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Veteran catfish guide Mike Mitchell (on right) rigs up with stout tackle and big baits for monsters, such as this 88-pound blue cat caught on the Tennessee River. (courtesy of ...

New Catfishing Products for 2023 By Keith “Catfish” Sutton Check out the latest items made especially for today’s catfish anglers.   There was a time when it was difficult to ...

A North Carolina farm pond produced this 27-pound-plus record channel cat for Justin Hall of Reidsville, NC. (Photo courtesy of Hall and NC Wildlife Resources Commission)     More State ...

Red Swamp Crayfish, photo by Keith Sutton   Help Fight the Spread of Invasive Crayfish By Keith “Catfish” Sutton Importing crayfish for bait is not a good idea   The ...

Free “Learn to Fish” Course! Source: International Game Fish Association Want your kids to be smart, ethical anglers? Helping them complete the IGFA’s free online Learn to Fish course is ...

New Catfishing Products for 2023 By Keith “Catfish” Sutton Check out the latest items made especially for today’s catfish anglers.   There was a time when it was difficult to ...

Those of you learning the basics of catfishing would do well to look back at the tactics shared by the anglers of yesteryear. As we embrace modern techniques and technology, ...

Seeing Thermoclines by Brad Wiegmann Thermoclines are easily seen on sonar units as reflections of rapidly changing water temperatures reflect off echoes being sent and received by a transducer.   ...

Wise catfish anglers practice restrictive harvest, releasing large fish (like the flathead on the left) to be caught another day and keeping smaller, more abundant fish (like the one on ...