june 26, 2009 05:31am

YouTubers are catching cats with the Secret 7!

Here is a email that was sent to Team Catfish via YouTube member GwillE100.

"GwillE100 has made a comment on the video Easy catfish bait for everyone!:

just recieved my secret 7 pail in the mail yesterday couldnt wait to try it out. so i grabbed my my poles and took of to the local lake that same night. WOW! this stuff really works! my son and i caught four nice size channels in the first 25min!! GO TEAM CATFISH!!!!"

june 22, 2009 06:31am

Jason Birdges has a super night in AL!

Team Catfish,

Me and a old friend that I went to high school with hit upper wheeler last night...I don't know about everybody else but it is miserably hot down here right now during the day...I love the river at night and it was a good night.There was no jet skis, no cabin cruisers and there was not a cloud in the sky...We had the river all to ourself...

We didn't catch quantity but we had quality with a 20,45,50,and 60lb blue...



All fish caught in 10 to 20 feet on skipjack with a 8/0 double action hooks, sinker slides, and sinker bumpers...

I would like to say THANKS again to TEAM CATFISH for their great products....



THANKS
JASON BRIDGES

june 18, 2009 07:12am

Big Channel Cats in WI like the Secret 7!

Team,

i use all of your guys other products but we burn through the secret 7 so fast it would be nice to have a retailer closer heres a pic of a 30 " channel cat we got using your products thanks again



roger carlson,
bangor, wisconsin


Nice cat Roger! We need to find a tackle shop near you!

june 14, 2009 02:08pm

JR takes 3rd place at Brownville Nebraska

Hello Team Catfish......

just thought i'd let ya know we had or 2nd tournament of the year with our club at brownville nebraska. we placed 3rd only out of about 11 boats. but i would like to tell ya i was using 8/0 double action and 6/0 jackhammers. we ended up with a total of 5 flathead and about 16 pounds.

i also used some dead red on a dead creek chub that was cut in half and had one hell of a fish on till he spit the hook out.. i'm guessing the fish was evry bit of 50 pounds he had my e cat #4 almost touching the water when i got it out of the holder and started to work him in for some reason he spit it out just to let ya know i was using an 8/0 gammakatsu octopus on that one.

but any how thanks for making some good products i will be ordering some more hooks from you with in the next couple of weeks.

also thanks for all the great videos!


www.morivercats.com
JR


Nice work Jr.......Sounds like good times!

june 09, 2009 04:58pm

Christian Hernandez likes the SECRET 7 catfish bait!

Here his the email he sent us!

Thank you Team Catfish, your Super Secret 7 Stink Bait works!!!



Kind Regards,
Christian Hernandez

june 04, 2009 07:08am

Pictures from Canyon Lake TX.........

Team Catfish,



I just wanted to pass along some good catching at Canyon Lake. My dad & I stopped by the New authorized dealer at the canyon lake tackle box to pick up some 5/0 & 8/0 's hook. We managed 12 blues to 12 pds fishing a half day. Most of our fish came on cut carp and shad fishing 2-3 foot deep. Thanks for making fine products suited to Catfishermen.



Thank you Cliff......Nice Report!

june 04, 2009 07:01am

HD Floating Fish Grip comes in handy!

Team Catfish,

Check this out!

On Sunday 31 May 09:

Flathead Catfish - 57 LBS (the one I am lifting) was caught on Carlyle Lake in IL. The grip sure came in handy when we had do deal/weigh with the big beast. Thank you for a the best tool in my tacklebox!



Lonny Meyer


Nice flathead Lonny. We are glad you could use the grip on that monster! Way to Go.........

may 27, 2009 02:47pm

The Kunzeman Clan have fun over Memorial Day!

5-26-09

Thought you might like to hear a story about how Team Catfish is making a difference in the lives of children. One in particular. Dakota Bettis is my great niece. Her daddy, Jason Bettis had recently gotten back from a tour of duty in Iraq. One of the first things
he wanted to do when he got home, was "go fishing".



This is what Team Catfish is about. Spending time outdoors fishing with someone who cares. It's never too early or too late in life to learn new fishing techniques. Here are some pictures of our day together on Grandpa Dick's Pond in Central Illinois.



Spending quality time using Team Catfish Floating Fish Grips and Secret-7 dip bait that Aunt Julie gave them to practice with. As you can see, Dakota, only 2 1/2 years old learned so many things about fishing. Some included:

*Daddy needs to get his own pole.
*Those Floating Fish Grips make handling any fish easy --even a 2 year old can do it.
*That "stinky" stuff (Secret-7) catches "BIG" fish.
*Those Team Catfish Hats are "really pretty".
*That Dead Red Blood Spray is fun to squirt and it really really works.



Jeff and Patricia, I personally want to thank you for all you do to help promote fishing to American Families. It does the heart good!

God Bless America and to all those serving our great nation.

