Blue catfish are hungry creatures. They are found in most Chesapeake Bay tributaries, gobbling up species that environmentalists have worked to rebuild for years. From mussels and menhaden to ...

OKAY. IT’S A BEAUTIFUL DAY FOR FISHING ON THE CHESAPEAKE BAY. YEAH, I GOT IT. BUT THIS IS NO ORDINARY CATCH. THIS IS THE BLUE CATFISH. AN INVASIVE SPECIES THAT EATS ANYTHING IN ITS PATH.

The Chesapeake Bay has a big blue catfish problem. But one photographer thinks that catching, killing, and selling blue cats ...

But today the Bay is singing the blues ... also known as Chesapeake channa. Both the blue catfish and snakehead are predatory species that consume large amounts of native aquatic species and ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — Keisha Sedlacek is the federal director for the Chesapeake Bay Foundation and said blue catfish are a threat to the native species in the Bay, preying on nearly anything in ...

"We have been hitting the same spots for years." Locals encouraged to reel in monstrous fish species after relaunch of city ...

Following a strong 2024 numbers, the blue crab population in the Chesapeake Bay has fallen to the second-lowest number in ...

Maryland's Chesapeake Bay is seeing a concerning drop in its population of blue crabs, according to the Chesapeake Bay ...

The pilot program aims to reduce the number of the non-native species ... blue catfish. If approved, a limited number of harvesters would be able to take part south of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge ...

While there have been improvements, there remains a fragile ecosystem within the Chesapeake Bay. Among the growing ... is to focus on invasive species like the blue catfish and the Chesapeake ...

Blue crabs are perhaps the most iconic species in the Chesapeake Bay. The crustacean ... “Rocky has a catfish operation. He catfishes.” A year-round crab season would affect people like ...