Dec 2017
Catfish Basics #029 – Five Basic Fishing Tips – Cooper Jackson
Ten-year-old Cooper Jackson is this month’s cover boy. He is lucky enough to have a catfishing father, Rusty Jackson, to take him fishing. Evidently, he has been paying attention on...
B’n’M HowTo – Use Round Sinkers for Bumping with Hunter and Luke Harkness
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoSEUG0dZeE
Catfish Profiles in Passion – Nicholas Lyon
by Ron Presley What isn’t there to love about cat fishing Joe Granata took Nick out when he caught his personal best. A nice flathead. Nicholas Lyon compares his passion...
Conservation Terms to Teach Your Kids
by Ron Presley What should you teach your kids about conservation? Tournament fishing with kids is a good place to teach them the importance of CPR. Even if you are...
Catfish Basics #030 – Practice, practice, practice ─ Hunter Fussell
Hunter Fussell caught a 41.83-pound blue cat to earn the Big Fish Championship belt in the Youth Division at the Santee Cooper Monster Cat Quest in 2017. The Goose Creek,...
CFN How To – Circle Hooks for Catfish with Asher Samsel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZpadVDN5f8
Bringing Them up Right
by Brad Durick How I got my boy interested in catfishing Braden with a fish from our evening adventure. While not the biggest catfish I have ever seen it was...
Catfish Kids: Low Country Field of Dreams
by Ron Presley It’s all about the kids Low Country Field of Dreams started out providing deer hunts for kids. Now, in their 13th year they still provide deer...
The Importance of Taking Kids Fishing
by Joe Schmitt, Ph.D. Candidate, Virginia Tech Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation Take a kid fishing, the future of the sport may depend on it! Size usually doesn’t matter...
Personal Best ─ Conner King
by Ron Presley The enthusiasm of youth Conner’s personal best 50-pound blue cat came from the Ohio River. He was eleven years old. Like most anglers do, 13-year-old Conner King...
