The best catfish bait for a particular species and conditions is not answered by a cut-and-dried formula. There is a wide variety of catfish in North America inhabiting waters from small creeks to ...

Channel catfish, like the one above, can be found statewide in ponds, lakes and slow-moving rivers. They will attack live bait when given the opportunity but are primarily scavengers. Channel cats ...

Catfish are a popular catch-and-release fish for extreme anglers. They are easy to catch, and their large size makes them exciting to land. Catfish often swim in schools, so where there is one, there ...

What’s the best way to fish for catfish? Below are a few tips I have to offer. Catfish will eat almost anything, but the misconception is that they like rotten, stinking baits. That’s simply not true.

If you are targeting channel cats, you likely will be fishing some type of live, dead, cut or prepared bait. I do not spend a lot of time soaking baits targeting channel cats. I just keep casting the ...

Fishing duo Cole and Jay catfish a massive spillway with rare live bait.

While learning about the winter habits of bass and crappie, I had to ask Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Inland Fisheries ...