Editor's Note: This piece by Outdoors Editor Richard Simms received a 1st Place Award from the Southeastern Press Association Excellence in Craft competition, in the "Best Weekly Newspaper" category.

A near-record catfish was caught recently at a Mississippi lake.Southern Boyz Grabbling guide service used a weighted wooden box to catch the 81.2-pound female flathead catfish by hand on July 19 at ...

A man has died at a lake near Oxford while grabbling for catfish.Wesley Loptien, 30, died Saturday at Sardis Lake after going into the water to catch the fish with his hands, the Oxford Eagle reported ...

"He's in my pants," yelled 14 year old Taylor Wilson. "In your pants," is not a place you want an 18-pound catfish to be. Taylor had little choice however as the fish battled to escape its lair.