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West Virginia DNR Stocking Catchable Channel Catfish

by Outdoor Hub May 16, 2012
West Virginia DNR Stocking Catchable Channel Catfish

The West Virginia Division of Natural Resources (WVDNR) is stocking more than 8,000 catchable-size channel catfish during the week of May 14, according to WVDNR Director Frank Jezioro. This popular stocking program provides fishing opportunities at popular and accessible lakes across the state. Lakes to be stocked are: Anawalt Lake (McDowell Co.), Barboursville Lake (Cabell [...]

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Catfishing Casts Out Tagged Rewards at Eight West Virginia State Parks

by Outdoor Hub May 15, 2012
Catfishing Casts out Tagged Rewards at Eight West Virginia State Parks

“Catfish in the Parks” is a “Get Outdoors” initiative for kids and families to discover the fun of catfishing. Introduced in 2008 by the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources’ Wildlife Resources Section and West Virginia State Parks, catfishing fun continues in 2012. The “Catfish in the Parks” program is intended to provide family-based fishing [...]

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Cabela’s King Kat Tournament Trail to Hit the Waters of the Alabama River at Selma, Alabama

by Outdoor Hub May 11, 2012
Cabela’s King Kat Tournament Trail to Hit the Waters of the Alabama River at Selma, Alabama

The Cabela’s King Kat Tournament Trail will hit the waters of the Alabama River at Selma, Alabama June 23, 2012.  This is the opportunity for local catfish anglers to compete for cash, prizes and a chance to pre-fish and advance to the Cabela’s King Kat Classic which will be held here on the Alabama River [...]

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Cabela’s King Kat Tournament Trail to Hit the Monongahela River in West Virginia Next Weekend

by Outdoor Hub May 10, 2012
Cabela’s King Kat Tournament Trail to hit the Monongahela River in West Virginia next weekend

Coming up next weekend the Cabela’s King Kat Tournament Trail will hit the waters of the Monongahela River at Morgantown, West Virginia May 19, 2012. This is the opportunity for local catfish anglers to compete for cash, prizes and a chance to advance to the Cabela’s King Kat Classic. This year’s Cabela’s King Kat Classic [...]

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Tagged Catfish are Being Stocked in Arkansas

by Outdoor Hub May 9, 2012
Tagged Catfish are Being Stacked in Arkansas

The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission’s Family and Community Fisheries Program is continuing their efforts to get families involved in fishing with a tagged catfish campaign. Thousands of channel catfish from the AGFC’s warm-water hatchery facilities are currently being stocked at several locations around the state. Hundreds of the fish are being tagged with special [...]

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Cabela’s Announces “Wanna Go Fishing for Millions?” Participating Waters

by Cabela's May 7, 2012
Cabela’s Announces “Wanna Go Fishing for Millions?” Participating Waters

Cabela’s Incorporated, the World’s Foremost Outfitter of hunting, fishing and outdoor gear, announced today the participating waters for Wanna Go Fishing for Millions?, a contest giving anglers a shot at up to $2 million in cash and more than $225,000 in additional prizes by catching tagged fish in select lakes across the United States. Cabela’s, [...]

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Invasive Armored Catfish Damaging Florida Lakes

by Outdoor Hub Reporters April 24, 2012
Armored Catfish to be Eradicated from Florida Lakes

The Loricariidae, better known as the armored catfish, is a species of fish that are favored species in tanks for their diligent cleaning of algae from tank walls, but what is useful in an aquarium tank can be harmful in the wild. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) along with south Florida residents [...]

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Cabela’s King Kat Tournament Results for Kerr Reservoir at Clarksville, Virginia

by Cabela's April 16, 2012
Cabela’s King Kat Tournament Results For Kerr Reservoir at Clarksville, Virginia

This past Saturday April 14th the Cabela’s King Kat Tournament Trail hit the waters of Kerr Reservoir at Clarksville, Virginia. In the event the top anglers from 6 different states were competing not only for cash and prizes, but the opportunity to qualify for the 2012 Cabela’s King Kat Classic. This year’s Cabela’s King Kat [...]

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.35 lb Fish Sets Wyoming State Record

by Outdoor Hub Reporters April 15, 2012
.35 lb. Fish Sets Wyoming State Record

A 14-year-old boy from Wyoming had no idea what he had reeled in out of Wyoming’s North Platte River – after all, it was only about 10 inches long (10.1 to be precise) and weighed less than half a pound. No idea that was, until a nearby fisherman suggested he might be holding a record [...]

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Cabela’s King Kat Tournament Trail to Hit the Waters of the Monongahela River at Morgantown, West Virginia

by Outdoor Hub April 12, 2012
Cabela’s King Kat Tournament Trail to hit the waters of the Monongahela River at Morgantown, West Virginia

The Cabela’s King Kat Tournament Trail will hit the waters of the  Monongahela River at Morgantown, West Virginia May 19, 2012.  This is the opportunity for local catfish anglers to compete for cash, prizes and a chance to advance to the Cabela’s King Kat Classic. This year’s Cabela’s King Kat Classic will be held at [...]

