Overfishing is the primary cause of the giant catfish’s decline, but damming of Mekong tributaries, destruction of spawning and breeding grounds, and siltation (a process by which water becomes ...

River catfish are known to inhabit Tonle Sap Lake in Cambodia. Every year they leave the lake and enter the Mekong River as part of their annual spawning cycle. Breeding begins at the onset of the ...

This year, most channel catfish hatcheries reached their spawning season goals by late May. This season typically lasts from late April to mid-June. Ganesh Kumar, aquaculture economist with the ...

Once they detect spawning cichlids on the bottom of the lake, shoals of catfish approach en masse, consuming the cichlid eggs whilst simultaneously laying their own. The female cichlid unwittingly ...

dams that block the migratory path the fish follow to spawn and other disruptions. Few of the millions of people who depend on the Mekong for their livelihoods have ever seen a giant catfish.

Catfish are slow cut bait and stink bait. Bream are slow. Bass are slow but moving back shallow. Crappie are starting to spawn in 8 feet of water. Limits are possible with jigs or minnows.