Channel Catfish - North Texas Fishing Guide Service for Channel Catfish

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NORTH TEXAS FISHING GUIDE FOR CHANNEL CATFISH

North Texas Catfish Guide Service offers guided fishing trips for Channel Catfish on North Texas area lakes, while our preference is to fish for Blue Catfish we do on occasion have clients who request guided fishing trips for Channel Catfish. In addition, there are a few lakes we offer our guided fishing trips on that have better populations of Blue Catfish than Channel Catfish, and at certain times of the year the fishing for Channel Catfish can be excellent.

Fishing for Channel Catfish can be excellent our our guided catfish fishing trips at Lake Lewisville, Cedar Creek Lake, Eagle Mountain Lake, Lake Fairfield, Lake Limestome and The Brazos River.

Fishing for Channel Catfish we will use a number of different techniques and baits for finding and catching channel catfish, including fish with cut bait for channel catfish, fishing soured grain baited holes for channel catfish, drift fishing for channel catfish (drifting), doodlesocking for channel catfish, cormorant catfishing (splat fishing or fishing the water turkeys) and day or night fishing trips area available (night fishing trips available only in June, July and August for Channel Catfish.

Channel Catfish can be caught during the day just as easily at night. The man reason for some people to fish at night during the summer is to beat the summer heat. There is no truth to the old wives tale that catfish bite better at night.

Baits used when fishing for Channel Catfish are Threadfin Shad, Gizzard Shad, Sure Shot Catfiah Punch Bait and Rednecks Catfish Bait Soap.

Information Courtesy of Texas Parks and Wildlife Department

Channel Catfish (Ictalurus Punctatus)

Ictalurus is greek and puctatus is Latin meaning "fish cat" and "spotted". Channel Catfish are easily distinguished from all other catfish except blue catfish by their deeply forked tail fin.. Unlike flathead catfish, the upper jaw projects beyond the lower jaw. Coloration is olive brown to slate blue on the back and sides, shading to silvery white on the belly. Typicaly numerous small black spots are present but may be obscured in large adults. The anal fin has 24-9 soft rays, in contrast to the blue catfish which always has 30 or more rays in the anal fin.

Channel catfish spawn in late spring or early summer when water temperatures reach 75°F. Males select nest sites which are normally dark secluded areas such as cavities in drift piles, logs, undercut banks, rocks, cans, etc. A golden-yellow gelatinous egg mass is deposited in the bottom of the nest. Males guard the nest, and may actually eat some of the eggs if they are disturbed. The eggs, if not devoured, typically hatch in about a week. Fry remain in the nest, under the guardianship of the male, for about another week. In clear water, young fish appear to be much more susceptible to predation and survival rates during the first year of life are much lower. Channel catfish less than 4 inches in length feed primarily on small insects. Adults are largely omnivorous, feeding on insects, mollusks, crustaceans, fish, and even some plant material. Sexual maturity is reached in two or three years in captivity, whereas data from natural populations indicates channel catfish in Texas reach sexual maturity in 3-6 years. Most are mature by the time they reach 12 inches in length.

Channel catfish are most abundant in large streams with low or moderate current.

Channel catfish are native to North America east of the Rockies from southern Canada, south into northeastern Mexico, and east of the Appalachians with the exception of much of the coastal plain north of Florida. The species has been widely introduced in other areas as far west as California. Today channel catfish range throughout Texas, however, it is believed that the species was not native to the upper Rio Grande and Pecos basins.

Channel catfish ranks behind only bass and crappie as the most preferred fish to catch in Texas. Popular with trotliners as well as rod-and-reel anglers, channel cats may be captured on a wide variety of baits including liver, worms, grasshoppers, shrimp, chicken, cheese and stinkbait, among others. Undoubtedly, part of the reason for their popularity is their delicious flavor when cooked. Channel catfish in excess of 36 pounds have been landed in Texas waters. The North American record stands at 58 pounds.

Lake Lewisville Catfish

Client from Temple Texas and a 35 Lb Trophy Blue Catfish caught on rod and reel while catfishing with North Texas Catfish Guide Service on a Trophy Catfishing Trip.

Catching Fresh Shad for Catfish Bait

Fresh Shad is the Bait of Choice for Blue Catfish Fishing with North Texas Catfish Guide Service on our guided catfishing trips. We catch fresh shad for catfish bait each morning before our clients arrive for their catfishing trip.

