Tag: Richard Simms

Capt. Richard Simms (the author) with his first-ever 30-pound blue catfish caught August 28, 2004, under the tutelage of his friend, Doug Williams.   Why We Catfish By Capt. Richard ...

Terry Madewell, a frequent contributor to CatfishNOW, had never used this particular light-tackle technique for catfish. But he and his daughter Melissa got an excellent taste of how it works ...

Since he has been down this road before, Micka Burkhart knew exactly where to go to weigh his likely new Tennessee state record catfish (122.3 pounds). He said he called ...

Light Line Drifting for Catfish by Ron Presley Free-line drifting with 10-pound mono proves to be challenging and productive catfishing. My first light tackle blue came on a piece of ...

Big or small, famous guide James “Big Cat” Patterson never met a catfish he didn’t like. (Photo: Richard Simms)   James “Big Cat” Patterson: Where Is He Now? by Richard ...

Capt. Richard Simms, the author, uses 10.5-inch Clearboards from Double X Tackle. They retail for $70.99 per pair. (Photo: Ross Roberson)   The Nuts & Bolts of Planer-Board Fishing by ...

Captain Richard Simms has found that the quality of channel catfish in tailwater areas on the Tennessee River tends to be better during spring and fall than during the rest ...

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 ...

Fishing with professional guide Capt. Ty Konkle in the Tennessee River Gorge, Brain Cabe and his son, Woody, recently EACH caught blue catfish weighing more than 100 pounds in one ...

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 ...