Catfish
Trotlining for catfish
Trotlining is a fun and productive way for recreational anglers to fish for river catfish during the summer in the Magnolia State. […]
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Catfish, by hand, cranks up in May
Mississippi’s hand-grabbing season opens May 1 and runs through July 15, which is timed to match the spawning season of flathead and blue catfish. […]
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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
Even with summer’s heat still pounding down on Mississippi waters, catfish are almost always ready and willing to bite. Here’s how to catch them. […]
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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.