Bradly Courtright caught a massive flathead catfish on a trotline on May 14 that nearly broke the state record. It weighed 95 pounds.

The recent near miss on the lower Nolichucky River resulting from a river wide trotline — a strong fishing line with barbed hooks dangling every few feet — worries me.

Bradly Courtright, an angler in Oklahoma, recently caught a 95-pound catfish at Pine Creek Reservoir, according to the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation.

A Jefferson City man running trotlines caught a state record walleye on May 16 on Sac River in Missouri, officials say. It was 7 pounds, 8 ounces.

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The Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation said the animal is the largest flathead catfish ever caught in Oklahoma's Pine Creek.

Throwlines are a legal and often effective way to target catfish and non-game fish such as buffalo and carp. So are trotlines, throwlines’ more well-known cousin.

A Missouri fisherman caught a record-breaking walleye with a trotline, which is a "dying art" in fishing. Tim Stillings caught the fish on May 16 in the Sac River, in the southwest of the state ...

A Jefferson City man running trotlines caught a state record walleye on May 16 on Sac River in Missouri, officials say. It was 7 pounds, 8 ounces.

A Jefferson City man running trotlines caught a state record walleye on May 16 on Sac River in Missouri, officials say. It was 7 pounds, 8 ounces.