Sincerely yours,
Julie Kunzeman


Thanks Julie........What a great way to spend time with the family!

may 27, 2009 02:34pm

David Chapman is enjoying his Secret 7.......

Hey Guy's,


Just wanted to say thanks for the bait.

I've used all kinds of dip bait before, V-jays, Hog Wild etc. and never caught a single fish with it.

Yesterday I went to Pebble Beach Park on Lavon and caught 9 catfish. No great big ones but they where all decent 2-5 lbs.

The kicker is the parked was packed with people bank fishing and nobody was catching any fish but me, and people seen me and asked "What are you using for bait?"

I said "Secret 7" and they looked at me like "What the Hell is That"

Anyway, I told them to go to your web site and order some so hopefully you'll get a bunch of orders, you certainly deserve it for making such a great product.

I was wondering if you have some type of membership and how does one become a Team Catfish Member?

Thanks a million,
David Chapman..



Your welcome David! We are proud of you and keep up the good work!

may 07, 2009 01:51pm

1st place at Wheeler Lake AL 5 2 09

Congratulations to Jason Bridges and Delbert Bostick for winning the Big Cat Quest at Wheeler Lake AL on 5 2 09......




Team Catfish anglers Cody and Bill Mullennix claimed 3rd. Clifton and Christy Cruthcher finished in 6th place!

Here is a link to the video we shot at the tournament......
http://www.viddler.com/explore/TeamCatfish/videos/5/ (copy and paste the link if it will not work)



Congratulations everyone from all of your friends at TeamCatfish.com!

may 07, 2009 01:29pm

MASSIVE 90+ POUND SNAPPER CAUGHT ON 8/0 DOUBLE ACTION HOOK

Big Sam White sent us this picture of a massive snapping turtle he caught this weekend......

Sam estimated the turtle weighed over 90 lbs. He added that the 8/0 DOUBLE ACTION hook had penetrated the jaw of this beast. WOW!



The fellas didn't fool around with the angry turtle....They set him free with a souvineer......a 8/0 DOUBLE ACTION hook to remember them by! No one wanted to get their fingers by it's mouth!!!!

may 04, 2009 05:22am

Mike Mitchell has an outstanding guide trip!

Team Catfish,

I had this trip scheduled for several months now and these gentlemen flew down from Wisconsin (No Pressure).....I was worried because the current has been so slow and I haven't been able to get out much at all lately....oh and the weather it looked very grim indeed....I had a group of five so we split it up into two groups and fished a morning shift (John and Pete) and afternoon shift (Moose, Mike, and Tim).

Friday morning as we hit the ramp it was coming a monsoon, so we opted to sit it out for awhile.....It let up after about an hour so we got rain geared up and we made our first anchor which quickly yielded a 17 pounder.....the rain set in hard and some distant lightning so we called off first shift early......we took a break and hit the water about 2 P.M. the weather was finally cooperating and Mike struck first with a 40 lb Blue, then it was his Dad's turn Moose he landed the big fish of the day at 57 lbs.....It took awhile but we got Tim one as well at 32 lbs the weather was acting up again (tornado warnings) so we called it quits for the day.



Saturday was a much nicer day with only a few soakings.....John and Pete on first shift regained the lead with 5 cats at 60,45,35,16, and 8 lbs.....The rain had risen the water about a foot and the current was just right about 40k....John got the big 60 lber around 11:15 and we called it quits, so I had high hopes for round two and boy was we in for a treat........I found something on the sidescan marked it and within 5 minutes we had a 59 and 53 double in the boat, we caught two more there at 25 and 29 lbs.....we ran down river and caught a 5 lber but the rain chased us back up river where we got a 13 lber....Were down to the last stop now and the rod goes down big after a nice battle Tim had a big beatiful 84 lb Blue in the boat.



Total weight was 595 lbs for the two days......we would have had a nice sack on Saturday if we were able to fish in the bass pro tourney, probably would have gave jbridges a run for his money.....fish were all caught off anchor in 20-35ft of water on guess what?.....skipjack.......of course we were using Team Catfish 8/0 double action hooks, #6 Sinker Slides, and Sinker Bumpers......wish I could have broke in my new CatfishSafari fishing rods but the Fed-Ex man got lost and they didn't get here till Sat.



Mike Mitchell
256-673-2250
www.tnriveroutfitters.net

Wow Mike........Thats a lot of massive cats!

Thank you for the report........
From your friends at TeamCatfish.com

april 23, 2009 08:30am

Lake Record Bluecat caught on Team Catfish Tackle!

Team Catfish,

Took good friend and fellow guide and Team Catfish staffer Cliff Hill out for a little fun day of fishing with perfect weather on beautiful Canyon Lake in Texas. Fishing has been hot for this lake as of late and low and behold, first fish on for the morning was this lake record bluecat the Team Catfish Double Action 5/0 circle hook did its job, great hooks Jeff.

