It's early spring, and what a great time to start fishing for catfish. Today we're using cut sucker as bait. I'm using one of ...

If you can't fish with cut bait, you can always use chicken liver when fishing for catfish. Very simply, I got a piece of ...

An angler never knows what kind of fish is tugging at the end of the line when a nightcrawler is on the hook. Nearly every fish that swims eats nightcrawlers. You never know what you'll catch. There ...

I’ve picked the brains of dozens of fishermen over the years, but Chad Ferguson may be the most knowledgeable of all on the subject of catching channel catfish with punch bait. Ferguson is a Fort ...

BOISE, Idaho — Tight Lines 208 is dedicated to helping people become better anglers through education. The Cram Session is designed to give readers a crash course on a specific fish species or local ...

JEFFERSON COUNTY, N.Y. — Dylan Kampnich of Dexter was spending a quiet day fishing with his son on May 3, Black River Bay in Jefferson County. Then he reeled in a 37-pound, 9-ounce channel catfish in ...

Jefferson County, NY (WRGB) — The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) announced the first state record fish of 2025, as Dylan Kampnich of Dexter caught a massive 37-pound ...

WAYNE COUNTY, W.Va. (WSAZ) - An angler from Wayne has caught a state record channel catfish. The catch marks the sixth state record catch of 2024. John Tyler Rutherford caught the 43.51-inch, ...