Forward-facing sonar ethics is not an argument about whether screens belong on boats. It is a practical question: how do we use powerful fishing electronics without letting the screen replace fish sense, water reading, patience, and respect for the resource? … Read the rest
Category: Pro-Tips
Heat Fishing Closures: Better Catfish Trips
Heat Fishing Closures can feel like a hard stop for a catfish crew that has bait ready, rods rigged, and a tournament-style plan in mind. I get it. But a smart angler treats heat advisories as part of trip strategy, … Read the rest
Young Anglers Event Tips from the Grom Squad
For young anglers, the best event is not the one with the loudest weigh-in table. It is the one where a kid gets a rod in hand quickly, understands what to do next, and feels like they belong on the … Read the rest
Large Tournament Tips for Serious Catfish Crews
Large Tournament Tips for the CATS Incredible Tournament have to start with one honest note: the provided research did not include an authoritative rules page, schedule, field size, waterbody, or verified event format for that specific tournament. So I’m not … Read the rest
When Summer Heat Pushes Catfish Out of Deep Water
Summer catfish oxygen levels can overturn the most familiar hot-weather rule in fishing: go deeper when the water gets hot. Deep water may be cooler, but when summer stratification cuts it off from surface mixing, it can become the least … Read the rest
South Florida Canal Catfishing: An Urban Fishing Guide
South Florida canal catfishing is easy to overlook because the water rarely looks wild. It runs behind shopping centers, beside subdivisions, and under highways where most anglers are thinking about peacock bass or snook—not catfish holding along the bottom.
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The Fish Are There. So Are the Snags: How to Work Spillways Without losing Every Rig
Catfish fishing near spillways looks simple from the bank: turbulent water, concentrated food, and deep cuts that seem built for feeding fish. The problem is that the same concrete, broken rock, cables, timber, and reverse current that hold catfish can … Read the rest
Florida Catfish Live Bait Laws: What’s Allowed?
Florida catfish live bait laws did not receive a statewide rewrite for 2026–2027, but the bait bucket is still easy to get wrong. A live bluegill can be legal on rod and reel yet illegal on a trotline, while an … Read the rest
Florida Channel Catfish Stocking: Where to Find Stocked Fish
Florida channel catfish stocking is one of the state’s most useful fishing programs and one of its most misunderstood. The headline is not simply that hatchery fish enter public water; it is that managers use different fish sizes, different waters, … Read the rest
How Catfish Find Food: Smell, Taste, and Vibration
Catfish don’t need clear water, or even daylight, to feed with precision. Understanding how catfish find food is less about mystery and more about reading a system built on chemistry and movement, one that most anglers only partially use.
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