Texas Trophy Blue Catfish

The Bishops from Bowie Texas Cauught this nice Trophy Blue Catfish while Catfishing with North Texas Catfish Guide Service. While this is not a huge blue catfish, it's a great photograph!

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Jackie Kennedy of North Texas catfish Guide Service and a Trophy Blue Catfish from Cedar Creek Lake.

Cedar Creek Lake Blue Catfish

Steve Kitchens from Idalou Texas (Lubbock area) and a Cedar Creek Lake Trophy Blue Catfish caught while catfishing with North Texas Catfish Guide Service on a guided fishing trip for Trophy Blue Catfish. Steve regularly drives in from West Texas for some great catfishing with North Texas Catfish Guide Service.

Lake Lewisville Trophy Catfish

Robert Varnell from Lancaster Texas and a couple of Trophy Blue Catfish caught with North Texas Catfish Guide Service on a guided catfish fishing trip. It's not uncommon during the peak of our Trophy Catfishing to have two or three big texas blue catfish on the lines at one time.

Cedar Creek Lake Catfish

Robert Varnell and another huge Texas Blue Catfish caught while catfishing with North Texas Catfish Guide Service.

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Big Monster Texas Catfish

Joe Moore of Corsicana Texas and some Trophy Blue catfish caught while Trophy catfishing for BIG MONSTER Texas Catfish with North Texas Catfish Guide Service! Trophy Catfishing with North Texas Catfish Guide Service is great at Cedar Creek and Lewisville Lakes.

Big Monster Texas Catfish Guide

Releasing a Trophy Catfish after taking photographs. At North Texas Catfish Guide Service we release ALL CATFISH OVER 10 LBS so they can be caught another day and so they can stay in our lakes to spawn and maintain catfish populations.

Fort Worth Texas Fishing

Scott Horton of Fort Worth Texas with his wife and dad from Midland Texas and a big Texas Trophy Blue Catfish caught while catfishing with North Texas Catfish Guide Service on a catfishing trip.

Dallas Texas Fishing

More clients from West Texas (Midland Texas) and a Lake Lewisville Trophy Blue Catfish caught while catfishing with North Texas Catfish Guide Service. North Texas Catfish Guide Service Trophy Catfishing Trips are popular with clients from Midland, Lubbock, Abilene, Amarillo and all of West Texas.

Texas Flathead Catfish Fishing Guide

Chad Ferguson and Jackie Kennedy of North Texas Catfish Guide Service and a Trophy Flathead Catfish caught on Rod and Reel. This big Flathead Catfish bottomed out the 50 Lb Scales. It's weight was estimated at about 57 Lbs. We release all Flathead Catfish over 10 Lbs after taking Photographs.

. Catching Big Texas Catfish with a Guide

Rick, Scooter and Kenny from Arlington Texas and a Big Texas Trophy Blue Catfish caught with North Texas Catfish Guide Service on a Guided Catfish Fishing Trip.

Winter Flathead Catfish Texas

Rick, Scooter and Kenny again with 47 Lb Flathead Catfish caught just a few minutes after the Blue Catfish picture above on their guided catfish fishing trip.

North Texas Catfish Guide Chad Ferguson

Chad Ferguson of North Texas Catfish Guide Service and HUGE Blue Catfish caught on Rod and Reel. You cannot go wrong when catfishing for Trophy Catfish with North Texas Catfish Guide Service on Lake Lewisville or Cedar Creek Lake.

North Texas Catfish Guide Jackie Kennedy

Jackie Kennedy of North Texas Catfish Guide Service and a 40 Lb Lake Lewisville Trophy Blue Catfish caught in October on Lake Lewisville.

Blue Catfish Fishing Guide in Texas

The Hamners from Waxahachie Texas and Tyler The Aggie Son with Three Limits of North Texas Blue Catfish caught on a catfishing trip with North Texas Blue Catfish in April. Spring Catfishing Is GREAT!

Lake Lewisville Fishing Guide

Lance Halfmann from Keller Texas and a limit of nice Lake Lewisville Blue Catfish caught on rod and reel in May and the biggest fish he had ever caught weighing in at 10 Lbs while catfishing with North Texas Catfish Guide Service on Lake Lewisville. Lance limited out in about 2 hours.

Lake Lewisville Guide Fishing

Chad Jones and Father from Fort Worth Texas and 2 Limits of Lake Lewisville Blue Catfish Caught on Rod and Reel. Lake Lewisville Catfish were Red Hot today and we caught some nice gar, gaspergoo and even a black bass on our Lake Lewisville Fishing Guide Trip.