Earlier in the week landed a suprise personal best largemouth bass (7.5# and I quit fishing for bass years ago) on a catfish rig in the same lake rigged with a 8/0 Team Catfish Double Action circle hook. Last week, caught a yellow cat on a Team Catfish Double Action 8/0 which would have smashed the lake record by at least twenty pounds if...he did not straighten my swivel while I was fooling around trying to get him in the net by myself. No fault to your equipment...only the angler.
Good Day on good lake with good equipment and good friends... fishing cant get better.


Ray Austin
TopCat Guide Service
(210) 268-3586




Thanks Ray......Nice catfish and Congratulations on the lake record!

april 23, 2009 08:20am

Big Blue Cat on SECRET 7

Hi Team Catfish !

Yesterday I bought my first tub of Secret 7 over at the Sports Center in Grove and this evening was my first time trying it. Results ?? A 26 lb 3 oz Blue Cat that measured 38 inches in length caught on Grand Lake !

I am a carp fisherman most of the time ... but when I go Blue Cat fishing I know what bait to use from now on ... Secret 7

I believe we have a mutual friend ... Dave Moore over at Big Carp Tackle says he knows you.

Thanks for a great product !!

Wayne Trapp
Gran Tara, Grand Lake OK.



Wayne, what a great story.......Nice catfish! Thanks for the report!!!

april 08, 2009 06:14pm

!st place again for Gnagy's team........

Team Catfish,

Shawn Proctor and I (Ryan Gnagy) won 1st place ($401.00) and had big fish out of 17 teams at a Catfish Nation Tournament April 4th on Clinton Lake in Kansas.

Conditions were very tough with post cold front conditions and rough water from 40+mph wind gusts. Water temp was 46-48 degs and fishing was slow. We caught all our fish on 3/4 Ton Team Catfish Rods, 5/0 Double Action Hooks, Sinker Sliders, Sinker bumpers and Floating Fish Grips.

We were using Fresh cut shad, frozen shad guts and a few worms in shallow windblown weed beds. This was Shawns first catfishing ever and I think he is hooked!

Thanks for the GREAT catfishing gear that works!

Ryan Gnagy Tecumseh KS.



Way to go fellas......Keep it up!!!

april 05, 2009 01:59pm

Secret 7 racked um up.......

Hey Team Catfish.....

April 4th we spent a windy Kansas day using Secret 7 bait and shrimp ended up catching 23 1.5-2 lb channel catfish released just as many. Thank you for the great bait......We got a great catch!



Thank you,
Patricia & Tom

Thank you all for the srory and congtatulations from youtr friends at TeamCatfish.com

march 27, 2009 08:22am

Jerry and Doren win $560.00 at Oklahoma CATS Tournament.

Congratulations to the team of Jerry Kropff and Doren Smith for their 1st place victory on Ft. Gibson Lake in Oklahoma. The tournament was March 21st at the Taylor Ferry North boat ramp. Jerry and Doren won 560.00 for their first place finish!

Jerry said they were using the # 6 Sinker Slides, Sinker Bumperz, 8/0 5/0 Double Action hooks, and the Floating Fish Grips. They caught their catfish from a anchored boat. They were using shad and skipjack for bait and fished them in 3 to 10 ft. of water on very large mud flats.



Congratulations again fellas from your friends at TeamCatfish.com

Be sure and check out OkCatfish.com for a complete tournament schedule!

march 18, 2009 06:13am

Junior angler lake record in Texas.......

Team Catfish,

Another one of my kids.....my daughter caught this blue this morning and she weighed on certified scales as 16lbs 8oz and 33 inches long. The old junior lake record is 4.88 lbs, I think she beat it LOL. Fish was caught on cut shad in 15 foot of water on a ledge. We were using the TEAM CATFISH sinker slides, double action 8/0 hook and fish grips. Way to go babe (McKenzi)!!

Spud......



Nice Job and Congratulations from everyone at TeamCatfish.com!

march 10, 2009 06:03am

Big Win In Warsaw on Lake of the Ozarks Mo.

Congratulations to Chris Falk and Ryan Gnagy as they calim victory at Lake of the Ozarks in central Mo.

Team Catfish,

Chris and I won 1st place at Warsaw MO on March 8th 2009 with 5 Bluecats weighing in at 73.80 lbs. We also had big fish of the tournament weighing in at 27.60lbs. This was a combined tournament event by Kansas City Catfish Association and the US Catfish Association Kansas district. There was a good entry with 22 teams to start off the first tournament for both clubs. We caught our fish on fresh cut shad anchored up in 2-5 feet of water on shallow mud flats using 1/2 ton and 3/4 ton Team Catfish Rods, Sinker Sliders, Sinker Bumpers and Double Action hooks.

