August 2023
Big Channel and Flathead Catfish Set New Benchmarks
A North Carolina farm pond produced this 27-pound-plus record channel cat for Justin Hall of Reidsville, NC. (Photo courtesy of Hall and NC Wildlife Resources Commission) More State...
Don’t Spread Non-Native Crayfish
Red Swamp Crayfish, photo by Keith Sutton Help Fight the Spread of Invasive Crayfish By Keith “Catfish” Sutton Importing crayfish for bait is not a good idea The...
Online Course Teaches Fishing Basics
Free “Learn to Fish” Course! Source: International Game Fish Association Want your kids to be smart, ethical anglers? Helping them complete the IGFA’s free online Learn to Fish course is...
Catfish Basics #158—1950s Catfishing with Keith “Catfish” Sutton
Those of you learning the basics of catfishing would do well to look back at the tactics shared by the anglers of yesteryear. As we embrace modern techniques and technology,...
Electronics by Wiegmann
Seeing Thermoclines by Brad Wiegmann Thermoclines are easily seen on sonar units as reflections of rapidly changing water temperatures reflect off echoes being sent and received by a transducer. ...
Delicious Recipes for Catfish
Wise catfish anglers practice restrictive harvest, releasing large fish (like the flathead on the left) to be caught another day and keeping smaller, more abundant fish (like the one on...
Heavy Cats on Light Tackle
Terry Madewell, a frequent contributor to CatfishNOW, had never used this particular light-tackle technique for catfish. But he and his daughter Melissa got an excellent taste of how it works...
Catching Catfish to Cook
Catching table-grade fish in hot weather can produce fun fishing and great eating. Catfish for the Table By Terry Madewell Downsizing tackle and baits makes hooking more catfish likely...
