Matt Schulte had been in the heat of battle for about ten minutes when he looked over at me in awe and said, “This is a different class of fish.” Welcome to the Tennessee River, […]
A Cisco, Texas teenager is in the record books. Brayden Rogers, 13, went fishing on Saturday with his grandfather, Steve Billings, on Lake Tawakoni, east of Dallas. He reeled in a blue catfish that weighed […]
The catfish bite at Lake Overcup in Conway County is reportedly slow these days, but one blue catfish made up for all the waiting for one fisherman in recent days. According to Johnny Banks, owner […]
There is a new new record for the largest blue catfish in Kentucky.According to the Western Kentucky Fisheries Facebook page, officials verified that Glynn Grogan of Arlington, Ky. caught a 106.9 pound blue catfish on […]
If you catch a catfish in Chesapeake Bay, there’s a good chance it’s an invader from the Mississippi River drainage–probably a blue catfish, though it could be a less common flathead catfish. While both fish are long-lived […]
DNREC’s Division of Fish & Wildlife has confirmed a new state record in the Delaware Sport Fishing Tournament: a 36-pound, 3.2-ounce blue catfish, caught June 20 by Jordan Chelton of Harrington. The fish was 38½ […]
Richard Turner Jr. maneuvered his Carolina Skiff around Gunston Cove in the Potomac River, then hoisted a hoop net out of the water that he’d left there hours ago. Inside wriggled a 12-pound blue catfish. […]
Reported First by the Post and Courier (postandcourier.com), Bo Perterson. The moment it hit the line, both Paula and Steve Haney knew this catfish was big. “It took the hook in its mouth and the […]
Four time “Virginia Angler of the Year”, Stephen Miklandric talks all things catfish and tells us the story of the 102 pound blue catfish he caught in the James River. Having the right heavy duty […]
Dale Russell Lowe, Jr. has caught big catfish before, just not a “Monster Catfish”. He was fishing the Ice Bowl Tournament on Buggs Island Lake. “My cousin Stephen Faircloth fishes that tournament with me every year,” […]
This month’s issue of CatfishNOW features some great catfish destinations. Keith “Catfish” Sutton takes you on a trip to the Missouri River. Brad Durick guides your visit to the Red River and Brad Hierstetter leads […]
The scientific name of American shad, Alosa sapidissima, may mean savory fish, but it appears that the region’s hungry horde of blue catfish don’t necessarily share that view. Some fishery managers in recent years have […]
An Ohio River catfish tournament is named after a KY state catfish record holder. The 2nd Annual Bruce Midkiff Memorial Tournament will be held on August 27, 2016. Midkiff caught the state record 104-pound blue […]
Biologists have been surprised in recent years about how many big Atlantic sturgeon they are finding around the Chesapeake Bay. But rather than celebrating, they have become increasingly alarmed about what they are not seeing: […]
Cloudy skies, north winds at 10 – 15, temperatures in the high 80’s and day-long scattered showers greeted catfish anglers on the Cumberland River and a day of chasing whiskered critters. By all accounts it […]
Covington, TN and the Mississippi River was the location of a recent Cabela’s King Kat Tournament Trail event. The affair was one of sixteen tournaments to appear in 10 states across the country in 2016. […]
The Coosa River provided catfish anglers some night fishing action from Saturday through Sunday noon. The Bass Pro Shops Big Cat Quest traveled to Rome, GA for the all night tournament that began on Saturday, […]
Flatheads and blue cats were the main targets for tournament anglers on the Ohio and Scioto Rivers near Portsmouth, OH. The Cabela’s King Kat event attracted 39 boats from several states to compete for cash […]
Rome Georgia is one of those great places where even strangers feel at home. Georgia’s Rome oozes with southern hospitality. Of course there is a famous one in Italy and another in New York, but […]
Big Catfish Tips is a series of tips and techniques for catching more catfish. Today’s tip comes from Cindy Stokes. Her tip relates to how preparation before the trip can improve the final outcome. […]
The first catfish came to the scales just before midnight in Bass Pro Shops Big Cat Quest on the Apalachicola River near Blountstown, FL on Saturday July 16, 2016. Those first fish were weighed in […]
The announcement of a catfish tournament in Calhoun County, FL is raising the excitement level of local and traveling catfish anglers. For weekend road warriors it is an opportunity to visit and fish in Florida, […]
