Generally speaking, flatheads catfish are predators that like to ambush live fish. Blue and channel catfish ... The options for catfish bait are as varied as their diets, but it’s always best to think ...

Minnows are most effective as live bait, so they are best kept alive in a livewell or bait bucket, although some species, such as catfish, will still eat them dead. One of the most common -- and ...

Channel catfish are prone to feed heavily during early spring, cleaning up small fish that died over the winter.

Bryan "Catfish" Konczak caught a big flathead catfish at Braidwood Lake last week to earn Fish of the Week honors. Surveys by ...