Anytime someone talks about fishing tactics, I'm interested. To me, it's fascinating to learn the hows, whys and wherefores of fishing. Dick Zimmer recently sent me an e-mail that offered up a couple ...

William Oliver loves the big bite. Oliver is a 39-year-old multi-species fishing guide from Chandler. He catches plenty of slab-sized crappie, white bass and black bass, but what makes his guide ...

1, Live bait is a must if you want catch flathead catfish. True or false? 2, The law strictly prohibits using yellow bass (bar fish) or crappie for catfish bait. True or false? 3, How many hooks may a ...

William Oliver loves the big bite. Oliver is a 39-year-old multi-species fishing guide from Chandler. He catches plenty of slab-sized crappie, white bass and black bass, but what makes his guide ...

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Michigan's flathead catfish record was shattered after a Newport man caught a 64.46-pound, 45-inch fish in Plum Creek in Monroe County. Codie Carlson was early morning bowfishing on June 29, when he ...

MONROE COUNTY, Mich., (WPBN/WGTU) -- A Newport man is a state-record holder after he reeled in a massive flathead catfish, weighing in at 64.46 pounds and measuring 45 inches. The Michigan DNR said ...

There is a new flathead catfish state record, and it’s not even close. While bowfishing recently in Monroe County, an angler from Newport, Michigan, caught a new state-record fish: a flathead catfish ...

There are two kinds of catfish in our area. The channel catfish swims in almost every river, stream, pond and lake. The flathead catfish is a much rarer animal, located mostly in rivers, or so I ...