Techniques
CFN How to Video with Joey Pounders—Mussel Meat
In a flashback to his childhood, Joey Pounders demonstrates how to find and use river mussels for catfish bait. Joey finds a mussel in the Alabama River near Wetumpka, AL...
Catfish Basics #154—Early Spring Catfishing with Chris Souders
Early spring is one of my favorite times of the year. Everywhere you look, you see signs of new life, and with each day, you get a small glimpse of...
CFN How to Video with Keith “Catfish” Sutton — Try Pier Fishing
Public fishing piers provide safe, convenient locations where you can take the whole family catfishing. Pack a picnic lunch, outfit your children with life jackets to avoid any unforeseen mishaps,...
Weird Baits
Why would one put a piece of soap on a hook and use it for catfish bait? Because it works, that’s why. Some types of soap have been used to...
Dead or Alive?
This channel catfish is a perfect example of using three- to four-day-old cut-bait that was packed in ice. On this day, older bait was preferred over that prepared just a...
Flathead Baits
Catching flatheads consistently requires the right bait placed precisely on target. Flathead Catfish Bait Strategy By Terry Madewell Deploying the right bait, in the right size, is only part of...
CFN How to Video with David Magness — On the Fish Finder: Asian Carp or Catfish?
Do you fish in an area where it’s hard to determine if those signatures on your fish finder’s down scan are catfish or Asian carp? Capt. David Magness of Cat’N...
Catfish Basics #153—Good Old-Fashioned Worm Fishing with Chuck Long
There is something special about putting a worm on a hook and casting it in the water. It takes many fishermen back to their earliest memories of fishing with Dad...
Spring Rains
When fishing floodwaters for flatheads, bank fishermen often find themselves battling big catfish in extremely shallow water. Floodwater Flatheads by Keith “Catfish” Sutton When heavy spring rains cause...
Fast-Water Channel Cat Strategies
The author’s son Braden holding a very early spring channel catfish. If you notice behind him, the river is full to the top of the cut bank, and plant life...
