Catfish Basics
Catfish Basics #043 – Tournament Travel – Joyce Muse, Corinth, MS
Editor’s Note: There are plenty of cat women that never wet a hook. That doesn’t mean they don’t support the sport. In fact, many of them are some of the...
Catfish Basics #044 – Tournament Tips – Wanda Bennett Barner, Wheatland, Missouri
Everyone should remember that fishing is not catching! Ninety-five percent of your time in the boat is fishing, so I recommend you have a fishing partner you enjoy spending time...
Catfish Basics #041 – Speed up the Drift -David Magness, B’n’M Poles
Sometimes when the Mississippi River gets high the bottom current will be fairly fast, but the current on top will be slow. That stronger bottom current will carry your weight...
Catfish Basics #042 – Handle with Care -Jimmy Holbrook, Warrior Cat Rods
All of us catfish anglers need to educate others on the importance of putting the big fish back and letting them get bigger. You have to handle them carefully too....
Catfish Basics #039 – Marking Catfish on Sonar — Larry Muse, Warrior Cat Rods
Sonar seems to improve yearly, and it has been one of the major changes in catfishing. Learning to identify what you are seeing on sonar can help you keep your...
Catfish Basics #040 – Vision — Jason Aycock, B’n’M Poles
What you see is what you get. The majority of the time that I am on the water, on the Mississippi or anywhere else, I am scanning the surface. I...
Catfish Basics #037 – Slow Walk and Stop – Phillip Brown, Des Moines Iowa
I like to anchor and fish 2 poles in the rod holders while I walk a 3rd bait downstream. That way you are doing both. When I find a slack...
Catfish Basics #038 – Start the day with change in mind — Capt. Paul Blackwell, Fish on Guide Service
When I am dragging, I like to start the day with several different baits in the water. For example, if I have 6 rods out I might have 2 with...
Catfish Basics #035: Planer Board Tip Seth McCallister Unhooked Fishing, Offshore Tackle
I grew up as an avid walleye angler, using planner boards. By the time I started catfishing seriously they were already part of my arsenal. Using planer boards for catfish...
Catfish Basics #036 – Something Smells Keith “Catfish” Sutton
Are you killing your chances to catch catfish by engaging in simple behavior that can be managed? Keith “Catfish” Sutton is a catfish fanatic, author, and CatfishNow contributor. He has...
