Big Frig Tumbler vs. Yeti Rambler All of us know that the tumblers on the market are great for keeping hot things hot and cold things cold. I decided to compare a Big Frig tumbler to a Yeti. To set up this test I used two room temperature tumblers. I put eight (8) ice cubes […]

As we go through life, we often hear the phrase “think out of the box.” How many times at work have you heard the boss say; “we have to think outside the box, that is how we survive in this business.”  Some call that creative thinking while others call it a deviation from the norm […]

Catching Catfish during Spawn Isn’t That Bad If there is one time of the catfishing season that delivers the most complaints, the most negative attitude and the most arguments about how to catch a channel catfish, it is the spawn and the post spawn.  These times happen every year whether we like it or not […]

Spring Time Channel Cats As spring fever begins to subside, rivers and lakes begin to warm.  The northern rivers and lakes begin to open up after a long winter of being sealed up from the world by ice.  In the Midwest, The world of the channel catfish begins to take hold for another year and […]

High water in rivers, one of the scariest situations many catfish anglers have to deal with.  Not just water that is higher than normal but water that is near or above flood stage.  Many catfish anglers choose to stay home and wait for a better day.  Only a few understand the magic that awaits in […]

Low Water Catfish Over the better part of the last decade low water has really not been an issue to deal with when catfishing, especially here in the North Country.  The talk in most catfish circles is anglers wishing the water would go down to get a boat in or once they get a boat […]

In this day and age we all have the insatiable desire to learn as much as we can about what we love to do, in this case catfishing.  From what is the sharpest hook to what is the best way to side image a hole full of catfish and set up on them.  All of […]