Catfish Basics
Catfish Basics #017 – Find the Oxygen – Larry Muse
There is nothing that is totally consistent, all the time, with catfishing. There is some stuff that is pretty regular, but there are plenty more things that are different all...
Catfish Basics #018 – Float Rigs – Capt. Brian Barton
Capt. Brian Barton (www.brianbartonoutdoors.com ) often fishes his home waters of Wilson Lake with a float rig. There are many variations of these rigs used by anglers, but Barton has...
Catfish Basics #015 – Butterflying for Flatties – Glenn Flowers
A big misconception in the flathead community is that you always have to use live bait. While flatheads are top predators, consuming anything that swims, crawls or flies, using live...
Catfish Basics #016 – Line Logic -Benji Brown
As strong as the weakest link. That would be a good way to describe your catfish rig. Unfortunately, some catfish anglers find the weakest link the hard way – they...
Catfish Basics #008 Harrison, Bailey and Thompson win King Kat at Gallipolis
High water, a 5 to 6 mph current and floating debris challenged anglers at the May 13, 2017 Cabela’s King Lat Tournament at Gallipolis, OH. Early morning fog with...
Catfish Basics #013 – Preparation Pays – Cindy Stokes
Cindy and her husband Lyle Stokes have been tournament fishing as partners for several years. Lyle is well known in catfish circles as cohost, with Tim “Doc” Lange, on the...
Catfish Basics #014 – New Spots – Jimmy Holbrook
Savvy catfish anglers are well aware of the importance of Jimmy Holbrook’s tip. Holbrook fishes tournaments and recreationally with Layla Ledbetter. Looking at their success on the tournament trail, the...
Catfish Basics #011 – Catch-Measure-Release – John Behiter Sr
St. Charles, Mo catfish angler John Behiter Sr. has a penchant for conservation. When those cats are too big to hold vertically on a scale he uses a simple mathematical...
Catfish Basics #012 – Barge Bites – Capt. Ben Goebel
Catfish anglers sometimes joke about “barge bites,” but many believe there is something to it. It refers to getting a bite after a barge has passed by. The theory is...
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....
