Tag: shad

February Wintering Holes with Jake Derhake When February rolls around, I see water temperatures in the 30’s. This is when I start my search for wintering holes near current but ...

Have a Plan with Mark Coburn As a novice angler, you can vastly improve your odds of consistently catching fish by learning and using mapping. Many of us listen to ...

Managing the Short Bite with Anthony Kulis A short bite occurs when a fish comes up, softly hits the bait, then backs off. Don’t confuse this with the dink bite. ...

Guide Cody Vannattan knows that winter is prime time for catching big blue catfish at Missouri reservoirs Truman and Lake of the Ozarks.   Dealing with the Winter Blues by ...

Catfish Basics #089 – Perseverance – Paula Cathey Smith, TN   In early spring the water temperature is in the 50 degrees range and the shad are abundant. When the ...

This nice January blue was caught by Will Temme’s son, Hunter when he was 7. The 65-pounder came from a warm water discharge while anchored on the Ohio River. (Contributed ...

by John N. Felsher A stealthy approach and live bait are keys to successful flathead fishing. Another flathead catfish comes to the boat on the Tombigbee River. (Photo by John ...

by John N. Felsher Anglers who can read the birds might find more catfish action up close Billy Blakley, a guide for Blue Bank Resort, shows off a channel catfish ...

by Tim Huffman Saying I’m out of my elements in a catfish boat is an understatement. I’m comfortable in any crappie boat or crappie fishing situation but when chasing flatheads ...