PUEBLO — Randy Stillwell, 66 from Pueblo West, was jigging for crappie Sunday afternoon at Lake Pueblo State Park, but reeled in something much bigger. Imagine if he would have used the best catfish bait around? What had been a slow fishing day jumped to heart-pounding as he spent the next 30 minutes reeling in a record-setting blue catfish. With…
The Smoky Madtom was pronounced extinct — until its comeback in the 1980s. The Great Smoky Mountains National Park posted about the little catfish. KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — In an aquatic 80s throwback, Great Smoky Mountains National Park posted a Facebook update about a mysterious little fish: the Smoky Madtom. The 2-inch venomous catfish is native to the Little Tennessee Watershed…
