River Channel Catfishing and Team Catfish Updates [CR EP 29]

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In this weeks Catfishing Radio show we talk with Jeff Williams of Team Catfish and get updates on some of the latest catfish tackle innovations from Team Catfish as well as new rods on the market including the iCat, Catfish Warrior and High Standard Rods. We also talk river channel catfishing with Jeff and he gives some great tips of locating and catching channel catfish in small to medium sized rivers.

Catfishing Radio Episode 29

The show starts out with recent announcements and thanks for all the recent iTunes reviews. If you have not done so already, please take a few minutes to head over to iTunes, subscribe to the show (free) and give the Catfishing Radio podcast a start rating and write a quick review.

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Team Catfish Updates

Next, we bring Jeff Williams on the show and discuss some of the latest products from Team Catfish. Here are some of the basics of what is discussed in this show:

iCat Catfish Rods and High Standard Rods – The iCat and High Standard brand fishing rods are a new line from Team Catfish. The iCat/High Standard fishing rods are made from carbon blanks developed from materials and technology that is similar to what has been used for arrow shafts. This rod was designed for catfish anglers drifting or bottom bouncing where they are using controlled drift fishing techniques where they hold the rod and bump the rod on the bottom (for more explanation of this technique check out the interview with Bill Dance).

Thunder Cat Catfish Rods -  Jeff explains the current state of the Thunder Cat Catfish Rods 

Catfish Warrior Rods – The Catfish Warrior rod are a “do all” catfish rod being sold through the Team Catfish Cheap Sinkers website. This is an e-glass fishing rod that is made in America that has a parachute cord wrapped handle and foregrip. The paracord handle is camo colored and the thread wrapping is OD Green in color. These rods are available in 7’,8’,10; and 12’ available in both casting and spinning models. The appeal of the paracord handle is they have a lot of grip to them and  and your hands will not slip when they get covered in catfish slime.

Tug-O-War Electric Lime Monofilament Line – We talk about the Tug-O-War electric lime high visibility fishing line and talk in depth about the advantage of high visibility fishing line.

Sudden Impact Fiber Bait – We talk about the Sudden Impact Fiber Bait and fishing in the heat and my success fishing for channel catfish with the Sudden Impact bait.

Channel Catfish Tips

Next, Jeff Williams and I discuss channel catfishing in the area he lives in around Northeast Oklahoma (Grove Oklahoma). Jeff talks about Lake Texoma, Lake of The Ozarks, below the Truman Lake Dam in Warsaw Missouri, Grand Lake of The Cherokees as well as some other top catfishing destinations in his area. Jeff talks in depth about some of the amazing flathead catfish fisheries in this area. For channel catfish we talk about Kerr Lake, Lake Greenleaf and some others and the amazing channel catfish action they have with fish common over 10 lbs.

Jeff then shares some information on fishing for channel catfish in medium sized rivers. Jeff shares tips on navigation. locating fish and a wealth of great information on what to do, where to go and how to catch them! There is some key information on locating channel catfish in current in rivers that Jeff shares.

Wrap Up

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