During our tournament we had all kinds of weather conditions! We had 60 degrees with sunshine, clouds and extremely heavy rain with 60+ mph winds that changed from East to North to West then back to sunshine.

Thanks Team Catfish.......



Way to go fellas....We are proud that your choose to use the Team Catfish tackle when your money and reputation are on the line at catfish tournaments! Nice Job!

march 09, 2009 06:13am

SECRET 7 works um over......

This report sent in to Team Catfish by our friend Bob Matteson.

"I took a couple of my friends out this afternoon to do a little catfishing. One is a DIE HARD Danny King punchbait guy and the other one likes Stick it. We figured we'd have a little tourny between the three of us. All guys used two poles with thier respective baits on each pole. I used Secret 7 and caught 7 fish to 5 lbs to their 1 each. Before it was all said and done both had switched over to the 7 and had boated 3 more each plus I boated two 10 lb blues using shad with the Dead Red Blood Spray. Both Said they were going to Olsens tackle shop tomorrow to stock up on Blood Spray and Bait Holders."


Thanks,
BOB


Thank you Bob......That is a great report!

march 05, 2009 02:30pm

More wins for Team Catfish.......

Congratulations to the Team of Mickey Petree and Steve Nelson for their first place Cabelas KING KAT victory at Lake Tawakoni TX on Feb 28 2009. Also, congratulations to the Team of Cody and Bill Mullennix on their second place victory at the event.

Mickey and Steve were using 8/0 and 5/0 DOUBLE ACTION hooks, sinker bumpers, #6 sinker slides, and fish grips. They caught their bluecats in 3 to 12 ft. of water on cut shad. They were anchored and had to reel down on a few fish but the rest were hooking themselves.

Mickey and Steve won $3700.00 with 189 lbs.



Cody and Bill Mullennix were using the 8/0 black nickel DOUBLE ACTION hooks, sinker bumperz, #6 sinker slides, and floating fish grips. They caught their bluecats in 4 to 14 ft of water anchored. The bait of choice was big cut gizzard shad. They had to reel down to catch most of their catfish.

Cody and Bill won $1600.00 with 148 lbs.



All of us here at Team Catfish are very proud that these anglers choose to use our gear when their money and reputations are on the line at catfish tournaments...... Thank you!

march 05, 2009 02:11pm

We will be in the St Louis/Alton IL. area March 7th 2009

Hello MO/IL.......

We will be at the Bluff City Tackle Shop this Saturday March 7th in Alton IL if anyone wants to come by and talk catfishing. They are having their annual spring tackle show and will have some good deals on gear! We will have lots of the Team Catfish Tackle there and would enjoy answering any questions you might have.

Hope to see ya there......

Bluff City Tackle
2813 East Broadway
Alton, IL 62002.
Phone: (618) 465-6175

march 01, 2009 09:38am

Big Sam White and Johnny Key win again!

Jan. 21, 2009......

Big Sam and Johnny take 1st place at the Pole Benders catfish club tournament in Sallisaw OK on Kerr Lake.

The duo was using the Team Catfish 8/0 DOUBLE ACTION catfish hooks in black nickel and DEAD RED. They also were using the SINKER BUMPERZ and FLOATING FISH GRIPS. The fellas caught their bluecats anchored in 8 to 10 ft of water using fresh gizzard shad and frozen skipjack herring. Sam said they had to reel down to catch a few bluecats, but for the most part the cats were hammerin down hard enough to hook themselves.



Congratulations to Sam and Johnny! They took home approximately $800.00 in cash and prizes for their efforts!

february 05, 2009 07:21am

MASSIVE BLUE CATFISH..........WOW

This report sent in by vetran catfish tournament angler Larry Muse.

Team Catfish,

I won the big catfish prize at the Bass Pro Big Cat Quest National Championship in Oct. 2008 . It was also the biggest catfish of the year weighed in at the tournament trail. It was caught on Wilson Lake in Alabama using a Team Catfish 8/0 Double Action circle hook. The huge catfish weighed in at 101.50 lbs and was 53in long. It is my personal best catfish. The blue was released alive and well back into Wilson Lake to fight again another day.


GOOD FISHING
YOUR FRIEND
LARRY MUSE

Wow Larry......That is the largest catfish we know of that has been caught using any of the Team Catfish products.

That is the fish of a lifetime for anyone......

We are proud that you choose to use the Team Catfish tackle when your money and reputation are on the line at catfish touraments like the Big Cat Quest.

Again.......WOW!

january 20, 2009 08:28pm

Pending New Lake Record at Lake Bastrop, TX

Hello Team Catfish.......

Just thought that I'd send you some information on a pending new lake record channel cat. Fish was caught on whole shad, using Dead Red Blood Spray. Official weight was 4.32#, 22 1/2" long. The Dead Red has been good to me in the last week, producing decent numbers of fish. I did make sure that the TC cap and grips were in the photos. Keep up the great products and super customer service.



