Rick Clunn’s topwater strategy tips are a useful reminder that surface fishing is not just a shallow-bank trick. For bass anglers, the real lesson is control: control the pause, control the sound, control the angle, and control your confidence when … Read the rest
Florida Catfish Fishing Line Recycling and Disposal
A fishing-line recycling tube at a Florida boat ramp is not a general tackle trash can. It can accept clean monofilament and fluorocarbon line, but not braided line, wire leaders, hooks, or sinkers. For catfish anglers who regularly fish around … Read the rest
PENN Fierce V Reels: Big Cat Gear Notes
The PENN Fierce V arrived as a new reel family for anglers who ask hard questions before putting gear in front of big fish. PENN announced the series in September 2026, and as of October 20, 2026, the reels and … Read the rest
Resilient Catfishing After Guana Preserve Alert
Resilient Catfishing starts with reading water before reading your rod tip. On September 22, 2026, dead fish, including trophy-sized speckled sea trout and redfish, began washing up along shorelines at Guana Preserve in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, according to local … Read the rest
Lead-Free Catfish Sinkers: Florida Rig Choices Explained
A catfish rig lost in a Florida river is frustrating, but the consequence can extend beyond the price of a sinker. Lead weights left in waterways can be swallowed by birds. Switching to a lead-free sinker reduces that particular hazard, … Read the rest
Catfish Electronics Lessons From Sept. 2026
Catfish electronics earned serious attention in CatfishNOW’s September 2026 fishing gear coverage, and for good reason: the best tools are no longer just depth numbers on a small screen. The useful lesson for trophy-cat anglers is simple. Electronics should help … Read the rest
Florida Catfish ID: Channel, Blue, White and Bullheads
A whiskered fish from a Florida lake or river is not automatically a channel catfish. The quickest useful check is the tail: a deep fork suggests channel or blue catfish; a more modest fork can point toward a white catfish; … Read the rest
Minn Kota System Tactics For Better Boat Control
The Minn Kota System officially launched on October 6, 2026, and it gave sport anglers a new way to think about boat control, mapping, sonar, trolling motors, shallow-water anchors, and app-based setup as one working package. Minn Kota described the … Read the rest
Ecosystem Health and NOAA Fishing Proposals
As of October 17, 2026, ecosystem health has become a practical planning issue for anglers, not just a policy phrase tossed around in agency meetings. NOAA’s recent fishing actions show how gear rules, stock science, area closures, and habitat protection … Read the rest
Deep-Water Fishing Techniques for Better Bites
Deep-water fishing techniques are not about lobbing a bait into the abyss and hoping a bass feels charitable. Recent tournament results showed a sharper pattern: deep fish may be suspended, tracking bait, and forcing anglers to cast, count, control, and … Read the rest