The dropper loop is a handy knot that is used to form a loop which stands out from the fishing line. The dropper loop can be used to form a leader in many catfish rigs like the drop shot rig and modified three way rigs. By tying a dropper loop you form a leader that [...]
Whole shad is what I have often referred to as blue catfish candy. Small one to four inch threadfin shad are plentiful in most bodies of water and are easy to catch assuming have a cast net and know how to throw a cast net. I covered the steps the other day on how to [...]
Last year I posted a short video on how to fillet catfish that was an old video, poor quality and was really too short for anyone to really get the details on what was taking place. I recently posted my review of the American Angler MT3 electric fillet knife and made talked in that [...]
How to break fishing line and not tear up your catfish rods and catfish reels is the topic of this weeks catfishing quick tip. While this may sound like a crazy tip for a catfishing video I found that most people don’t know how to break fishing line, or free up snagged fishing line correctly. [...]
There are many different ways to throw a cast net and if you ask ten people you will probably get ten different variations on opinions of how to throw a cast net. One thing is true though, if you are going to be a blue catfish angler, YOU MUST LEARN HOW TO CATCH FRESH BAIT. [...]
The Trilene knot is a simple and effective fishing knot that should be part of the basic fishing knots learned by every angler. It’s one of the three basic “need to know” fishing knots along with the Palomar knot and the easy snell. The Trilene knot is not as simple as a Palomar knot but [...]
The Palomar knot is an essential fishing knot that all anglers should know how to tie. This is a “go to knot” for fishing that is simple to tie and is one of the strongest fishing knots you can use. Don’t let the simplicity fool you. You can use the Palomar knot in every instance [...]
The knots covered at Learn To Catch Catfish are essential knots used for catfish rigs. You won’t find a huge library of dozens of fishing knots that will make your head spin. The snell knot is an essential knot for fishing for catfish. It’s actually not a knot, but more of a wrap. There are [...]
For some reason many anglers have an obsession with water levels in lakes and reservoirs and it is not uncommon to see water levels drop significantly during the summer months. I know anglers that check lake levels every single day so they can stay up to date on the conservation pool of the lake they [...]
Threadfin shad and gizzard shad are one of the most popular and effective catfish baits there are for blue catfish. I spend the majority of my time when catfishing for blue catfish using shad as bait. I have covered a number of topics regarding them extensively but still continue to get questions to this day. [...]
Catfish don’t “sting”, let’ go ahead and get that out of the way…… I was digging through the ask a question mailbox the other day and since I started this site I have been filing one question over and over into a file several times a week, “how do you hold a catfish without being [...]
I have covered extensively choosing a fishfinder for catfish and some of the basic features to look for, including the differences between traditional broadband sonar, down imaging and side imaging and covered my 2011 top fishfinder choices for catfishing as well as how I use GPS for catfishing in recent weeks here at Learn [...]
