Techniques

The facts about catfish often are even more astounding than the legends, like the story of this 646-pound Mekong giant catfish landed in Thailand. (photo courtesy of Zeb Hogan)  ...

McCall applied his winter tactics on Santee to tempt this nice blue. He loves fishing shallow water and the winter cats at Santee can be caught relatively shallow.   Winter...

Lonnie East bundles up for the cold weather and hits the Cooper River in South Carolina for trophy blues like this.   Catfishing on the Cooper River by Terry Madewell...

The fallen tree in the background is the target for Rodney Crimm’s cut skipjack. Once a spot like this is proven effective it can be returned to in the future....

One of my favorite bites of the year is fishing shallow water in February. I look for daytime high temperatures that are warmer than the water temperature for multiple days...

When the air temperatures drop and the water temperature follows, our Mississippi catfish tend to move to deeper water. If the sun does come out with enough energy to warm...