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Alabama Blue Catfish State Record Shattered with 120 Pound Beast

by Outdoor Hub Reporters April 10, 2012
Alabama Blue Catfish State Record Shattered with 120 Pound Beast

Also, if you’re wondering, the fish weighed in at 120 pounds, 5 ounces. It was 4 feet, 11 1/4 inches long and its girth was 3 feet and 3 inches. Not long after dark on the night of March 9, 2012, John Nichols caught a record-breaking 120 pound blue catfish in the Holt Reservoir in [...]

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Cabela’s King Kat Tournament Trail Will Hit the Waters of Kerr Reservoir at Clarksville, Virginia

by Cabela's April 4, 2012
Cabela’s King Kat Tournament Trail Will Hit the Waters of Kerr Reservoir at Clarksville, Virginia

Coming up next weekend the Cabela’s King Kat Tournament Trail will hit the waters of Kerr Reservoir at Clarksville, Virginia April 14, 2012 in conjunction with the Lake County Sportsman’s Show.  This is the opportunity for local catfish anglers to compete for cash, prizes and a chance to advance to the Cabela’s King Kat Classic. [...]

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How to Put Catfish Hot on the Scent Trail

by Outdoor Hub March 30, 2012
How to Put Catfish Hot on the Scent Trail

Ask science fiction to conjure a superhero with otherworldly senses of taste and smell and the resulting futuristic freak would likely resemble a catfish. In space age intelligence and acuity, catfish are off the piscatorial charts—finned freaks of nature that beat bass, eagles and bloodhounds, combined. Indeed, their superior senses of taste, sight and certainly [...]

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Larysa Switlyk to Compete in World Catfish Tournament Representing Team USA

by Outdoor Hub March 22, 2012
Larysa Switlyk to Compete in World Catfish Tournament Representing Team USA

Larysa Switlyk plans to attack the Ebro River in Spain this year at the World Catfish Classic in Chiprana, Spain May 23rd through the 25th, 2012.  Larysa fished the Ebro River with Gary Sheridan of CarpDreamFishing.com who helped her land 3 giant Wels catfish weighing in at 167lbs, 150lbs, and 122lbs respectively. Gary came in [...]

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Young Indiana Anglers Caught Six “Fish of the Year” in 2011

by Outdoor Hub February 21, 2012

Indiana’s 2011 Fish of the Year contest proves the art of angling has not been lost on our youth. Fish of the Year recognizes the angler who catches the longest fish of each species tracked. In 2011, anglers submitted entries for 25 species. Four anglers younger than 18 years old accounted for six wins. Among [...]

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The Perfect Circle: Circle Hooks for Catfishing

by Steve Douglas February 20, 2012
The Perfect Circle: Circle Hooks for Catfishing

Circle hooks are becoming increasingly popular in the world of catfishing but their usage is still widely misunderstood. When you look at a circle hook, your first thought may be “how’s that going to hook a catfish?” The sharp tip is pointed backwards towards the shank and the gap of the hook (distance between the [...]

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Catfish Company “Spills its Guts” on a New Breed of Bait

by Outdoor Hub February 13, 2012
Catfish Company “Spills its Guts” on a New Breed of Bait

Catfish are beautiful. Or if not exactly beautiful, then at least maybe we can agree on adjectives like distinguished, pleasingly plump and vaguely cartoonish—like big swimming caricatures of themselves. Cats are unexpectedly bright, too, like running into a bar-bouncer and finding out he possesses a genius IQ. Just ask scientist Gordon Farabee, who conducted intelligence [...]

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Cabela’s King Kat Tournament Trail Returns to the Waters of the Pickwick/Wilson Lakes at Sheffield, Alabama

by Outdoor Hub February 12, 2012
Cabela’s King Kat Tournament Trail Returns to the Waters of the Pickwick/Wilson Lakes at Sheffield, Alabama

The Cabela’s King Kat Tournament Trail will hit the waters of  Pickwick/Wilson Lakes at Sheffield, Alabama on March 19, 2012. This is the opportunity for local catfish anglers to compete for cash, prizes and a chance to advance to the Cabela’s King Kat Classic location will be announced at a later date. Be sure to check [...]

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Texas 12 Year Old Shatters Six Records With One Catfish

by Texas Catfish Guide February 1, 2012
Texas State Junior Angler Record Blue Catfish

Being a professional catfish guide is kind of like any other profession. The plumber’s pipes always leak, the mechanic’s car never runs and so on. I don’t get near as much time to “just fish” as I would like to have. I am blessed with having a 12 year old son (Lane) that loves the [...]

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Baits, Rigs and Methods for Winter Blue Catfishing

by Steve Douglas January 30, 2012
Baits, Rigging and Methods for Winter Blue Catfishing

Bait The best bait to use for trophy winter time blue catfish is cut bait. Big baits equal big catfish. Use shad, skip jack herring, sunfish-bluegills, suckers and chub minnows. The best bait size for blue catfish really depends on how big the fish grow in the waters where you are fishing! But it’s not [...]

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