Catfish

Catfish in the Mainstream

By Brad Durick It is human nature to notice things that interest you. In the world of advertising this is called a hot button. You would not even raise an eyebrow to a radio ad about eye glasses unless you were in the market for a pair. You don’t notice that blue F-150 until you […]

Bank Poling for Cats

By Josh Bruegge It’s after dark and my friends and I have joined the creatures of the night. Our simple camp is set up on a sandbar and my friends are shining our spotlight up and down the banks of the river, hoping to spy the movement of a PVC pole bouncing frantically. A quick […]

Top Five Flathead Baits

By Brad Durick In the world of catfishing it seems we hear about the mighty blue cat or the abundant channel cat more often than their big cousins with bad attitudes, the flathead. Ok, the flathead is pretty popular too. The anglers who love flatheads seem to have an addiction for catfish that is a […]

Hot Weather Whiskers

By: Nick Johnson In my early cattin’ days I struggled like any beginner trying to succeed. Summer, hot weather catfish would sometimes find their way to my hook but the bites were few and the bigger fish substantially fewer. I found myself pursuing the same tired out presentations and locations with nothing to show. One […]

The Spawn Of Catfish

If there is one time of the catfishing season that delivers the most complaints, the most negative attitude and the most arguments about how to catch a channel catfish, it is the spawn and the post spawn. These times happen every year whether we like it or not and there are a few ways to […]

Spring Time Channel Cats

By Brad Durick As spring fever begins to subside, rivers and lakes begin to warm. The northern rivers and lakes begin to open up after a long winter of being sealed up from the world by ice. In the Midwest, The world of the channel catfish begins to take hold for another year and come […]

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