Category: Big Cats & Gear

The Penn Fierce V gives catfish anglers a fresh spinning-reel option that deserves a practical look, not a trophy-case speech. PENN released the Fierce V spinning reels and combos in September 2026, with standard reels listed from about $99.95 to … Read the rest

The Penn Fierce V arrived in September 2026 with the kind of updates catfish anglers should study before pairing a reel with heavy sinkers, cut bait, braid, and big-river current. PENN released the new spinning reels and combos with a … Read the rest

The PENN Fierce V arrived as a new reel family for anglers who ask hard questions before putting gear in front of big fish. PENN announced the series in September 2026, and as of October 20, 2026, the reels and … Read the rest

Tar After Dark Gear choices need to be set before the first bait hits the Tar River on October 17, 2026. The Championship Round is scheduled for Port Terminal Rd in Greenville, North Carolina, with team-based competition, the whole Tar … Read the rest

Catfish Showdown Gear should not be a last-minute pile of rods, sinkers, and hope. Big-cat events reward crews that can change presentations without turning the boat into a yard sale. If the current speeds up, the bait gets ignored, or … Read the rest

Ropeless Gear Regulations are not a catfish rulebook, and that is exactly why sport anglers should pay attention before the dock talk gets sloppy. The current federal action is centered on trap and pot fisheries, especially lobster, Jonah crab, and … Read the rest

Gear Management Updates in the Greater Atlantic Region may sound like commercial-fishery paperwork, but the practical lesson reaches every angler who owns traps, anchors, planer boards, heavy sinkers, landing gear, or big-cat tackle. The message is simple: know what you … Read the rest

Fall catfish gear has to do more than survive a hard pull. It has to place fresh bait in travel lanes, hold bottom in changing current, and help you adjust as blue, channel, and flathead catfish shift from summer feeding … Read the rest

A big flathead catfish is exactly the kind of fish that makes an angler forget everything else living in the river for a few minutes. But recent North Florida flathead catfish sampling is raising a harder question: what happens when … Read the rest

Florida anglers have been taught for generations to find the deepest water in August and put a bait on the bottom. That advice is not useless, but it becomes dangerous when summer catfish deep holes are treated as automatic fish … Read the rest