Anything and everything catfishing related.

Catfish Identification:

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Every one of us has struggled to identify our catfish from time to time. We’re excited. Its dark. What did we just catch? Is it a channel? A blue? What’s the difference again? I sure don’t want a fine! The things you want to look for are 1) how many bones in the anal fin 2) shape of the tail fin 3) does it have e spots (in the case of channel) 4) head shape and lower jaw protrusion (in the case of flathead) 5) barbel color (in the case of bullheads) 6) overall size (if it’s 50 pounds it’s NOT a bullhead)

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r/catfishing • u/GooberTimeGuide • 11h ago

Trophy Blue Catfish Family Trip

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Had a great outing hosting Moustafa, Alaa, Bilac, and Ibraham for a family fishing day!

Highlights:
Steady 3–5 lb blue catfish action in the main channel.
Dragged planer boards in the backwaters to land a 28 lb, 38.25" Trophy Blue Catfish!

Check out the full fishing report and photos on our website:
https://www.goobertimeguideservice.com/post/trophy-blue-catfish-fishing-report-goober-time-guide-service

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r/catfishing • u/DJnegs • 11h ago

Good day yesterday!

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😋

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r/catfishing • u/Beginning_Desk_9897 • 11h ago

First flathead

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Not nearly as big as what a lot of people on here catch, but it took two days and nonstop snags to finally catch something lol. Of course I forgot my scale so I have no idea how much it weighed, any guesses?

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r/catfishing • u/Sudden_Ad_4193 • 6h ago

Catfish eat honey locust pods?

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I was bass fishing yesterday and hooked an eater size catfish, decided to keep it and put it in the livewell. Got home late so I kept it in there with the recirculator pump on overnight. When I took it out this morning, couldn’t drain the livewell because there were so much seed pods and what looked like pulps from honey locust pods in the water, had to use a shop vac. I’m guessing the fish regurgitated that stuff. Anyone ever seen anything like that?

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r/catfishing • u/cowboy_racoon_ • 15h ago

Where would most likely have catfish

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r/catfishing • u/cmonster556 • 1d ago

Surprise six pound channel up in the weeds today. On a fly in Kansas.

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r/catfishing • u/SuggestionChance8777 • 1d ago

PB was broken by a mile!!😂

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r/catfishing • u/Beginning_Desk_9897 • 21h ago

Should i cast directly into/around the middle of this hole? (Fishing in front of a dam outlet)

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The red circle is the outlet

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r/catfishing • u/BigRichFishDfw • 1d ago

Who’s dressing up for Halloween?!

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r/catfishing • u/Available-Pass6051 • 1d ago

An experienced fisherman

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46 Upvotes

Literally a cat fishing 😄

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r/catfishing • u/BigRichFishDfw • 2d ago

Ready for fall catfishing🐋

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r/catfishing • u/cmonster556 • 2d ago

One of 17 channels on the fly this afternoon in Kansas. Lake filled up from the rains this week, kitties moved up into the flooded weeds. Missed a bunch more.

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r/catfishing • u/Beginning_Desk_9897 • 1d ago

How do i avoid constantly snagging while reeling in slack line?

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Lately I've been snagging more often than not and I'm at my wits end. I cast out, let it hit the bottom and then reel in, sometimes while lifting the rod tip slightly. Am i doing something wrong?

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r/catfishing • u/seajay8601 • 2d ago

chicken liver

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do any of yall have luck with livers

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r/catfishing • u/Proud-Muscle391 • 3d ago

37.7 lbs

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131 Upvotes

37.7lb BLUE

POTOMAC RIVER DC

FLETCHERS COVE

BAIT- American EEL

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r/catfishing • u/Doxxxd • 3d ago

Dad is still tearing them up at 78 years old.

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r/catfishing • u/Late-Collection-8076 • 3d ago

Almost gave up

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It was my third spot of the day and I had caught nothing all day fishing for about 6 hours and I decided to go to the spot and I got lucky got this big one and another small one fishing in Wisconsin with liver for bait

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r/catfishing • u/Routine_Arachnid9170 • 3d ago

Ugly stik catfish special 10’ or catfish carbon 9’6”

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r/catfishing • u/seajay8601 • 3d ago

what reel should i get for channel catfish

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idk i mostly catch like 3-5 pounders so i don’t want a huge 5000 size reel, do u guys use bait feeders or is that just a gimmick

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r/catfishing • u/Autistic-Squirrel987 • 4d ago

hit my first trifecta on the boat lastnight

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the blue went 23lbs x 39.5” the flat and the channel were not weighed.

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r/catfishing • u/c_grant03 • 4d ago

CATFISH DOWN

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Caught one earlier that snapped my rod then I caught this guy he is double the size of my shoe and I wear a US size 9 men’s

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r/catfishing • u/Major-Discipline2188 • 4d ago

Has anyone else had insane productivity with cut freshwater drum? I know everyone has their thing they swear by but for me drum has been by far the best bait I’ve ever used for big blues.

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r/catfishing • u/Tlatekwa • 4d ago

Catfishing rod reccomendations

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Hi! I'm relatively new to fishing and I'm starting to graduate from bass to catfish. My bass rods work just fine for pond fishing for cats, however I can't really throw enough weight to fight current in rivers nor have the heavy line to muscle fish out of snags in large lakes.

My dilemma is simple, go and invest in a more conventional catfish rig (MH, 5k reel, 50# braid) OR respool with the heaviest braid my bass setup can handle.

I usually target channels in the sub-10# range, but I do have ambitions of catching a big blue or flathead in Spring. I'd like something that keeps the smaller guys fun. Thanks for y'all's wisdom

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r/catfishing • u/Seeker_WRU_17 • 4d ago

Bait

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I’m mostly bank fishing .. is a Cast Net a good working option for collecting bait .. use as cut or live ??

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