Twisted Cat Outdoors New Madrid—How They Fished
TCO Win Goes to Hunter Jones and Justin Shepard by Ron Presley, Photos courtesy of Twisted Cat Outdoors by Tom Stolze Big Fish honors claimed by the winning team with a 72.43-pound beast! Twisted Cat Outdoors (TCO) catfish tournament trail visited New Madrid, MO on the Mississippi River for their latest competition. The October 05, […]
North Alabama Catfish Trail Battle of the Lakes—How They Fished
Top Honors at NACT Battle of the Lakes Go to Mike and Jackson Mitchell by Ron Presley, Photos courtesy of NACT Winners in this unique 12-hour tournament are determined after anglers compete for 6 hours on each of two lakes. The North Alabama Catfish Trail (NACT) held its Battle of the Lakes on Wilson and […]
King Kat at Clinton Lake — How They Fished
King Kat Win at Clinton Goes to Ryan Kelly and Thomas Herman by Ron Presley, Photos courtesy of King Kat Kelly and Herman also claimed Big Fish honors in a big fish bite that lasted only about an hour. The King Kat Tournament Trail hosted its latest event on Clinton Lake in Illinois. […]
Tournament Catfishing is More than Winning
Catfishing, Memories, and Friends by Ron Presley Photos submitted Tournament fishing has many benefits beyond trophies and prizes. Bree Preece has been on active duty in the Navy and stationed overseas. She had not been fishing since May 20, 2023, when she joined her dad Aaron to fish the Bink Fox Fishing for Vinton County […]
Mississippi River Monsters MegaBucs 2024 — Helena, AR
MRM MegaBucs – Helena Victory Goes to Masingale, Masingale, and Coughlin by Ron Presley Photos courtesy of MRM Masingale, Masingale, and Coughlin pulled off a repeat win in the MRM MegaBucs Series. After a successful MRM in Memphis, the MRM series of catfish tournaments moved down the Mississippi River to Helena for the 2024 […]
Twisted Cat Outdoors Burlington, IA—How They Fished
TCO Win Goes to Nathan Dahlstrom, Jesse Ryan, and Tyson Emery by Ron Presley, Photos courtesy of Twisted Cat Outdoors by Tom Stolze Big Fish honors also claimed by the winning team. Twisted Cat Outdoors (TCO) catfish tournament trail visited Burlington, Iowa on September 21, 2024. The trail was returning to Burlington after not […]
Mississippi River Monsters 2024 — How They Fished
MRM Win Goes to Chad Vice and Dustin Jones Big Fish honors and 3rd place went to the team of Delmar Wagler, Justin Arthur, and Kevin Childress. By Ron Presley Photos courtesy of MRM The 2024 Mississippi River Monsters tournament out of Memphis, TN saw plenty of Big Muddy trophy catfish come to the scales […]
Page From the Past: Mississippi River Fishing As told by Bluegrass Storyteller Chuck Larkin
Page From the Past: Mississippi River Fishing As told by Bluegrass Storyteller Chuck Larkin In the 1980s, Chuck Larkin hosted the WPBA-TV variety show “Tonight at Ferlinghetti’s,” a PBS music series taped in front of a live studio audience. He died in 2003 at the age of 71, but not before becoming one of the […]
CFN How-to Video—Catching Skipjacks With a Sabiki Rig with Rodney Crimm
CFN How-to Video—Catching Skipjacks With a Sabiki Rig with Rodney Crimm For the best catfishing action, anglers need fresh bait, and nothing beats fresh skipjack herring. You’ll have more skipjacks to fish with if you use a sabiki rig that entices these baitfish with several small jig-like lures. In this video, B’n’M Poles pro staffer […]
Why We Catfish: A Guest Editorial with Benji Brown Written by Terry Madewell
South Carolina cat man Benji Brown with a hefty blue cat caught in Lake Moultrie, one of the famed Santee Cooper lakes, on a rainy August day. (Photo by Terry Madewell) Why We Catfish: A Guest Editorial with Benji Brown Written by Terry Madewell For Benji Brown of Spartanburg South Carolina, catfishing is not merely […]
KDWP Commissioners Approve New Blue Catfish Regulation Source: Kansas Dept. of Wildlife and Parks
KDWP Commissioners Approve New Blue Catfish Regulation Source: Kansas Dept. of Wildlife and Parks New harvest limits aim to balance fisheries and enhance angler opportunities. Commissioners with the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks (KDWP) approved a new blue catfish harvest regulation for Clinton, El Dorado, Elk City, Glen Elder, John Redmond and Melvern reservoirs […]
Catfish Gear #80
Boss Kat Octopus Circle Hook BK11Z By Keith “Catfish” Sutton When you need one hook that does it all, consider Boss Kat’s versatile Octopus Circle. Boss Kat combined the best features of their Super Boss Circle Hook and a Boss Kat Octopus Hook to create the Boss Kat Octopus Circle Hook, an outstanding live bait […]
