Catfish

Bill Dance standing on a boat with a large blue catfish
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Winter Catfishing

Wintertime provides a great opportunity for you to catch some really large catfish. First, catfish anglers decide the type of catfish species and the region in which you are fishing.   Bait too…
News & Tips: How to Catch Catfish: Fishing for Catfish Tips & Trophy Flatheads...
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How to Catch Catfish: Fishing for Catfish Tips & Trophy Flatheads

Flatheads are the sumos of fresh water fishing . Ten- to 20-pounders are common, and catfish 5 feet long weighing 140 pounds have been caught in recent times. In North America, only blue cats, white…
News & Tips: Stinkbaits & Catfish - Fishing Tip
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Stinkbaits & Catfish - Fishing Tip

Fishing for catfish is becoming more and more popular across America. They can be caught on worms, minnows, goldfish, small bluegill, commercially prepared baits, and at times, even crankbaits.…
News & Tips: Catching Monster Flatheads
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Catching Monster Flatheads

Every fishermen dreams of catching a truly big fish, especially a once-in-a-lifetime monster that stirs the heart and the imagination. Long time flathead catfisherman Donnie Wolford, of Sikeston, Mo…
News & Tips: Drift-fishing for Monster Blue Cats
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Drift-fishing for Monster Blue Cats

Most catfish anglers are "sit-and-wait" types. They find a shady spot on the bank where they can sit, toss out a bottom rig, lean their rod against a forked stick, and then sit and wait, hoping…
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Flathead Catfishing - Fishing Tip

If you want to catch heavyweight fish in freshwater, you need to take up flathead catfishing. Trophy-size fish are usually caught after dark because that’s when the big flatheads feed. Shallow…
News & Tips: Catfish: 10 How to Basics of Fishing to Fishing Tackle...
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Catfish: 10 How to Basics of Fishing to Fishing Tackle

Fish, worms, crawdads, liver, and reeking confections of blood and guts are blue-plate specials for catfish. Some folks will tell you that fishing for the largemouth bass, with its hit 'em hard,…
News & Tips: Understanding the Catfish Spawn (video)...
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Understanding the Catfish Spawn (video)

The swollen head on this big channel cat indicates it is a male ready to guard a nest full of eggs. Spawning season is peak time to catch many gamefish, but when catfish are considered, it's a…
News & Tips: How to Catch Catfish: Noodling Tips
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How to Catch Catfish: Noodling Tips

Noodling, handfishing, catfishing, cat-daddling, stumping, tickling, grabbling: Whatever you want to call it, it’s the practice of fishing with your bare hands. While technically noodling can refer…
News & Tips: Popsicle Pond Cats
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Popsicle Pond Cats

It was a polar afternoon. A friend, Alex Hinson, and I were catfishing in a small farm pond.   I 'd done it once before — fishing for pond catfish in the dead of winter, that is. Nearly thirty…
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Using Your Electronics To Locate Trophy Catfish

I often field the question, “How do I locate trophy catfish using my electronics?”  In today’s post, I will answer this using screenshots from my Lowrance Gen-2 HDS010 Unit.Contrary to popular belief…