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Fishing for Catfish on Wheeler Lake

Fishing for Catfish on Wheeler Lake

The water underneath the power lines hold larger catfish—here’s why. We were idling out from the Mallard Creek Recreation Area boat ramp enroute to an area near the Brown’s Ferry Nuclear Plant cooling water intakes—less than two miles from the launch ramp. We had met...
Five Anglers Share Their Cobia Fishing Tips

Five Anglers Share Their Cobia Fishing Tips

 “Cobia fishing is a lot like deer hunting,” an angler said. “You look, wait, and sometimes see one. Then you have to be ready!”      Every spring, the Gulf waters start to warm and when they do a wonderful thing happens.  One day toward the beginning of spring,...
Chasing Big Browns: Cobia Fishing Tips

Chasing Big Browns: Cobia Fishing Tips

Fishing for cobia requires hours of watching and cruising the beaches. Here are some cobia fishing tips to help anglers get their catch.   The Gulf Coast sun is bright, the spring air is getting warm, and the tourists on the beach stare at the parade of big boats...
Bed Fishing for Bass

Bed Fishing for Bass

It’s not bedtime for anglers who want some fine sight bed fishing for bass action   The sun had risen some hours before, but the angler in the bass boat was still working hard. The trolling motor held the boat about 60 feet off the shallow shoreline of a big...
Limblines for River Cats

Limblines for River Cats

Veteran angler or not, the right bait, swivel, line and hook size play a big part in limblining catfish. My brother and I had just beached our kayaks on the Leaf River in southeast Mississippi when an older gentleman pulled up to the launch in a 12-foot flat bottom....

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