One good location for catfish that was recommended by Larson is south of Portage, where the Baraboo River enters and meets the Wisconsin River.

But when river guide Ted Peck made his claim that catfishing has become as different as night and day across the Illinois-Wisconsin border, he demonstrated it as convincingly as possible.

The Booth Brothers know the Wisconsin River as well as anyone in the area and spend all their free-time fishing and “cruising” the river. The boys fish catfish many different ways, but live ...

Some local fisherman are reeling in river monsters from the Fox River — and they’re happy to share lots of lore about the catches they let loose to live another murky day. Richard Sjurs… ...

Jake Krueker’s biggest fish of his life, a flathead catfish caught from the Fox River, earns Fish of the Week.