Techniques

Fishing the Catfish Spawn by Ron Presley   Do you dread the spawn coming to your area? Here’s a few things you can do to improve your success.   Many...

Persistence and Perseverance with Joe Jellison, Chatt Cat Fishing   Fishing the spawn is all about persistence and perseverance for Joe Jellison. Everyone knows the spawn creates a challenge to...

Fishing the Spawn with Cody Chambers Fishing the Coosa River and Tennessee River during the spawn is not much different than fishing other bodies of water while the whiskered fish...

Lessons from the 2021 SeaArk Owner’s Invitational   Editor’s Note: The catfish community readily recognizes SeaArk Boats as one of the strongest supporters of the sport of catfishing. Their annual...

Have a Plan with Mark Coburn As a novice angler, you can vastly improve your odds of consistently catching fish by learning and using mapping. Many of us listen to...

Managing the Short Bite with Anthony Kulis A short bite occurs when a fish comes up, softly hits the bait, then backs off. Don’t confuse this with the dink bite....

Fishing upstream from the Missouri River wing dam seen in the background produced this trophy blue cat for author Keith Sutton. (Matt Sutton Photo)   Big River Tactics: How to...

Planning Makes the Flathead Bite More Predictable by Ron Presley Nothing is more important than understanding the tides.   Flathead anglers continually debate live versus cut bait and day versus...