Catfish
Catfish do suspend, but why?
Biologists and anglers have theorized what causes catfish to suspend off the bottom at different times, with feeding, water quality, oxygen, and thermoclines being the most-common answers.
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Reservoir cats also suspend but can be caught
While the Mississippi River is probably the best-known catfish producer in the state, many of Mississippi’s reservoirs also hold their share of decent blue catfish.
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Catfish off the bottom
Think of all of your hunting and fishing pursuits and imagine your quarry in its preferred environment.
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Bush hooking for huge river catfish
Check out these techniques for setting bush hooks for big catfish.
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Color catfish hot
September in Mississippi can be the hottest time of the year. Noted for the return of football, deer-camp workdays and oppressive heat, it is still the heart of summer — even though fall is on the horizon as the ninth month arrives.
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Choosing bait: It needs to stink
Catfish have some of the most-sensitive senses of smell in the aquatic environment, thanks to folds in tissue inside their nostrils.
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Summer-size your catfish tactics
Depending on what type of catfish angler you ask, July is either a great month to be on the water or a time to stay home.
It’s all a matter of size.
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Youth sets hardhead record
Every saltwater angler who has logged hours in the shallow of the Gulf of Mexico has caught a hardhead catfish, a bait-stealing scourge with sharp fins that can inflict infectious wounds.
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Fishing on a higher plane
Using planer boards to separate trolling lines is a tactic that has been around for a long time, but anglers continue to re-invent it, tailoring it to the species they are targeting.
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Structure Snake weight slithers through cover
The real secret to the catfish rig used by angler David Magness is the weight, a specially designed model made and sold by his fishing partner, Rusty Jackson of Olive Branch, through his website, bigrivercatfishing.com.
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Put the move on Mississippi’s corridor cats
Anyone who has spent any amount of time fishing on one of the flood-control lakes along Mississippi’s I-55 corridor has witnessed boats trolling back and forth with rods hanging off their sides.
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Fish attractor rules
The Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks’ regulations regarding fishing attractors or structures, including boxes for noodling: