Years of experience and practice are the key to catching big catfish successfully, but knowing the best catfish bait to use and how to properly set up catfish traps play a major role in bringing in a good catch. Whether you are using a usual rod and reel, making a throw line or a jug line or setting up a catfish trap with mesh wires, you need to carefully consider which materials to use in order to insure good results.

The Lamiglas Salmon and Steelhead fishing rod is the type of rod that outperforms all others because of it’s versatility, it was designed for large fish such as salmon but because of it’s light weight and sturdiness anglers have found that other forms of fishing is more fun when using his fishing rod. It is very comfortable and sensitive making it a lot easier to sit for prolonged periods of fish inactivity until there is some interest in your bait and you will feel even the slightest nudges.

Fishermen are always on the lookout for the best reel to use. The baitcasting reel is a top pick with professional anglers. The baitcasting reel allows the angler to have greater accuracy when casting.

Most amateur and professional catfish fishers dream of catching a trophy fish. Being able to successfully reel in a prize catch like a 130 pound catfish beats out all the stress and effort of relentlessly waiting for the fish to actually take the bait.

What’s the best kind of baits for flathead catfish? Will they eat almost anything? Can you make your own catfish baits cheaply?