Cats in the cracks

Although they aren’t all this big, Phil King is frequently able to put his anglers on big channel cats like this one during May when the fish are up shallow.

Channel catfish stack up along Pickwick Lake’s rocky banks this month, and this veteran guide provides tips on filling your ice chest.

As much as he likes to catch giant catfish, there’s not much that makes four-time national catfish champion angler Phil King from Corinth happier than watching a 7-foot Cabela’s Fish Eagle spinning rod double over under the weight of a feisty channel cat.

And to hear him tell it, his happiest months of the year are April, May and June because that’s when the channel cats start backing up into the myriad cracks and crevices along Pickwick’s multitude of craggy rock banks.Click here to read more on Cats in the cracks

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