How to Fish for Catfish

This is what your fresh water catfish should look like.

First off, pick an evening on one of your days off. Now I don’t know if you buy your worms or not. But I don’t buy them. And the reason why is because they are to easily taken off the hook, and chum is the same way. Personally, I get out the old shovel and find some damp soil and dig up fresh worms. Now there not as big as the one’s you buy at the store frig, but the catfish go crazy over them. And all you need to do to keep them alive, is put them in some kind of shade.

Now that you have dug up your fresh worms. Get your poles and tackle together, and maybe a chair or two. Get the cooler out and buy or get something out of the frig to eat and drink later. Stop by the store and pick up some ice or food products that you might want to bring along with you. Like a snack or something. Also if you don’t want to go by yourself, bring a friend or family member.

If you don’t know where to go. Or what catfish are safe to eat. Then here’s a hint. Don’t go fishing in saltwater. Go down to the creek, or some place with fresh water. And that is the catfish that you want to eat.

So you’re at the place you picked out, great. Get your gear and seats out. Find a tree and brake off a branch about 3 feet long and an inch thick with a forked end. Push the stick’s end without the forked end on it in the ground about a foot. Get your worms out and fix up your fishing line on your pole with just a weight and hook. Now feed the worm on the hook, making sure the hook is completely covered up. Cause if any part of the hook is seen by you, then the catfish will see it to. That means that you’re not going to get a bite.

Cast out your line as far as you can cast it. Let the weight and hook sink to the bottom of the creek. When your line goes slack. Set your pole down onto the forked stick to prop it up. Real the line up a little so it looks as if it is tight. Then set and wait. When your pole starts to jerk, pick it up easy like without jerking it. Wait a minute or two. Because the catfish like to nibble and jerk the line a few times, as if they were playing with it. Now as soon as you feel a huge tug on your pole, then rear back the pole to set the hook in its mouth. Then start reeling it in. To tell when your getting good at fishing for catfish is when you just about know when that huge tug is coming. Timing your jerk back at the exact time of the huge jerk. And If it doesn’t want to reel in that easy. Then play the catfish out. That means reel and rear back on the pole , then leaning it forward without reeling. Do this until the catfish stops fighting you as much, or until you get the catfish on the bank.

Congrats! You are now enjoying catching catfish!