We're boatless today, fishing on the shore lines with the boatless angler himself, rigged up with an easy pre-tied catfish rig. It's early spring, which is a great opportunity for the boatless angler ...

Hooks for catfish have a two-part assignment: To hold onto the bait and then hold onto the catfish once it bites. But it isn’t as simple as it sounds. Every hook isn’t built the same, and each style ...

. Soaking cut bait has a bit of a stigma of being dumbed-down fishing, but there’s actually a lot of science and technique that goes into the proper hacking, rigging, and fishing of a bloody, dripping ...

Few fish species are more abundant than the catfish. So it should come as no surprise that Illinois anglers rate these whiskered fish quite high on the list of the most sought-after species. Virtually ...