Why We Catfish

It was a blue catfish that first got Jenny Simpson hooked on trophy cats. This photo is one of many she has caught since.   Editor’s Note: Thirty-one-year-old Jenny Simpson...

Editor’s Note: Forty-one-year-old Kosciusko, Mississippi angler Robert Dickerson has a real passion for catfishing and everything that goes with it. The more he does it the more he enjoys taking...

Editor’s Note: Forty-seven-year-old Odell Allen has followed his passion for fishing to a calling that includes influencing his neighborhood kids. He actively shares his fishing knowledge with local kids by...

Passing it on to others. Gaston (R) is shown here with his fishing buddies Noah and Jerry Ishcomer and his most memorable blue cat. The team claimed the top spot...

Editor’s Note: Fifty-year-old James “Bink” Fox and 53-year-old Janet Fox have been married for 30 years. Prominent in that relationship is their love for catfishing. They follow the catfish scene...

Learning for today, teaching for tomorrow. Whaley (L) fishes often with his friend and tutor, Brent Townsend. Townsendwas a huge influence in getting him into tournament fishing. My name is...

This 44-pound flathead won Joanna Big Fish honors at a tournament. But her biggest prize was hearing her kids squeal in disbelief that their mom caught that big fish. My...

Passing his love for catfishing down to his children, Alyssa and Andrew, is Hardwick’s biggest joy. Since I was able to hold a pole, more than three decades now, I...

Editor’s Note: Lisa Gail Haraway is a relative newcomer to the sport of catfishing. As of this writing, she has been fishing for two years. Although she was exposed to...

Veteran angler finds therapy on the water. Bradley Doyle uses his fishing as therapy to reconnect with his past and make day to day problems seem smaller. My Granny and...