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Fishing for Catfish: The Complete Guide for Catching Big Channells, Blues and Faltheads (The Freshwater Angler)

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...about finding, fishing for and even eating catfish appears in Keith Sutton's excellent Fishing for Catfish. Sutton edits Arkansas Wildlife magazine and is a well-known outdoors writer and photographer with other books to his credit. This book opens with an introduction to catfish of all sizes from around the world, then settles into the real heart of the matter--understanding where catfish live, what they like to eat, and the best ways to rig up your tackle and catch them all--from 12-inch bullheads to 100-pound flatheads. You'll find advice on hooks, sinkers, rods and reels, varieties of live and so-called "grocery-store" baits and recipes for homemade stinkbaits so obnoxious that only a catfish will love them. Sutton even teaches his readers how to clean their catch and cook it to perfection--Fishing for Catfish covers everything from the first thought--"I think I'll go fishing"--to the last one ("What a great dinner!"). The best testimonial I know is from a friend, an avowed bass and crappie angler who'd never targeted catfish in more than half a century of fishing. After he read Sutton's book, he bought a new rod worthy of big catfish and used Sutton's advice on the Arkansas River near his home--and caught fish the very first time out.

This book offers a great overview of the four most common types of freshwater catfish (channels, blues, flatheads, and bullheads) and the methods used to catch them. The author also covers the different bodies of water where catfish can be found, and different techniques for fishing these bodies of water. Sutton also goes into great detail about different catfish baits, tackle, and rigs. If you already know a lot about catfishing and want to learn more, this book isn't for you, however, if you want to learn the basics of several different methods of catfishing, I highly reccomend this book.

This book is the best on the subject. It contains a wealth of knowledge on all aspects of catfishing. "Fishing for Catfish" covers everything from catfish biology to every type of fishing method, gear, setups, etc. . The photographs and diagrams are exceptional. A great book for all experience levels.

If you have had trouble finding information on catfishing look no further, this book answers all your questions, with good "how to" information.

Good book, very informative and pretty detailed as to the why and what fors of how to do things.

The book I received was a hard covered book that was bent. The shipper shipped it in an envelope in which I think the mail man bent it to fit it in the mail box. For future reference it would be better if it were shipped in cardboard.