It's early spring, and the weather is starting to warm up. This makes it perfect for spring bullhead and channel catfish. We're geared up today with a dual T-Turn rig and cut bait. Normally we use cut ...

Today we're boatless with the pre-tied T-Turn Bait Rigs, the 1A. We have our dual hooks baited up with live leaf worms and we're shore fishing for bullhead catfish. As always until next time, good ...

Aug. 25—FORDVILLE DAM, N.D. — On a steamy Wednesday in late July — easily one of the hottest days of the summer to date — Tyler Bennett and Will Johnson launched their jonboat into Fordville Dam to ...

In 50-some years of catfishing and writing about catfishing, I’ve often fielded the question, “What do catfish eat?” The short answers is, whatever they can fit into their mouths, including aquatic ...

The North Dakota Game and Fish Department has stocked catfish in numerous lakes around the state to control bullhead populations since this project. Tyler Bennett, a UND graduate student from Chicago, ...

The year was 1940, and people across the free world watched in horror as a Second World War began to unfold. The German war machine, under Nazi control, was on a rampage. The previous year saw Germany ...

This fish is a yellow bullhead catfish. It has eight barbels (whiskers) around its mouth that it uses to locate food. These barbels are harmless to touch, but beware of being stuck by any of the three ...

I have fond memories of fishing for bullhead catfish from the shores of Frances Slocum Lake with my Pop-Pop. We fished ugly sticks with Mitchell reels and clipped clothespins on our lines as strike ...

The North Dakota Game and Fish Department in spring 2023 trapped 4,180 channel catfish from the Missouri River System and stocked them in Sweetbriar Dam. Fordville Dam is a control site. Tyler Bennett ...

Put more catfish in the net by dialing in their eating habits. If you're wondering what catfish eat, the answer is just about anything. These fish are opportunists that feast on a wide array of food ...