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The 1st Annual Catfish Conference Successful For Catfishing
One week ago, Saturday February 27, 2016, the first ever Catfish Conference was held in Versailles, KY. By all measures it was a total success. Billed as a “catfish community get together” it certainly...
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Catfish Conference Seminar 1 Hour & 30 Minutes On Catching Catfish (VIDEO)
Tournament director Aaron Wheatley discusses the importance of catfish management and conservation plus gives us a few pointers on catching the big cats. https://catfishconference.com/.The first ever...
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Conversations at Catfish Conference 2016 – Jeff Jones Marine
“How stupid an idea is this?” That was the question that Jim Hopper asked Steve Douglas on a phone call just a couple months earlier. Hopper is General Manager at Jeff Jones Marine, the physical...
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Personal best catfish rule at King Kat on Wheeler, Team Cooksey wins
The wind blew hard but it did not keep two catfish anglers from bringing in their personal best (PB) catfish at the March 19, 2016 Cabela’s King Kat competition. The water was low causing anglers watch...
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Catfishing Fishing Tips and Techniques
There’s nothing better than sitting down to a good catfish dinner, especially when you have caught them yourself. Sharpen up your catfishing skills and you’ll soon be eating good. There are many...
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Conversations at Catfish Conference — Powerhouse Anchors
Catfish Conference 2016 was a gathering of catfish enthusiasts from all walks of life. A walk through the crowed aisles would provide a confrontation with a tournament pro at one time and an everyday...
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Shakespeare Fishing – Beginner’s Guide to Catfish Fishing
Fishing for catfish is fun. They fight hard, are plentiful and taste great on the dinner table. Catfish are often willing biters, too, and can be readily caught from the bank as well as from a boat...
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Big catfish tip from George Young Jr.
Big Catfish Tip is a series of tips and techniques for catching more catfish. Today’s tip comes from George Young Jr. Most catfish anglers have their own favorite way to fish. B’n’M pro staff angler...
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Florida’s Chattahoochee River Produces New Flathead Catfish Record
Florida has a growing reputation for big flathead catfish. More and more anglers are targeting the big cats for the shear fun of catch and release fishing. Smaller flatheads are great for the dinner...
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Review: Advanced Catfishing Made Easy by Brad Durick
Whether standing on the shore, wading in the shallows or fishing from a boat, Brad Durick’s Advanced Catfishing Made Easy will put some new tricks in your tackle box that will help you catch more...
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Big Catfish Tip From Glenn Flowers
Big Catfish Tip is a series of tips and techniques for catching more catfish. Today’s tip comes from Glenn Flowers and it contradicts a long held belief about flatheads. Butterflying For Flatheads The...
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NC News: Lake Gaston Yields 3 Blue Catfish Records
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...
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Big catfish tip from Keith Severns Part 1
Big Catfish Tip is a series of tips and techniques for catching more catfish. Today’s tip comes from Keith Severns. This first tip reveals a common misconception among anglers and adds a new technique...
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Atlantic Sturgeon Survey Negative in Chesapeake Bay
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...
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IOWA DNR – Hooking Summer Catfish
Start a new family tradition this summer – go fishing for catfish. Bring along two coolers with ice, one to keep your bait firm and fresh and another to keep your catch cold and preserve that great...
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Shad and herring on the dinner plate for flatheads
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...
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KENTUCKY STATE RECORD WHITE CATFISH
A white catfish caught by Ethen Vest this month at Guist Creek Lake is the new state record. The 10-year-old from Frankfort was fishing for channel catfish from a boat with his grandfather and brother...
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Massive 112-pound catfish caught in NC
Q13 FOX reported first: A North Carolina man hooked a hulking 112-pound catfish, just 5 pounds shy of breaking a state record, according to WWAY. Riahn Brewington said he caught the huge fish the day...
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December edition of CatfishNOW Is Now Available
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...
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Does 141 Pounds Classify As A Monster Catfish
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...
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Record Breaking Catfish Catch Reeled In By 10-Year-Old Dylan Sorrells
Texas Hill Country Reported First – You can barely see 10-year-old Dylan Sorrells peeking out from behind his massive catch in a photo his dad took in Lake Tawakoni in Texas. The boy is holding up a...
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Another Catfish Record Catch, Now From Flagstaff AZ
A giant fish tail, dark and maybe two feet in length, curled beneath the surface of the water. Carson Pete, shore-fishing about 50 yards away, hiked to where he spotted the tail Sunday at Upper Lake...
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CatfishNow April 2017
This month’s issue of CatfishNow has articles related to natural bait, fly fishing and artificial baits. Keith Sutton serves up a lively array of bait suggestions that will likely improve your...
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New catfish reg threatens watermen’s livelihood on Chesapeake Bay
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...
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NY State Record New Largest Channel Catfish
There is a new state record holder for largest channel catfish caught. The New York State Department of Conservation confirmed the new record is approximately two and a half pounds larger than the...
