Catfish
Singing the blues — Keys to the Mississippi River’s monster catfish
Big catfish can be caught all year on the Big Muddy, if you know the techniques. And this professional guide doesn’t mind sharing his secrets. […]
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These giant catfish have become pigeon hunters
Catfish are not picky eaters. They are known to eat a wide variety of foods, including seeds, crawfish, insects, frogs and other fish. When food is scarce they will even scour the bottom for decomposing fish or bugs. […]
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Preparing for a different form of noodling
The term “noodling” for catfish usually refers to the sport of grabbing catfish by hand, but at Lake Washington it takes on a different meanings. […]
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Channel cats love a stinky sticky bait
While many die hard catfish anglers make their own concoctions of stink baits, a tried and true favorite is a product called Sonny’s Super Sticky Channel Catfish Bait. The bait comes in either 15-ounce jars or 45-ounce tubs and is designed especially for catching channel catfish. […]
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The No. 1 recipe for catfish stink bait
Robert “Kud” Stevenson of Tallulah, La., shares the steps to making his homemade catfish stink bait recipe. […]
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Tail-gating cats — Fishing tips for Lake Washington catfish
If you have never attended a combination fish fry and football tailgate party in Mississippi, you have missed out on one of life’s great pleasures. The state is well represented when its colleges are on the field and catfish fillets are in the fryer. […]
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Two great catfish rigs
Veteran Catfish guide Rodger Taylor use completely different rigs depending on whether he is fishing at anchor for catfish or when drifting or trolling for cats. […]
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Bumping for catfish
Bumping, also referred to as slipping, dragging, and back trolling, has recently created a lot of buzz in the catfish world. […]
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Garlic chicken is top catfish bait
The hands-down favorite bait for catfishing on the Mississippi River is skipjack herring. Herring are usually plentiful but get harder to find when winter rolls around. […]
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Catching the blues — Top fishing tips for blue catfish
Bob Crosby of Madison has been fishing the Mississippi River along the outskirts of the town of Vicksburg for over 15 years. Crosby is a catfishing guide who realized early the potential that was sitting right under his nose. […]
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Expert catfishing advice
Andy Smith of Greene County has fished the Pascagoula for more than 30 years and has some advice for those fishing the river for the first time […]
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Catfish caliphate — Tips for catfishing on the Pascagoula River
The Pascagoula is far from the longest river in Mississippi, running only 80 miles from the convergence of the Chickasawhay and Leaf rivers to where it empties into the Gulf of Mexico without great fanfare. […]