No other catfishing book focuses on southern rivers and reservoirs, where this type of fishing is most popular. Beyond looking at species, habitats, gear, and strategies from the perspective of the southern catfisher, Catfishing in the South includes detailed looks at several of the South’s premier destinations for heavyweight catfish. The book is not specifically about trophy catfish. In fact, it includes a chapter on bullheads and another on fishing in ponds from the bank. However, the tremendous size that flathead and blue catfish can attain undeniably enhances their appeal, so Samsel gives big-cat baits and strategies plenty of attention and profiles trophy-catfish destinations in chapters on various hotspots.
Relying on his own experience and on the expertise of individual veteran catfishers, some of whose faces show up in the thirty photographs that illustrate the book, Samsel provides readers with all the tools they need for finding and catching all kinds of catfish from southern waters.
