Warren Kreutziger’s homemade catfish bait includes cheese, peanut butter, evaporated blood and polyfill to hold it on a treble hook. Michael Pearce The Wichita Eagle MARION RESERVOIR – Warren ...

Bar soap has kind of fallen out of popular favor. You might still see a worn-down green blob of Irish Spring at fish or duck camp, but the average home shower is now loaded with gels and scrubs, or ...

TOLEDO — A rising star in the world of catfish baits is causing quite a stink. Cole Cheese Bait is available directly from the family or by mail order; call 849-3012 for details. The Cole family also ...

Hooks for catfish have a two-part assignment: To hold onto the bait and then hold onto the catfish once it bites. But it isn’t as simple as it sounds. Every hook isn’t built the same, and each style ...

This story originally featured on Field & Stream. For most serious anglers, it was their family and friends who showed them the basics of the sport. But not everyone was lucky enough to have been ...