I caught this beauty while fishing for carp. I caught it on a mulberry popup boilie on a #6 Korda choddy rig. My rod was a Cabellas magtouch baitcaster with an Abu Garcia Revo Inshore and 40 lb Spiderwire.
4′ long and weighing 59 lbs this monster was caught on 1/3 of a gizzard shad on a 8/0 Gamagatsu circle hook with a 10 oz inline lead on the James River in Virginia.
A typical 26 lb’er from one of my favorite carp waters on the east coast. I caught this on a #6 Korda wide gap hook with a 3 oz inline lead baited with two kernels of corn. I landed it on my Daiwa Misson X 12′ 2.75lb rod and a Daiwa Windcast reel loaded with 40lb Spiderwire
A beautiful day fishing with my usual three rod set up on bit alarms.
A 30+ pound blue catfish on the Potomac. Caught with cut herring on a hi-lo rig and a 10′ Lamglass surf rod.
A nice 25 lb common carp caught on #6 Korda wide gap hook with maze on a hair rig. Used a Cabelas Mag Touch spinning rod with a Daiwa Regal Z bite-n-run reel and 20lb Spiderwire.
Surf fishing, carp fishing and cat fishing have a lot in common. Its all about bait fishing from shore. I caught this 38″ blue fish on the exact same rod, reel, line, rig, hooks and bait that I have used to catch big cats in freshwater.
This is how I learned to fish. Catching salmon and trout while growing up in Alaska.
25 lb blue catfish caught on cut shad and 8/0 circle hook.
Sometimes landing your fish requires going for a swim.
69 lb 49 inch blue catfish caught on the James River on cut shad and a fish finder rig.
46 lb blue catfish from the James River, caught on cut shad.
A wicked double: 41 lb and 30 lb at the same time from the James River.
A beautiful 40 lb blue catfish from the James River.
A 33 lb blue catfish from the James River, caught on cut shad.
30 lb blue catfish from the James River, caught on cut shad.
A nice 25 lb blue catfish caught on the James River.
24 lb blue catfish caught on cut shad from the James River.
A nice 20 lb carp I caught on my best winter stick mix: bread crumb and sweet corn coated in a Nash sweet corn attractant.
A nice little 10 lb blue cat caught on two kernels of corn and a pva stick mix.
A 53 lb flathead that I caught 6 feet from shore in the early morning.
A 8 lb channel catfish caught on cut shad and a 4/0 circle hook with a fish finder rig and a 2 oz inline lead.
I caught this 28 lb beauty on the Occoquan River using cut shad, 6/0 hook, a Cabelas mag touch 7′ bait caster and an Abu Garcia Revo Inshore with 40lb Spiderwire Stealth braid.
Another picture of the 28.25 lb blue catfish
A nice selfie of me and a respectable 10 lb blue catfish caught from my canoe on the Occoquan River, Va.
7 catfish ranging from about 10 lbs to about 20 lbs. 6 blue catfish and one channel catfish. Just like all the fish in these photos, all were released.
This 14 lb mirror carp from the Occoquan reservoir is kind of rare. We don’t get a lot mirror carp in Virginia.
19 lb common carp at Algonkian Regional Park,Va
A 29.5 lb grass carp I caught in Northern Virginia surface fishing with floater pellets. I was using a Daiwa Bite-n-run reel and a Chub Outkast 6′ stalker rod.
A 14 lb and 5 lb blue catfish from Occoquan Virginia. Caught on cut shad and a circle hook from kayak.
29 lb grass carp caught on surface pellets and Kryston Bogey using a 6′ Chub Outkast Stalker Rod and a Daiwa Reel.
Check out this catfish and carp double. Both caught on feed corn.
A beautiful average sized carp on a foggy workday morning.
A beautiful 20 lb carp caught on feed corn before work.
18 lb blue catfish caught on pro-cure chicken liver and an egg loop knot.
Two 18 lb blue catfish both caught on cured chicken liver with Pro-Cure and then released.
Landed a triple! Three channel catfish on three rods at the same time. All on plum boilies from Dynamite Baits.
24 lb blue catfish caught on frozen shad in the Occoquan river.
A nice blue catfish (24 lbs) caught on frozen shad on the Occoquan River in November.
26 lb blue catfish from the Occoquan River.
A nice 30 lb catfish caught on frozen shad.
20 lb common from Washington DC
42 lb blue catfish caught on live shad in Occoquan reservoir
channel cat caught on a live blue gill in Occoquan Reservoir.
channel catfish caught on live bait in Occoquan reservoir
Blue cat double on the potomac
A 40+, 30+ and 8 lb triple on the James River. All released CPR
42 lb blue cat on the James River. Caught on fresh cut shad.
My son Tommy salmon fishing in Whittier Alaska
pink salmon in Whittier Alaska
19 lb on cured corn
16 lb on cured corn
27 lb flathead caught on live bluegill.
37 lb flathead caught on live bluegill.
My son Tommy with a 25 lb flathead that he helped me with.
35 lb flathead on live bluegill.
10 lb channel cat on live bait, Occoquan Va.
12 lb channel cat on live bait, Occoquan Virginia
40.5 lb flathead caught on live shad.
nice channel caught on live shad.
38 lb flathead caught on live shad while on a date with my wife.
Nice little flathead caught ton live shad
19 lb carp on bird seed and corn.
43lb flathead in mid November on live shad
23 lb channel catfish caught on #6 blow back rig and enterprise pop up corn and a panko pack bait.
19 lb commn caught on my winter stick mix during a lunch break at work
A crucian carp caught on sweet corn
a 22 lb common carp caught on panko pack bait and jello
A nice 6-61/2 foot sandbar shark caught in Panama City Beach Florida, from the shore.
76 inch spinner shark caught in Panama City Beach Florida, from the shore.
A nice 5-6 foot sandbar shark caught in Panama City Beach Florida, from the shore.
A nice 5-6 foot spinner shark caught in Panama City Beach Florida, from the shore.
A nice 5-6 foot spinner shark caught in Panama City Beach Florida, from the shore.
39 lb Flathead caught on Live Shad
12 lb channel catfish on live shad
6.75 lb F1 carp (Crucian and common carp hybrid)
5 lb F1 Carp – Crucian Carp and Common Carp Hybrid. Caught on fake corn and a panko pack bait.
15 lb channel cat caught on live shad
blue catfish caught on live shad (24 lbs)
20 lb common carp in South Cherney UK caught on a zig bug
28 lb mirror carp from Cherry lakes UK caught on a freezer boilie and corn
30 lb blue catfish caught on bluegill.
A basket full of channel cats from a small pond, caught on bluegill
A nice blue cat with my son Nathan
Nathan’s first fishing trip and first mirror carp.
A snakehead caught in Northern Va.
Silver and bighead carp from KY caught with Steve Douglas
Tommy and some channel cats from a pond
Tommy and his British Rainbow trout
A nice british common carp on a zig bug
40 lb bighead carp from KY
A nice silver carp from KY
Tommy and I with a blue catfish from an overnight trip.
A nice little flathead from an overnight trip with Tommy.