I am hard on coolers, really hard on coolers. I have a boneyard of coolers with no lids, broken parts, holes in them and a variety of other issues. I hold on to them for some strange reason thinking one day I will be able to piece them all together. It’s so bad that often [...]
I am a huge fan of Navionics charts and use them every time I fish in my Humminbird 1198. It has major impacts on my fishing for all of the catfish species. There is a major benefit to having this mapping running side by side on your sonar so you can view real time sonar [...]
I do a lot of catch and release catfishing and have a strict policy when people are fishing with North Texas Catfish Guide Service that all catfish over 10 lbs are released. This has been a standing policy for going on ten years now. That being said we also keep a fair amount of fish [...]
I covered staying warm for winter fishing and also added an additional review for the Bass Pro Shop 100MPH Gore Tex that I use in the last few days. In addition to these options I wanted to cover some additional options not already covered. Certainly you don’t have to shell out hundred of dollars for [...]
A lip grip device is an essential item for catfishing that I keep on my guide boat. I keep lip grips clamped on to the railing of the center console at all times so I always have them handy. Lip grips are a great tool for because they are compact and easy to store and [...]
I touched briefly on this gear the other day when I wrote Winter Catfishing, Staying Warm and Dry but didn’t get much into the details. I mentioned then I was going to do a review on the Bass Pro Shops 100MPH Gore Tex in that article because I felt it warranted a full in depth [...]
Several months ago I was sitting down in my barn where I store my boat and was spooling all of my reels up with fresh fishing line and a guide client of mine saw me sitting out there and stopped by to chat while I was working on getting all of this done. He was [...]
Dip nets 101: If you are going to start fishing for catfish you need a dip net. There is always a chance that you will catch a big cat, and you want to make sure you are prepared. I usually don’t even think of using my dip net until the fish get around 8 or [...]
Ever heard of Magic Soap? Over the years I have heard a ton of debates over the best way to get the “fishy smell” off your hands after a catfishing trip or even worse how to get the punch bait or chum smell off your hands after a trip. I have heard of people using [...]
Fujifilm sent me a Fujifilm Finepix XP10 digital camera for a product review and then to give away to one of the readers of LearnToCatchCatfish.com, I wrote about this in my blog post last week. The Fujifilm Finepix XP10 is a waterproof, shockproof, dustproof and freeze proof digital camera that not only shoots 12mp digital photos but [...]
Question: I am considering purchasing a cast net for catching bait. Can you give me some suggestions on what kind of cast net to buy? (From Tom – Longview, Texas) Answer: There are a lot of benefits to owning a cast net. When fishing for catfish and using fresh live or dead bait you have [...]
