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Best Catfish Bait: The Top 5 Catfish Baits Made Simple

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Catfish baits don’t have to be complicated and they don’t have to stink. Here’s a quick and simple guide to choosing the best catfish bait. You’ve come to the right place!  Catfish Is Not a Catfish Is Not a Catfish What does this mean? The approach to fishing for blue cats is very different than…

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How To Hold a Catfish (and Do Catfish Sting)?

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Catfish don’t “sting”, let’s go ahead and get that out of the way now. Catfish whiskers don’t sting. Their barbels or fins don’t either. They can cause some discomfort though (if you’re not careful) so let’s cover what you need to know. There is a common misconception that catfish will “sting” but this is nothing…

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Shad For Catfish Bait: The Essential Guide For Catfishing

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Using shad for catfish bait is always a hot topic among catfish anglers. It seems that for some reason the whole idea of finding and catching shad and using it for bait creates a whole bunch of questions for anglers of all experience levels though. I touched on this recently in the Winter Catfishing Tips article (get…

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Slip Bobber Rig For Catfish: How, When and Why

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The slip bobber rig is a staple catfish rig for many anglers for a variety of different species of catfish. They’re especially popular for those who target channel catfish. Slip bobbers can be effective for blue catfish and flathead catfish also in some applications but for channel catfish, they’re the “go-to” catfish rig for many…

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Catfish Rods: The Ultimate Guide To Catfish Rods

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Catfish rods are a segment of catfishing gear that I wasted a lot of money on over the years. I’ve wasted more money on catfish rods that weren’t a good “fit” than any other area of catfish gear so I created this guide, the Ultimate Guide To Catfish Rods. Some of this was due to…

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Four Fishing Knots Every Catfish Angler Should Know

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The internet is littered with instructions on how to tie fishing knots. There’s entire books and even iPhone apps dedicated to fishing knot instructions. Most of these resources are full of “clutter”, teaching you a lot of information that you don’t need. What’s the point of learning tons of fishing knots you’re not ever going…

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