Our large Nebraska catfish species -- blues, channels and flatheads -- are warm-water fish. Because of that, they are some of our slowest-growing fish. They are the last fish to spawn in the summer.

It was time for one of those False River trips, an annual adventure to gasp at one of Mother Nature’s wonders. As noted Thursday, the shad spawn is on in this near-to-Baton Rouge oxbow lake — it’s ...