A Georgia man said he reeled in a 103-pound flathead catfish from the Ocmulgee River, where the species of fish is non-native. Tom Head, 76, said the fish he caught near Warner Robins this week measured more than 57 inches long and was more than 41 inches in girth, WSBTV, Atlanta, reported Thursday. The Georgia Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Resources Division said Head's fish was larger than the current state record by 20 pounds, but is not eligible because the angler was using a technique known as jug fishing, and a jug line is not considered sport tackle by state authorities.

By The Associated Press CARLYLE, Ill.

By Bob Frye Rob Walters is not a native Pittsburgher, nor is he old enough to have known Pittsburgh during its industrial heyday, when the mills blackened the skies and turned the rivers orange. But, he's heard the stories.

By SAM POWELL There's quite a variety of good fishing going on out there now, but some of the best that will be occurring on the big lakes will be in the rocky shallows, as channel catfish move in for the peak of their spring spawning action.

ATLANTA - Georgia is being invaded, wildlife officials say, by intruders from nature. They are costly, invasive species, both plant and animal, and the state is trying to get rid of or control them.