Austin Anderson reeled in the enormous fish, a member of the sucker family, on June 10. For comparison, the state rod-and-reel record for smallmouth buffalo (not released) stands at 82.22 pounds ...

Recent findings show bigmouth buffalo fish have perplexingly long lives and appear to get healthier as they age. But scientists are worried their population is about to crash.

If you’re not familiar with smallmouth buffalo, Texas Parks and Wildlife has a page on them. Unlike the bigmouth buffalo, the smallmouth versions have a distinctive sucker-type mouth that TPWD ...

CEDAR COUNTY, Mo. — Ryan Young of Buffalo, Missouri, has set a new state record for black buffalo fish, catching a 55-pound, 9-ounce specimen at Stockton Lake on October 13.

The fish also measured 44.5 inches long. Fish weighing a whopping 71 pounds sets new Texas records A massive smallmouth buffalo caught on Austin's Lady Bird Lake breaks multiple records.

A Buffalo, Missouri man set the new record. Missouri's previous pole-and-line record for the fish was a 53-pound black buffalo caught from Wappapello Lake in 1989. Skip Navigation ...

Discover the bigmouth buffalo fish, a 100-year-old freshwater marvel that defies aging and faces an uncertain future. Learn about its biology and conservation.

NEAR WALNUT SHADE — Joe Richmond learned how to grab suckers when he was only 4 years old. Now 76 and living in Orlando, Florida, Richmond feels the pull of Ozarks creeks every spring when the ...

Lackmann led the research, published in a 2019 paper, which first discovered the centenarian lifespan of bigmouth buffalo in Minnesota.Prior to this, it was thought that the fish only lived to be ...

The massive fish was caught and released ... Unlike the bigmouth buffalo, the smallmouth versions have a distinctive sucker-type mouth that TPWD said goes downward.

AUSTIN, Texas — Check out this record-setter that was pulled out of Lady Bird Lake in Austin! It’s a 71-pound Smallmouth Buffalo and it’s a state record, according to a post from Texas Parks ...