. Soaking cut bait has a bit of a stigma of being dumbed-down fishing, but there’s actually a lot of science and technique that goes into the proper hacking, rigging, and fishing of a bloody, dripping ...

But neither angler thinks it is necessary to catch catfish, so long as a quality bait is figured into the equation. "My bait starts to dissolve as soon as it hits the water," Collivin said. "It ...

In 50-some years of catfishing and writing about catfishing, I’ve often fielded the question, “What do catfish eat?” The short answers is, whatever they can fit into their mouths, including aquatic ...

Lovell, an old-timer at the bait tanks, and newcomer Nathan Buscher spent some time with me Wednesday going over live bait, "natural bait," dough baits and, my personal favorite, stinky "dip" baits.