Lonnie Haffelder

january 15, 2009 01:54pm

98 LBS.........What a HOG ! ! ! !

This report sent in by catfish guide Mike Mitchell. Mike's client caught a whopper and we are soooooooo glad he was using the 8/0 DOUBLE ACTION catfish hooks.



I got out with the Treadway's again today, we had a big time day and only missed getting that sought after triple digit by 2 pounds.......The current was really ripping today and some of the places I had been getting bit the fish had moved.....but when we found them today we found them...early on in the morning we doubled up with a 51 and 44 pounder within minutes we had a 23 Lber.....5 more minutes and a 54 pounder in the boat....later on in the day we hit another big time double 62 and 54 pounds....already a great day....Toni "Red" Treadway arrived late in the day and we were hoping to get her a 50+........but little did we know how big her first bite was, this was an epic battle of give and take for 10+ minutes, while she was fighting it another rod went off and that fish was around 30 lbs and it goes straight to tangle up in Red's line.....We got the 30 in front of the net and cut it off and scooped it and quickly unhooked and released it, another 5+ minutes and we have the big beatiful 98 pound blue in the boat....we weighed it several times trying to squeeze a few more pounds, measured it 54 inches x 38.5 inches, took a couple dozen pics on 3 different cameras, and released it back healthy as could be.

We caught the big fish and most of the others on Ronnie's Catfish Safari Rods and of course the trusty Team Catfish Circle Hooks.

Thanks and May God Bless

Mike Mitchell
256-673-2250
TnRiverOutfitters.net

Congratulations Mike.......Wow what a catfish.

I think "Red" and you have the record at TeamCatfish.com for the largest catfish picture on our website!

january 05, 2009 08:31am

Ben Goebel gets a great Blue Catfish!

This report sent in to us from our friend Ben Goebel.



Team Catfish....This a 39 pound blue catfish using a Team Catfish 8/0 double action catfish hook and the Team Catfish fish grips. I used your hooks last year and I caught twice as many fish than I did with any other brand of hook. The fish grips are remarkable and work very well for when your fishing alone .You can keep them by you at all times and bring that big fish in!

Thanks again,
Ben Goebel

Thanks Ben......Thant a great catfish!

december 13, 2008 07:19am

Cliff Hill has good news!!!

Here is some good news sent in by Cliff Hill of HillCountryFishin.com. Cliff is a great guide and we are very proud that he chooses to use the Team Catfish tackle on his guide trips!


Team Catfish,

I just wanted to pass some great news along...........



This weekend Jonelle Root of San Antonio, Tx caught the new pending junior angler water body record for blue cat at Lake Calaveras,Tx. Her fish weighed in at 13 lbs 12 oz and was caught using fresh shad and Team Catfish Double Action Hook, size 8/0 as well as the snagless sinkers and slides. What an awesome day to get her on her first catfishing trip!

As always thank you for making the best products for catfishermen period!

CLiff Hill


Great job Cliff........From your friends at TeamCatfish.com

november 30, 2008 05:51pm

Expert Angler Award in just 2 days..............

This report sent into Team Catfish by our good friend and longtime catfishing guide Capt. Mike Ostrander of The James River Fishing School.


804-938-2350
mike@jamesriverfishing.com
http://www.jamesriverfishing.com
http://www.shop.jamesriverfishing.com



How to Earn A Expert Angler Award in Two Days
By Capt. Mike Ostrander
(Opening paragraph by Eric T., new 'Virginia Blue Catfish Expert Angler' from Kansas)

This was my third catfishing trip on the James River with guide Capt. Mike Ostrander. The James River is an amazing place to fish. During my current two day trip I caught numerous blue cats ranging in weight from 10-29 pounds. I was also able to catch and release ten citation sized blue catfish weighing between 30 and 40 pounds. The 10 citations, gave me a Expert Angler on blue cats from the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries. Thanks for the great time and wicked fishing trip. Thanks also to Team Catfish for their great double action circle hooks!

The morning of the first day, proved challenging as gizzard shad were hard to find. We found bait in 30' of water in the main river channel on the James. We happened to be drifting during an outgoing tide, catching bait, when we were close to a spot I really like to fish. Without starting the engine, to reposition, the anchor was set. We baited our eight rods with fresh gizzard shad and cast onto the channel ledge, along the drop as well as into the channel. Knowing there was plenty of bait around, I was hoping a few fat blue cats were also there. Within ten minutes Eric had his first citation in the boat. It was a chunky 34 pound blue catfish. Over the next 40 minutes we boated five more fish between 15 and 28 pounds. It was a good start.

