Feb 2017
Will 250 pounds win Cabela’s King Kat on Santee Cooper?
Santee Cooper is known for an abundance of big catfish. Predictions to win have been as high as 250 pounds for King Kat’s two-day 2017 tournament scheduled for Feb....
Tennessee River Gill Net Ban Stands
Today’s The Fishing Wire carried this story from Southern Fishing News related to the use of gill nets in the Tennessee River. *************************************** Readers may remember back in 2015 Southern...
Blues on Boards
By Ron Presley Widen your spread and increase your catch Planer boards are a normal sight on walleye boats, but not so much among catfish anglers. Walleye anglers refer to...
Catfish Basics #009 – Sonar/Bait Placement for Flatheads – Jay Gallop
“Flatheads like cover,” says B’n’M Prostaffer Jay Gallop. Gallop fishes competitively with his partner Joey Pounders. More often than not it is flatheads that they are bringing to the scales....
Caveman Catfishing
By Keith “Catfish” Sutton It’s the oldest method of catfishing, practiced since the time of Neanderthals. Are you brave enough to try it? You don’t need bait to catch catfish...
Catfish Basics #010 – Bait is Where You Find It – Kris Flores
Millions of anglers chase after the whiskered catfish for the same reason. “I like fishing for catfish because of their size and brute strength,” declared Kris Flores, a catfish angler...
Catfish Profiles in Passion – Phil King
by Ron Presley Sharing a lifetime of experience Phil King knows catfish. If you don’t believe that, just ask any knowledgably catfish angler. He was chasing big blue catfish before...
CATFISH CONSERVATION : A Catfish Record Declined
by Ron Presley Jeff Avey is shown holding his monster Maryland blue catfish. Catch-Photo_Release (CPR) has become the code word for many trophy catfish anglers. CPR is one thing that...
Getting the Drift of Catfishing
By John N. Felsher Float lines can load a boat with fish for little cost Daniel Felsher prepares to check a jug rig, which consists of a float and a...
