We're on the shorelines fishing for channel catfish on a cool and cloudy day. We're using the pre-tried t-turn bait rig to save time and baited up with a catch-a-cat bait pocket that's STUFFED with ...

Catching channel catfish during spring runoff in western rivers and lakes is a thrill that combines skill, patience, and a bit of grit. As rivers swell with muddy water and lakes churn with sediment, ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Veteran anglers lay claim to a wide range of specialty baits for catching channel catfish, from raw shrimp to nightcrawlers, cut shad, chicken livers, chicken gizzards, dough balls ...

An angler never knows what kind of fish is tugging at the end of the line when a nightcrawler is on the hook. Nearly every fish that swims eats nightcrawlers. You never know what you'll catch. There ...

What constitutes a banner fishing trip? Catching fish must rank as one of the primary ingredients but also camaraderie with ...

Hooks for catfish have a two-part assignment: To hold onto the bait and then hold onto the catfish once it bites. But it isn’t as simple as it sounds. Every hook isn’t built the same, and each style ...

An experiment earlier this summer using hoop nets instead of trap nets to sample channel catfish along the U.S. portion of the Red River yielded results that exceeded even the most optimistic ...