Eric, who came all the way from Kansas to fish the James was having a great two day fishing trip. By early afternoon of the second day, he had landed nine citation blue catfish of over 30 pounds. We joked that another fish would earn him a Expert Angler award from the state of Virginia for blue catfish. The tide changed and the bite slowed greatly. The last few hours had passed and we had about 10 minutes left to fish when we started thinking it might not happen. I called the 'two minute warning', asked the river for a little fish mojo, and sure enough one of lines started to tighten, the rod began to bend and as the fish started to swim across current, Eric leaned down and began to crank on the reel handle to help set the Team Catfish Double Action circle hook (I really like the way these hooks work when you 'assist' the hook set by reeling on the handle to set the hook). The hook dug into the side of the mouth of his 10th blue catfish citation. A 39 pound fish. What a great end to a fantastic two days of fishing.



Congratulations from everyone at Team Catfish Tackle to Eric and to you Capt. Mike for an outstanding accomplishment. Many folks catfish their whole lives and don't get a Expert Angler Award!

Capt Mike......We are proud that you choose to use the Team Catfish Double Action hooks when your guiding clients from all over the country!

november 05, 2008 07:51pm

Mike Mitchell team takes 3rd place in Championship!

Catfish guide Mike Mitchell of TnRiverOutfitters.com has just placed 3rd in the largest catfish tournament championship in the USA. Mike and his team were using the Team Catfish hooks and they sent us in a short report!

"Team Catfish,

I just wanted to let you know that we used the Team Catfish 8/0 Double Action Hooks in our recent 3rd place finish in the BCQ Championship......I attached a pic of the biggest cat we had in the event 64.75 lbs.....I'm very pleased with the #6 sinker slides too, I use them often as well.

I wish you could get them to make a slightly larger size hook for the really big baits, but truth be known it's probably not necessary.....I usually put one hook through the nostrils and another in the center of the back."




Mike......Team Catfish is going to get a larger hook out there one of these days for you anglers that like to use mega baits!

Thanks for the story and picture!
Congratulations to you and that good lookin team on your 3rd place victory!

november 03, 2008 07:16pm

Catfish Guide Cliff Hill sends in a great report!

Catfish Guide Cliff Hill of HillCountryFishin.com sent us in this great report. He had a great group of catfish anglers out fishing and theu had a awesome day on the water! Here is Cliff's Report......

Team Catfish,

I just wanted to pass along our first big girl of the season. Scott Wells landed the 20 pd blue cat on Choke Canyon in South Texas using Team Catfish 5/0 double action hooks, snagless sinkers and sinker bumpers.



The only thing better would have been to land it on one the new Team Catfish rods! Can't wait to try them out. Fish was caught in 40 ft of water on cut shad along with 138 eating sized fish.
Thanks for making the best products for catfishermen period!



Cliff Hill


Thanks Cliff......Keep up the good work!

october 30, 2008 12:24pm

New Junior Angler Record in Texas......

Catfish Guide Jackie Kennedy of TXCatfishguide.com sent in this story....

"The junior angler lake record channel of 5.7# was caught by Colbey Brook of Lorena, TX on lake Fairfield.
I had the Dead Red spray in my boat all that time but had failed to remember it or use it. I sprayed it on fresh cut shad and within a very few minutes the fish was caught.
This is not a big channel for Fairfield but considered a good one for most lakes down here. Fairfield has lots of 8-10# channels and Colbey will bust the record soon."



Thanks Jackie for sharing and sending in the great story!

Congratulations to Colbey on one nice Channel Catfish, way to go......from your friends at Team Catfish Tackle

october 22, 2008 05:36am

My Biggest Bluecat Ever!!!

This report sent in by Ethan Lovelace from Texas. he is lovin the Double Action catfish hooks.

He was catfishing with catfish guide Cody Mullennix from TexasCatfishingGuide.com. They had a great trip and caught a whopper!

Hi my name is Ethan Lovelace i caught this really nice blue on January 6, 2008 on lake Tawakoni using cut shad and 8/0 double action circle hook with guide Cody Mullennix. The blue was 41 inches long and weighed 42 pounds. This was my best blue yet. Man those circle hooks are amazing. thanks a million.



Thanks Ethan for the story,

Congratulations on the BIG BLUE from your friends at Team Catfish.......

october 21, 2008 05:42am

Beautiful day catfishing in Kansas watershed pond!

This report was fowarded to Team Catfish via catfish guide Mike Cook from from Wichita Ks. (catfish-guide.com) One of his friends and clients was kind enought to send him the good news and some beautiful pictures to go along with a great report.

Mike introduced these anglers to the Secret 7 catfish bait and they have never looked back!


-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Dashiell
Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 2:33 PM
To: Mike Cook
Subject: Pictures from watershed pond near Kingman



"Hi Mike,

Dick and I went again today and he caught 1 but I caught 5, all on Secret 7. He tried Danny King's catfish bait as did I and I also used Catfish Dynamo by Strike King but all fish were caught on Secret 7.