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Near-record Flathead Catfish Found On Flooded Farmland
Flooded farmland in Murphysboro turned into a perfect place to make a huge catch on Friday. Louis Glidewell and his son Charles were fishing from on an old railroad bed when they reeled in a 77.55...
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The 3 Top Catfish Rigs (video)
Catfish rigs or how you setup your fishing rod to fish for catfish are a popular topic among those that visit Catfish Edge and something anglers are always seeking more information on. We’ve covered...
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Denali Bottom Feeder Casting Rod For Catfish
The bottom feeder was specifically designed for catfish anglers that want to step away from sub-par equipment that was designed for other species of fish and pick up a rod that’s whole purpose is...
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CatfishNOW: Catfish as Big as Volkswagens by Ron Presley
The September edition of CatfishNOW is out (LINK >> http://www.catfishnow.com/cfn/sept2017/) One of many great story’s to look for – “According to legend, many of our waters in the U.S. harbor...
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Georgia’s New State Record Blue Cat By 12 Pounds
A day of fishing is good. A day you catch a new state record – and beat the old one by more than 12 pounds – is great! Richard Barrett is the new state record holder for the blue catfish. His catch,...
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CatfishNow’s November Edition Is Out
This month’s issue of CatfishNow combines Monsters and Methods to give readers a variety of stories to learn from. Brent Frazee documents a few Missouri River monsters with info on how to catch them....
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The December CatfishNow Mag Is Out
This month’s issue of CatfishNow brings you stories of kids and catfish. Most people agree that the sport needs to recruit more youth to help it grow. This issue is full of tips that will help you...
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CatfishNOW Is Here For January
This New Year’s offering of CatfishNow brings you a story on flatheads of the west, big blues from California and a lady catfish angler from South Carolina gets. All the regular columns are on tap too....
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Chesapeake Plagued By Bay Blue Catfish
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...
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Wappapello angler sticks state-record yellow bullhead while bowfishing
The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) reports Michael Williams of Wappapello became the most recent record-breaking angler in Missouri when he stuck a yellow bullhead on Duck Creek in Bollinger...
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Elephant Butte Lake, N.M. Produces A Monster Cat
Bass tackle accidentally produced a couple of lunker catfish this week at Elephant Butte Reservoir near Truth or Consequences, N.M. Dean Leavengood of Elephant Butte caught and released a 40-inch blue...
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Record breaking blue catfish caught in Western Kentucky
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...
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CatfishNOW – Beware the whiskered giants that lurk beneath the water
It has long been rumored that there are catfish in America the size of Volkswagens. Sightings have been reported for as long as catfish anglers have gathered around campfires and enjoyed adult...
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71 Pound Blue Cat Pulled From Lake Overcup
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 of...
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47-Pound Channel Cat Makes The News
fox4news.com reported first: A monster channel catfish was caught Saturday in Lake Tawakoni. The 47-pound fish was caught by angler Josh Garcia, of Midland, while fishing with Michael and Teri...
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7th grader nets state record 67 lbs. catfish
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...
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Catfishing the right way!
Come Catfish on Lake Marion, and Lake Moultrie on the Santee Cooper System in SC with Guide and Pro Angler Capt. Darryl Smith with a 100 lb a day Guarantee. We have 23 Confirmed World Records, and...
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Iowa DNR – Ice-out channel catfish are biting
Channel Catfish – Jun 11, 2005 – 38.13 lbs. – Dustin Curtis, Missouri River (Little Sioux to Council Bluffs) Channel catfish move close to shore and are eager to bite in many lakes and the large...
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Deep Diving for Cats – Hand Grabbing at Lake Washington
Hand grabbing for catfish has been around for centuries. Depending on where it is practiced, hand grabbing is known by an assortment of names, including noodling, hogging, and tickling. Some might...
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Tips for catching catfish at community ponds
You won’t have to travel far to get into a tussle with a fun fish this summer. Twice in June, thousands of channel catfish — 14 to 15 inches long and weighing about a pound and a half each — will be...
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Biologists fear catfish spread after last year’s record deluge
Last year’s record-setting rainfall brought more into the Chesapeake Bay than pollution and debris. Biologists say the freshwater deluge helped the nonnative blue catfish, which was already invading...
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Florida Fish and Wildlife Announce Record-Setting 69.3 Pound Flathead Catfish
Space Coast Daily Reported First – Griffin caught his flathead catfish on rod and reel using live bait in the Yellow River. “I wasn’t expecting to catch a state record when I started fishing that day...
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That’s a nice world record fish!
Two students at SDSU have caught a world record channel catfish on the West Branch of Skunk Creek near Hartford – with bow and arrow. It weighed 24 pounds, 12 ounces. It’s in real shallow water, so at...
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News 9 – Colorado angler catches fish of a lifetime in Chattanooga
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, home of the giants....
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Shakespeare’s Catfishing Tips
Fishing for catfish is fun. They fight hard, are plentiful and taste great on the dinner table. Catfish are often willing biters, too, and can be readily caught from the bank as well as from a boat...
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