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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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Seven Winter Catfishing Tips To Catch More Catfish

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I recently hosted an episode of the Southwest Outdoors Report on Fox Sports Southwest and promised some follow up information and tips through the Catfish Edge site at that time. I covered numerous tips for catching cold water Blue Catfish in the TV show but wanted to follow up with this information and provide some…

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