Category: Big Cats & Gear

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

New anglers hear big fish stories, buy one oversized hook, and hope the river fills in the blanks. That is a rough way to learn. Smart big cats gear starts with a balanced setup: enough rod to steer a heavy … Read the rest

Florida’s new blue catfish record could have been dismissed as one extraordinary fish in one extraordinary moment. The problem with that explanation is that Suwannee River blue catfish have kept showing up at heavyweight sizes months after the record was … Read the rest

LiveScope 2 catfish fishing sounds compelling on paper: see fish, bait and structure in real time, then decide whether a spot deserves a bait before wasting tournament time. Garmin’s July 2026 LiveScope 2 launch pushes that idea farther with the … Read the rest

The right King Kat gear matters because the 2026 King Kat Classic is scheduled for August 22-23, 2026, on the Mississippi River near Memphis, Tennessee, and big river catfish can punish weak tackle fast. This is not the trip for … Read the rest

Trophy catfish bank fishing gear should do two jobs that often fight each other: handle a violent fish and remain mobile enough to reach the best water. The winning setup is not the biggest pile of equipment on the bank. … Read the rest

The Florida blue catfish record is more than a giant-fish headline. A 73.6-pound blue catfish tied to the Suwannee River forces anglers to think harder about where trophy cats actually live, how they feed, and why obvious water is not … Read the rest

The West Virginia blue catfish record is not just another big-fish headline for anglers to admire and forget. A 71-pound blue catfish from the Ohio River shows how trophy catfishing is becoming a more serious pursuit, where heavier gear, better … Read the rest

The Florida blue catfish record did more than put one giant fish in the books. It gave catfish anglers a fresh reason to look harder at the Suwannee River, especially as summer conditions begin to shape where big fish feed, … Read the rest