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Species spotlight: Blue catfish
Blue catfish are highly adaptable and live in almost any type of freshwater; lakes, ponds, creeks, swamps or rivers. […]
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Rigging your catfish boat
Description: Want to rig your boat for frequent bouts with catfish? Here’s how to outfit and rig the hull to make fishing a breeze or a battle. […]
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Two catfish eat family of ducks
Nick Price has cleaned plenty of catfish in his life, but none of that prepared him for what he found cleaning two of his Dec. 12 catches. […]
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String up a few big Opelousas catfish this summer
Trotlines or stump lines? Here’s how Louisiana anglers can ‘string up’ some big Opelousas catfish, aka flatheads this summer. […]
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Species Spotlight: Flathead catfish
Flathead catfish make a big splash wherever they show up. They are highly adaptable to a wide range of waters and can live in very harsh conditions. […]
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Finding catfish is easy at False River
Those who have fished False River this spring and early summer understand why it could easily be renamed Catfish Lake because of the great catfish fishing. […]
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Manchac Catfish Update 6-2-20
The catfish are biting in the Manchac area and Tangipahoa angler Todd Oalman has some great advice on how to get on them. […]
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Reader Report: Flathead catfish
Greg King of Bush had an awesome weekend in Bogue Chitto on April 18 and 19. He landed a 68-pound flathead on the 18th and la 70-pounder on the 19th. […]
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Tchefuncte River Bream Update 5-22-20
Recent rains and muddy water are subsiding in the Tchefuncte River and this weekend will be great for bream and catfishing according to angler Todd Oalman. Bream can be found in clear water in dead end canals around trees and catfish can be caught with worms around the trees and in the deep holes. […]
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Reader Report: Jacob Howat’s catfish
Jacob Howat was running catfish lines along the batture of the Mississippi River when he caught a leucistic catfish that weighed 5 pounds, 1 ounce. […]
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Catfish run in Lower Atchafalaya River is something to behold
River shrimp are the ticket to big blue and channel catfish catches on the Atchafalaya River in Morgan City for the next 10 weeks. […]
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Kayak angler lands abnormal catfish
Robyn Bordelon catches a lot of catfish from her kayak, but this one was special. The rare fish was caught in the Mississippi River in south Louisiana. […]
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Winter catfish from a kayak
If you pick your days and dress appropriately, chasing blue catfish in Lake Pontchartrain can make for a great day of fishing. […]
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Species spotlight: Channel catfish
Channel catfish are known as the smallest of the “big three” species of catfish. The average size is about 16 inches, or 1½ pounds, but they can grow much larger. […]
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Cold water catfish
When the water is blown out and murky from cold fronts, there may be no better time than January to drop a tight-line rig for central coast blue catfish. […]
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Catfish shatters car windshield
Rhesa Walston of Washington, N.C. was driving home from her mom’s house on Dec. 18 when a catfish slammed into the windshield of her SUV. […]