Most catfish anglers continue to prefer monofilament line, as it’s much cheaper, is strong, and has a little stretch to it. When a catfish bites a bait, it often takes it in its mouth and moves off. A very stiff rod or a non-stretch line can pull the bait out of its mouth. B...
Baitcasters are the way to go if you want to take on big Cats. They have much more reliable drag and will let you cast much farther – essential for shore fishing. If you really hate casting, you can get away with spinning reels if you’re targeting smaller Channel Catfish. Whatever s...
With the right knowledge and action, you can protect your fish from this potentially deadly disease. FishLab Note: Ich is short for Ichthyophthirius multifiliis. Much easier to say “Ich,” right? Pronounce it like ick. Contents Contents What is Ich? 1. Parasite stage 2. Intermediate ...
Keep calm and, if you’re helping someone else, try to keep them calm as well. This can be especially hard with children. Just make sure you reassure them it’ll be okay soon enough. Barbless hooks can be easy to remove. A treble hook like those used for catfish will be harder. Th...
is too ambiguous and overused for most people to know how to interpret. Taken outside the context of your overall diet, you can’t really determine whether a particular food is “healthy”. If you’re starving in the wild, I can guarantee you a gigantic cheesecake will be much healthier ...
For a Cajun spin on the holiday,The Gumbo Brosoffers a NOLA-inflected special for Cinco de Mayo. For a whopping $5, you can order two catfish tacos. The Boerum Hill eatery is what happens when Mardi Gras meets Cinco de Mayo. You can chow down on the tacos, get your hands dirty wi...
(100 to 150 days a season) and used as much as 0.5 to 0.75 pound of bait per trap. Crawfish farmers can obtain a comparable yield, but with significantly reduced costs, by selecting the appropriate bait or bait combination based on water temperature, not exceeding 0.33 pound...
(daddy didn’t care for the fruits of the sea, or the lake) so I learned how to cook salmon from my friend Shannon (who also taught mehow to fry catfish, incidentally). She just bakes it simply with lemon pepper and lemon juice, maybe some olive oil. I love it like that, but ...
But before we get into bait, a word on scent—human scent, in particular. A channel cat can detect dissolved substances down to as little as one part per 100 million. That means if something is edible, a catfish find it; if it’s unfamiliar or alarming, it’ll steer clear of it. ...
Of course, if the object is denser (and therefore heavier) than water, it doesn't matter how much water it displaces -- it will still sink. To ascend, a fish must reduce its overall density by increasing its volume without significantly increasing its mass. Most fish do this with ...