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World Record Catfish, The Largest Catfish Ever Caught

World record catfish are always a hot topic among catfish anglers. It’s a hot topic among all three primary catfish species of catfish in the United States but especially true for big monster blue catfish. Lets take a look at the world record catfish caught in recent years! Most Recent World Record Catfish The catfishing…

Catfish Species Essentials: The “Big Three” Types Of Catfish

by Chad Ferguson 31 Comments

Blue catfish, channel catfish and flathead catfish are the three primary species of catfish in the United States and most sought after species. Most rivers lakes and reservoirs and the United States have populations of one of these species of catfish available in good numbers. This is a summary of basic catfish species information for…

How To Catch More Shad (Plus Stay Safe): 8 Cast Net Tips

by Chad Ferguson 8 Comments

It’s no secret that shad is one of the best baits (if not the best) for catching blue catfish but catching shad can be a bit cumbersome if your not experienced locating and catching them or throwing a cast net. One of the simplest ways to be successful is to make sure your using the…

Find Blue Catfish The Simple Way (They’re a Lot Like Teenage Boys)

by Chad Ferguson 9 Comments

There are anglers everywhere on a constant quest to find the best bait for blue catfish and looking for some sort of “workaround” to finding and catching shad. It’s an attempt to take the “easy way out” for some. For others it’s just not wanting to put the time and effort in. There’s no easy…

Shad For Catfish Bait: The Essential Guide For Catfishing

by Chad Ferguson 29 Comments

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…

Seven Winter Catfishing Tips To Catch More Catfish

by Chad Ferguson 13 Comments

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…

Drift Fishing For Catfish On The Southwest Outdoors Report

by Chad Ferguson 8 Comments

I’ve participated in the Southwest Outdoors Report with Barry Stokes often over the years appearing on the show with him filming catfish tactics and techniques. We’ve been working together on different shows of his for over ten years now. In mid November Barry contacted me and asked me to guest host one of his shows…