Catfish
Don’t turn your nose up at fishing catalpa worms for catfish
Catalpa worms are unusual but great baits for bream and catfish. The worms are best this time of the year, fresh-picked off a catalpa tree.[…]
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Catfish
Denham Springs woman lands blue catfish that’s all-white
Katie Purvis Johns was fishing along the Bonnet Carré Spillway with her husband and daughter when she caught a 19-pound leucistic catfish.[…]
Catfish
Species spotlight: Blue catfish
Blue catfish are highly adaptable and live in almost any type of freshwater; lakes, ponds, creeks, swamps or rivers.[…]
Catfish
Rigging your catfish boat
Description: Want to rig your boat for frequent bouts with catfish? Here’s how to outfit and rig the hull to make fishing a breeze or a battle.[…]
Catfish
Two catfish eat family of ducks
Nick Price has cleaned plenty of catfish in his life, but none of that prepared him for what he found cleaning two of his Dec. 12 catches.[…]
Fishing
LDWF to bring Get Out and Fish! fishing program to Houma and Franklinton
The LDWF and the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Foundation have added two new parks to the Get Out and Fish! community fishing program.[…]
Fishing Reports
TomBigbee cat
Slidell’s Ethan Christoffer, 12, with a catfish caught on live brim while fishing the TomBigbee in Mississippi on Sept. 5, 2020.
Fishing Reports
Best fishing buddies
Gerald Gibson and his all time fishing buddy Raymond caught this huge catfish on a noodle using their homemade hotdogs as bait while fishing in Toledo Bend on the morning of August 1, 2020.
Fishing Reports
1st Catfish
Adley Crittenden, Private pond with Poppie (Mike Brantley)
Field Reports
Ouachita River Catfish
Makayla Lee caught this monster catfish on fresh bream while night fishing on the Ouachita River in West Monroe, Louisiana.
Catfish
String up a few big Opelousas catfish this summer
Trotlines or stump lines? Here’s how Louisiana anglers can ‘string up’ some big Opelousas catfish, aka flatheads this summer.[…]
Catfish
Species Spotlight: Flathead catfish
Flathead catfish make a big splash wherever they show up. They are highly adaptable to a wide range of waters and can live in very harsh conditions.[…]
Catfish
Finding catfish is easy at False River
Those who have fished False River this spring and early summer understand why it could easily be renamed Catfish Lake because of the great catfish fishing.[…]
Catfish
Reader Report: Flathead catfish
Greg King of Bush had an awesome weekend in Bogue Chitto on April 18 and 19. He landed a 68-pound flathead on the 18th and la 70-pounder on the 19th.[…]
Catfish
Reader Report: Jacob Howat’s catfish
Jacob Howat was running catfish lines along the batture of the Mississippi River when he caught a leucistic catfish that weighed 5 pounds, 1 ounce.[…]
Catfish
Catfish run in Lower Atchafalaya River is something to behold
River shrimp are the ticket to big blue and channel catfish catches on the Atchafalaya River in Morgan City for the next 10 weeks.[…]