Brandi Jade Thomas/AP Photo, St. Paul Pioneer Press

Chris Winchester, aka Cat Daddy, holds a 30-pound catfish he caught after midnight Tuesday in the backwaters of the Mississippi River near Red Wing, Minn. Winchester fishes the backwaters of the Mississippi River at night for giant catfish. You write the cutline.

Top Cutlines

1. "They're tough when they get this old, but plum easy to catch and they taste good with a little mud," said Bottomfed Hank the catfish after pulling this 185-pound man off the shore near Red Wing, Minn. early Wednesday. PHOTO BY BLUE GILL/Fish News Staff -- Brent Andrews.

2. Introducing Jabba the Fish, SR's new cartoon editor. Jabba promises to breed fresh topical discussions with his work -- In The Know.

3. This fish is actually a rainbow trout that swims in the river system down near the Hanford Nuclear Plant. Can you say, "mutation", anyone? -- Idaho Escapee.

HM: Inland Empire Girl

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