Since I wanted to use single hooks and wanted to be economical too I cut pieces of old plastic worms and threaded them onto a single hook and dipped that in Secret 7 to experiment and it worked great. Secret
7 adheres extremely well to plastic worms and I caught two fish using that technique. It turned out to be a great way to be economical as well as ecological. No more buying dip worms for me! Anyway I hope I didn't bore you with this email but I did want to give you a report on our results using Secret 7. That is great stuff!

Talk to you again soon,

Bob"




Thanks everyone for the great report and pictures. Looks like good times catfishing for sure!

Team Catfish

october 08, 2008 02:00pm

Doug Amos winns some cash with the SECRET-7 catfish bait!

This great report sent in by Doug Amos of Mo.

Hey Team Catfish...can you believe this one? Not only is your dip bait great it even pays to use it. This channel cat was over 12 pounds and get this...It had a $150.00 reward tag in it. I caught on 8-12-2008 at the Platte River in Platte City Missouri. Everyone who reads this needs to know....If you go fishing with some secret 7, you never know what might happen! Thank you, this stuff is awesome!



Your welcome Doug! Sounds like a great trip and thats a very nice catfish! Keep up the good work......

october 06, 2008 06:37am

Flaoting Fish Grips make a difference!

Here is what the Pro Catfishing team of Bill and Julie Kunzeman have to say about the Floating Fish Grips.

"HERE'S A PICTURE OF OUR BIGGEST FISH WE WEIGHED IN AT THE WCC THIS PAST WEEKEND-WANTED TO SHOW YOU HOW WELL TEAM CATFISH GRIPPERS WORK AT THE TOURNAMENT WEIGH IN SITES--FROM NOW ON WE'LL BE WEIGHING IN OUR FISH WITH TEAM CATFISH GRIPPERS!!

HI JEFF; BILL AND I LOVE THOSE YELLOW FISH GRIPPERS YOU HAVE AT TEAM CATFISH! THEY MAKE HANDLING AND WEIGHING FISH SO MUCH EASIER! WE CARRY TWO WITH US AT ALL TIMES-ONE FOR BILL AND ONE FOR ME. THANKS FOR MAKING CATFISHING EASIER! WILL BE AT
THE BCQ CHAMPIONSHIPS OCTOBER 24TH -25TH-WISH US LUCK! SAW ALOT OF ANGLERS WITH "TEAM CATFISH" DECALS! ALOT OF TALK ABOUT YOUR HOOKS TOO - THEY LIKE THEM ALOT - THANKS FOR ALL YOU DO TO HELP PROMOTE CATFISHING!

See you soon,
Julie and Bill


PS: I'm 2nd in points and Bill is 3rd in points overall in the BCQ! We're top "team" nation wide in the BCQ! MOVE OVER BASS AND CRAPPIE---WE'RE GONNA MAKE CATFISHING THE #1 SPORT!



Thanks Bill and Julie! See ya soon at one of those tournaments!

september 18, 2008 04:45am

Trophy Catfish Adventures land a HOG!

Report by our good friend BrianK of www.idofishing.com.

Wow! Can a fishing trip turn around!

How was a guy to know that the exact dates of the fishing trip would fall the same day that a hurricane decides to beat up Galveston?



That is exactly what happened to Realtor Ron (the most famous Ido Member that never posted). We flew into Dallas on Thursday to fish the Gulf on Friday. We changed our plans on Wednesday night to go North, to Lake Texoma and get into the striper bite. This is the lake that Splash, the 123 pound Blue Cat came from.

It sounded like Ike was going to mess with our Saturday and Sunday plans too. I found a Texas fishing forum (Texas Fishing Online) and told my story. I was looking for a blue cat guide that could fish Sunday that was out of Ikes path. After a number of dead ends mostly because of the short notice, I got a hold of Tommy from www.TrophyCatFishingAdventures.com . This is kind of ironic since I wanted to use that url for my website a few years ago and visited their site then. Little did I know at the time I would be fishing with them.

Tommy from Trophy Catfishing Adventures in his Falcon BoatThanks to the folks at Texas Fishing Forums, we "Yankees" went from a day of sitting in a motel room watching Ike head inland to getting out on beautiful Lake Texoma for the second time, but this time for the non "scaly fish" as they call them!

My partner in crime Ron Robinson and I hooked up with Tommy from Trophy Catfishing Adventures Sunday morning at 7 am. Kinda windy Tommy said but no rain like we thought. Just clear skies and some left over wind, a start of a beautiful day.

I'm going to jump ahead of the outing for just a moment. After the trip Ron and I were talking about the days events on the 2 hour drive to our next motel. If we hadn't caught a fish, not one, Tommy's guide trip was excellent. He was truly concerned about our comfort in the waves (three footers) and since Ron and I are Channel and Flathead guys, taught us a lot of tricks for Blues, some that we can use on our home waters in Minnesota on our favorite fish. As a guide myself, I feel qualified to say Tommy is a true professional guide. I could tell that he was watching for our every need, from having the boat ready to go, to having a towel ready when I would take off my own fish.



