Close to ten or maybe even twelve years ago I was fishing for shallow water blue catfish on Lake Lewisville with my good friend Benny Roberts of Sure Shot Catfish Punch Bait and he introduced me to the world of shallow water anchors (or what some people refer to as “portable trees”). Benny would take [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
Earlier this week I posted the Top 11 Catfishing Information of 2011 from Learn To Catch Catfish. I wanted to put together one more compilation of some of the best of the best of 2011 and this one is all about catfishing videos. I didn’t do a lot of videos in the early part of [...]
Catfishing Quick Tips is a new video series I have started here at Learn To Catch Catfish. Some Background I started doing videos when I first started this site and it was something I had absolutely no experience doing. From the filming to editing I had absolutely zero experience. I borrowed a camera from someone, [...]
If you have done much reading at all on Learn To Catch Catfish you probably have figured out by now that I am a huge fan of Abu Garcia fishing reels. The Abu Garcia 6500 C3 is my fishing reel of choice (or anything in the Abu Garcia 6000 series). I have covered them extensively [...]
I have been making more of an effort to shoot more on the water action catfishing videos over the past couple of months when fishing with my clients and have been doing a much better job of it. In the last couple of months or so I have collected several hours of action video, I [...]
I have a lot of essential tools on my catfishing boat that I rely on day in and day out that just seem second nature to me but are not to most people. I am a bit unorganized and rely on having stuff in the right place at the right time for quick easy access. [...]
Since I started Learn To Catch Catfish the catfish rigs section and different articles and videos I have added have been some of the most popular topics here on the website. The catfish rigs pages have received countless views and I have received countless questions about these articles and videos. Because some of these articles [...]
Oklahoma catfishing is red hot on many lakes and rivers in the state and there is no doubt that there is some excellent catfishing at hand. From rod and reel fishing for big catfish on Lake Texoma, to jug fishing on Lake Eufala, or noodling for catfish in the creeks there is no shortage of [...]
Storing fishing rods and hooks when not in use may seem like something trivial and might not concern you. I can tell you from experience once you or someone else gets hooked with your gear it becomes much more of a priority. Since I spend so much time catfishing with clients I have to [...]
