Game Fish Association.

UPDATE - St. Louis area angler catches 130-pound blue catfish, breaks state and world records

It’s not every day you go out to fish on the waters of the Missouri River and come back swimming in a media frenzy. Of course it could happen if, like Greg Bernal, you manage to topple a Missouri state — and quite probably a world —record.

Record fish a reminder of unwanted “successes”

106-pound fish was never supposed to swim free in Missouri.

Angling for Oddball Fish

These fish are fun to fight on the water and tasty to eat for dinner.

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