CFN How-to Video with Brad Box

B’n’M Poles pro staffer Brad Box of Caledonia, Mississippi explains the concept of catfish CPR (catch, picture, release) and tells why tournament anglers believe it’s important to practice it every ...

May 2024

CFN How-to Video with Fisheries Specialist Tony Sindt

Special thanks to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources for allowing us to share this video featuring fisheries specialist Tony Sindt. In it, Sindt teaches how to properly catch and ...

Feb 2024

CFN How-to Video with Jay Gallop

CFN How-to Video With Jay Gallop - Keeping Catfish Alive in Your Livewell Most of today’s catfish anglers practice catch and release—returning fish to the water after tournament weigh-ins or ...

July 2023

Italian Fisherman Lands River Po Giant

Pro angler Alessandro Biancardi of Mantova, Italy has shocked the whole catfish world with a 9-foot, 4-inch monster wels cat caught in the River Po on May 25. Is ...

Properly handling catfish and safely releasing them requires the right tools, like a good set of lip grips or a rubber-coated micro-mesh landing net.

Catfish Conservation

Today’s Releases are Tomorrow’s Trophies

Properly handling catfish and safely releasing them requires the right tools, like a good set of lip grips or a rubber-coated micro-mesh landing net. How to Properly Release Big ...

Edwards Tarumianz basically won the "catfishing lottery" when he captured a rare, all-white (leucistic) blue catfish from the Tennessee River near Chattanooga in June. Edwards' rare catch has been featured on websites across the country, and even around the world, thanks to social media. (Capt. Richard Simms Photo)

August 2022

Rare White Catfish

Edwards Tarumianz basically won the "catfishing lottery" when he captured a rare, all-white (leucistic) blue catfish from the Tennessee River near Chattanooga in June. Edwards' rare catch has been featured ...

Destinations

Livewell Lessons from The Catmasters

Zachary (Zac) Taylor is shown here pulling a near 90-pound blue out of the huge SeaArk livewell as his partner Floyd “Ken” Kennamer waits patiently. With multiple trophy fish in ...

Destinations

Catfish Basics #088 – Fish Handling at Weigh-in – by Alex Nagy

Catfish Basics #088 – Fish Handling at Weigh-in Alex Nagy, Twisted Cat Outdoors As a tournament director I can think of several things that anglers can do to ...

Renowned New York-based fly fisherman, author and film maker Lee Wulff was promoting catch and release as early as 1936 with the phrase, “Game fish are too valuable to be caught only once.” That saying applies to catfishing as much as fly fishing and is applicable just as much today as in those early years. (Photo: Keith “Catfish” Sutton)

April 2020

Catch-and-Release Catfishing Done Right

Renowned New York-based fly fisherman, author and film maker Lee Wulff was promoting catch and release as early as 1936 with the phrase, “Game fish are too valuable to be ...

April 2020

CatfishNOW How To: Handle with Care

B’n’M How To: Handle with Care with Jody and Brandy Atkins B’n’M Poles B’n’M Poles’ prostaff anglers Jody and Brandy Atkins take special care to release their fish. Their main ...

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