big fish fight INCOMING. Today we're looking for that fantastic channel catfish bite, and do we ever find it! I'm using the catch-a-cat loaded with my own cut bait mix and a large octopus-style hook.

Kadence Oliver of Chandler loves the big bite, especially when a whiskered fish with a weight problem chomps down on a hapless live perch scrambling for its life. A nasty scuffle always follows once ...

While learning about the winter habits of bass and crappie, I had to ask Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Inland Fisheries Division biologists about two other major freshwater fisheries, catfish ...