For the third time in six months, Lake Gaston has produced another blue catfish state record. The holder this time is 15-year-old Landon Evans, of Benson, who landed a 117-pound, 8-ounce whopper on June 11. […]
The Mississippi River extends the entire length of Illinois varying fishing opportunities in the various pools formed by navigational dams. For bass fishing probably the best pool is Pool 13 which extends from Lock & […]
There has never been one before, so what is a catfish conference? Catfish Conference 2016 will be an opportunity for catfish angers of all persuasions to meet in a given location to learn, teach, listen, […]
The big river is flooded right now. That means changes in the structure. It does not mean the big blue catfish will not be still there when the river goes down. Although catfish are at […]
“It might rain on us, we might get wet, but we’re going fishing and see what happens,” said Kevin Davis of Black’s Camp in Santee Cooper Country. The weatherman warned against it, but we all […]
For years, Rocky Rice made his living primarily by fishing two of the Bay’s most iconic species: striped bass in the spring and blue crabs much of the summer. But after several years of poor […]
A summer of record rainfall has resulted in high water situations in most of Illinois lakes and rivers. As a result many fish washing over dams creating rejuvenated fisheries n the tailwaters downstream. Tailwaters are […]
Catfish anglers fishing the Bass Pro Shops Big Cat Quest (BCQ) were greeted with cool, foggy weather on Saturday morning. Measured by angler comfort the weather conditions were good according to last year’s BCQ Angler […]
While fly fishing Lake Bardwell, Texas, USA on the morning of March 21st, angler D. Kirk Brown, MD landed this impressive 16.1 kg (35 lb 8 oz) blue catfish (Ictalurus furcatus) that could earn him […]
Burr Edde III of Malta Bend became Missouri’s most recent record-breaking angler when he landed a giant blue catfish on a stretch of the Missouri River in Saline County using a trotline. The new “alternative […]
Reported by GreenvilleOnline. If there were such a thing in the Chinese New Year, 2014 would have to go down as the year of the catfish. In South Carolina in 2014, two state records for […]
Les Frankland, Region V Fisheries Biologist for IDNR is the expert on the Ohio and the Wabash River. His recommendation is Smithland Pool for catfish. Fishing is available in the other two pools and the […]
People may not learn to love blue catfish in the Chesapeake Bay, but perhaps they will learn to love them on their plate. A draft report from a task force that spent more than a […]
First Reported By WV Metro News: An excursion to check out new gear turned into the fishing trip of a lifetime for Cabell County angler Austin Hoffman, who hooked a state-record blue catfish. The fish […]
Summer sunshine in August is often a sure sign that the fish will not bite during the day. Most anglers switch to night fishing or at least early morning and late evening. That is not […]
Regardless of the species sought, catching fish at night takes some changes in tactics as well as special care for safety. If you have the energy to stay up late you just might find some […]
You’ve got your bass rods; your crappie rods; your trout and salmon rods. Even walleyes and muskies garner multiple models. Strange then that the third most popular freshwater fish on the continent—the catfish—continues to be […]
My introduction to fishing came at the end of some black nylon line with a wine cork tied above a worm-baited hook. Between the two was tied a bolt. It was pretty rudimentary but functional. […]
Catfish are thumping those tasty morsels that anglers present to them. Summer is the prime time for fishing for this muscle with fins. A staple of southern cooking, catfish are also available in restaurants as […]
Seafood distributors sold more than a half-million pounds of blue catfish to the region’s foodservice industry this past year. That’s double the amount of this invasive species they were able to move the year before, […]
When I decided to make a 1200 mile journey from my home in North Carolina to the Red River of the North, it was to get information for the final chapter of my new book, […]
By Ron Presley: Whitey Outlaw is well known for his pro crappie fishing adventures, but he also knows something about catfish. He is a consistent competitor on the Bass Pro Shops Crappie Masters tournament trail. […]
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