April 2023

Coming Full Circle as an Angler

Fishing guide Brad Durick slides the net under a dandy Red River channel cat for a client.   Why We Catfish: A Guest Editorial by Capt. Brad Durick Being the...

Channel Cat Stockings Hit 10-Year Milestone

Grab your fishing pole! The Indiana DNR is stocking urban lakes statewide with hard-hitting, good-eating channel catfish. (public domain image, credit Laura Cobin)   Celebrating a Decade of Urban Catfishing...

Catfish Gear #63

The T-6200 Troll King with twin mounting stems on each end is the strongest trolling system Driftmaster makes. Driftmaster T-6200 Troll King By Keith “Catfish” Sutton These top-quality American-made trolling...

Catch of the Day

Congratulations to 9-year old Maggy Sojourner on a new Junior Waterbody record with her 26-pound-plus blue catfish from Lake Granbury, Texas. (Credit Texas Parks & Wildlife) Big Catch for Small...

Electronics by Wiegmann

This diagram shows the coverage area of 2D sonar, down imaging sonar and side imaging sonar. (Photo courtesy of Humminbird Electronics)   Understanding Sonar Beams and Cones by Brad Wiegmann...

Weird Baits

Why would one put a piece of soap on a hook and use it for catfish bait? Because it works, that’s why. Some types of soap have been used to...

Dead or Alive?

This channel catfish is a perfect example of using three- to four-day-old cut-bait that was packed in ice. On this day, older bait was preferred over that prepared just a...

Flathead Baits

Catching flatheads consistently requires the right bait placed precisely on target. Flathead Catfish Bait Strategy By Terry Madewell Deploying the right bait, in the right size, is only part of...