Catfish NOW – Nov 2021

Sitting on a deep wintering hole often produces monster Mississippi River blue cats like this hawg caught by guide James Patterson of Bartlett, Tennessee. (Keith Sutton Photo)   Three Tactics for Mississippi River Blues by Keith “Catfish” Sutton To catch more blue cats in North America’s second longest river, try these tried and proven methods. […]

Chris Simpson said the population of blue catfish is in the boom stage at Clarks Hill Lake.   Clarks Hill Lake – A Catfishing Paradise by Terry Madewell Diversity in terms of catfish habitat, a booming blue catfish population, and the diversity of catfish species makes Clarks Hill Lake truly a great catfish-catching destination.   […]

Mark Thompson hunts for quail, pheasants, and big blue catfish once November arrives. (Submitted photo)   Set the hook or pull the trigger? That’s November in Kansas by Brent Frazee The Sunflower State is a sportsman’s paradise during fall.   Cast or blast? That’s the prevailing question for Mark Thompson when he wakes up on […]

When we’re fishing tidal waters Navionics are used to determine where to fish. Since each depth is identified by a separate line on the chart, look for where a lot of lines stack up together. Where those lines come together indicates the ledges and drop-offs. Following those ledges off of the main channel helps pick […]

I love it when the water temperatures start to fall with the cooler nights. During this part of the year, I normally start my mornings looking for bigger fish in deeper water. As the sun rises and warms the water I move to shallow flats. The bait will be on a similar pattern and I […]

Get the Job Done Right with B’n’M Poles   B’n’M knows rods. They should since they have been building them for more than 70 years. After years of experience with crappie fishing anglers, they recognized the need for good affordable rods for catfish anglers too. The design staff stays current with what anglers want by […]

Arkansas Rivers Turn Out Big Catfish Electrofishing aids biologists in sampling catfish. Andy Yung, the supervisor in the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission’s (AGFC) Camden office of the Fisheries Division, said staff there sampled the Ouachita and Saline Rivers within Felsenthal National Wildlife Refuge earlier this month for flathead and blue catfish and noted high […]

My World After the Military by Bradley Lail Finding passion after the army.   Nestled in the hills of Northern Alabama, Gurley, AL sits about twenty minutes from one of the finest fisheries in the country, the Tennessee River. This is where we decided to settle when retirement came knocking at the door. This is […]

Catfish Workgroup meetings are sometimes held at an onsite location. After meeting for 3 hours or so they break up the business meeting and go catfishing.   Citizen Input Promotes Catfish Conservation by Ron Presley A major benefit of workgroup activity is the trust built between citizen anglers and fishery regulators.     The catfishing […]

100-Pound Club – Chris Harlan Chris Harlan fished the Mississippi River Monsters tournament in 2021 with his partner Nolan Rummel. They weighed a 3-fish limit of 140.27 pounds to take the second place honors. Their bag included Big Fish of the tournament at 102.45 pounds. In this video Chris talks about the 100+ pounder and […]

Cover some Ground – Spud Barton, Cattin’ Around Adventures, B’n’M Poles When November roles around Spud Barton finds the catfish are scattered. In order to cover some ground he likes to pull planner boards to widen his spread. He explains in this video why he chooses a Medium/Heavy SilverCat rod from B’n’M to increase his […]

Fishing the Alabama River by Keith “Catfish” Sutton From Montgomery to Mobile, this beautiful stream provides a lot of water for catfishing in the Cotton State.   On May 20 this year, at a writers’ camp sponsored by Catfish Now, I had my first opportunity to fish for catfish in the Alabama River. I was […]