The Georgia Department of Natural Resources’ Wildlife Resources Division has captured a non-native flathead catfish while sampling the Ogeechee River. Joel Fleming, fisheries biologist with the ...

Flathead catfish are invading another Georgia river, state officials warn, a predator that would threaten native fish included the prized redbreast sunfish. The Georgia Department of Natural Resources ...

An invasive species with a big appetite for native fish has spread into a new Georgia waterway, officials warn. During sampling efforts in the Ogeechee River, which flows southeast toward Savannah, ...

Jamie Boylett, of Portal, GA, caught a 12 oz. Spotted Sunfish from the Ogeechee River last month. The catch breaks the previous record of 11 oz., which happened in 2019. The fish is nine inches long. ...

Flathead catfish are an invasive species in rivers around Georgia, including the Ogeechee where the most recent group was found, officials say. Photo from the Georgia Department of Natural Resources.