CFN How to Video with Joey Pounders—Mussel Meat

August 2022

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 ...

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Flathead Time

Catching Spring Flatheads by Ron Presley Flathead catfish are known for their finicky bite but powerful fight. It’s no secret, catfish anglers love the early to late spring flathead ...

Fishing guide Brad Durick slides the net under a dandy Red River channel cat for a client.

April 2023

Coming Full Circle as an Angler

Fishing guide Brad Durick slides the net under a dandy Red River channel cat for a client. Why We Catfish: A Guest Editorial by Capt. Brad Durick Being the ...

Grab your fishing pole! The Indiana DNR is stocking urban lakes statewide with hard-hitting, good-eating channel catfish.

April 2023

Channel Cat Stockings Hit 10-Year Milestone

Grab your fishing pole! The Indiana DNR is stocking urban lakes statewide with hard-hitting, good-eating channel catfish. (public domain image, credit Laura Cobin) Celebrating a Decade of Urban Catfishing ...

Populations of invasive blue catfish, flathead catfish and snakeheads in Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries continue growing, prompting Maryland's governor to call for a federal disaster declaration.

April 2023

Catfish, Snakeheads Prompt Disaster Declaration Request

Populations of invasive blue catfish, flathead catfish and snakeheads in Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries continue growing, prompting Maryland's governor to call for a federal disaster declaration. Md. ...

The T-6200 Troll King with twin mounting stems on each end is the strongest trolling system Driftmaster makes.

April 2023

Catfish Gear #63

The T-6200 Troll King with twin mounting stems on each end is the strongest trolling system Driftmaster makes. Driftmaster T-6200 Troll King By Keith “Catfish” Sutton These top-quality American-made trolling ...

Credit Texas Parks & Wildlife) Congratulations to 9-year old Maggy Sojourner on a new Junior Waterbody record with her 26-pound-plus blue catfish from Lake Granbury, Texas.

April 2023

Catch of the Day

Congratulations to 9-year old Maggy Sojourner on a new Junior Waterbody record with her 26-pound-plus blue catfish from Lake Granbury, Texas. (Credit Texas Parks & Wildlife) Big Catch for Small ...

This diagram shows the coverage area of 2D sonar, down imaging sonar and side imaging sonar. (Photo courtesy of Humminbird Electronics)

April 2023

Electronics by Wiegmann

This diagram shows the coverage area of 2D sonar, down imaging sonar and side imaging sonar. (Photo courtesy of Humminbird Electronics) Understanding Sonar Beams and Cones by Brad Wiegmann ...

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 attract catfish for more than a century.

April 2023

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 ...

Catching flatheads consistently requires the right bait placed precisely on target.

April 2023

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 ...

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