It's early spring, and what a great time to start fishing for catfish. Today we're using cut sucker as bait. I'm using one of ...

BOISE, Idaho — Tight Lines 208 is dedicated to helping people become better anglers through education. The Cram Session is designed to give readers a crash course on a specific fish species or local ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Before the hatchery truck backed down the ramp and set all of the fish free in Liberty Lake, Danny Garrett wanted a photo. It’s not every day that he gets to hold a channel catfish. Garrett, the ...

A man in Wayne County, West Virginia, caught a state record channel catfish in the pond on his father’s farm in South Charleston using an unexpected rod. John Tyler Rutherford reeled in a ...

JEFFERSON COUNTY, N.Y. — Dylan Kampnich of Dexter was spending a quiet day fishing with his son on May 3, Black River Bay in Jefferson County. Then he reeled in a 37-pound, 9-ounce channel catfish in ...

Jefferson County, NY (WRGB) — The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) announced the first state record fish of 2025, as Dylan Kampnich of Dexter caught a massive 37-pound ...

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 ...