Tommy, Thank you so much for our short notice trip. We had a blast!!

An all Garcia line upBack in the boat, we started the first drift on Texoma. I've heard of Team Catfish products, in fact one of our sponsors of our sponsors (Moore's Bait and Tackle) started handling Team Catfish products in his bait shop this last spring. After using far too many products to remember, I'll be stopping in to pick up some of the hooks and other terminal tackle, including the catfish holders…they are great for keeping your fingers from being gnawed on!

We were using cut shad, I think Tommy and I hit it off right away when we found out we both like using the head. The only difference is I like squeezing the shad head before tossing it out he just tosses out the head whole. You say tomato.

Ron's being worked over hardIn just a few moments of starting the drift we had a few bumps to the rods and then a solid hit. A two pound, darn near white colored blue cat. Nice way to start off the morning. Then another and another.

Both Ron and I know fishing is fishing. All we wanted was a chance to catch a big, Trophy size blue. We knew we could be skunked on a big fish this time of year or anytime for that matter…but we just wanted a chance. With the wind around 25 mph and waves in the 2 to 3 foot range, well we would need some luck and guiding experience.

We move to the other side of the lake and started the drift again using the two drift socks, Tommy kept the drift under 1 mph. We were fishing mostly flats, but hit some ledges as the day progress. In the second drift on a flat…the rod in front of me, just bent over and shook, a sign of a biggun! I had my hand ready to grab the rod in case Ron tripped over my extended foot forcing me to take over bringing in the fish…but no luck. He was over in a flash…or should I say "splash" and the battle was on. Later Ron said she came in fairly easy with just a little of the 50 pound PowerPro running out the drag. But when she was under the boat…he had all he could do to hang on! I had more fun watching Ron work on a big fish than if I would have caught one myself, it's a HOOT!



After about 15 minutes Tommy netted and lifted the big girl (I have no idea if it was a girl or not) in to the boat. It was at that time Ron and I realized what he had just caught.

His first Blue Cat coming in at 72 pounds! WOO HOO!!

At the days end, we had about 10 fish ranging from 2 to 8 pounds and then Ron's personal best,and first.

All in all it was a great time and I would recommend Tommy to anyone looking for a good time on trophy water. Knowing that there is a chance to catch a trophy fish is about all a person can ask for. Having a little luck and a good guide just slants the odds to your side.

More to come on a new hook that is a cross between a circle hook and a J hook in the catfish forums.

Thanks BrianK for the great report. We hope you stick a few more big cats with the DOUBLE ACTION catfish hooks!

september 09, 2008 04:24pm

Bobby Kubin takes our vetran soldiers catfishing.

Our good friend Bobby Kubin in north Texas has taken the soldiers catfishing....Here is the report!



I had the pleasure of particpating in the Lake Lewisville "Take a Soldier Fishing" event on Saturday. What an awesome event! About 40 soldiers came up from Fort Hood. We had 20 boaters and guides donate their time and equipment to help out with the fishing. This was a really great experience for me to take these guys out. I was lucky enough to get the only three guys that wanted to go catfishing. My new friends and hereos Jeremy, AJ and Eddie had a blast. They finished the morning putting 43 keeper channel cats in the box in about 4 hours fishing with Secret 7 in shallow water. No big fish, but the steady action of bites and fish coming in the boat kept them pretty busy all morning.



I want to thank all of those that helped put on such a great event and a thank you to Jeff with Team Catfish for the caps, Secret 7 bait and catfish tackle for the guys to take home. They were fired up about being able to try some of the bait in their favorite fishing hole back home. I highly recomend to others to participate one of these events in the future.




Thanks Bobby......Thats time well spent!



Folks to get ahold of Bobby just go to Bobby-Catfishing.com. He'll take you on a super catfishing trip!



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Bobby-Catfishing
Lake Lewisville, Texas

september 09, 2008 03:47pm

John Behiter and partner have a day to remember forever!

This story sent in from tournament catfish angler John Behiter.



Team Catfish Crew....here are some pictures of a buddy and me Sunday. Let me tell you we had the best day ever on the water. We fished from 6am to 3pm on the Mo. River and ended up with about 20-25 blue catfish in the boat with a over all total weight of aprox. 445lbs.



The catfishing was tremendous! Those double action hooks and sinker slides really did the trick on those big blue cats. This will be a day I will never forget. Sorry I don’t have any fish grip yet but I wish I had because my thumb and left hand is tore up.

Thanks Team Catfish and Good Fishing!!!!




Your welcome John....Way to go! That was a very special day of catfishing for
sure. We are gald you trust Team Catfish Tackle when your are out on the water after um!

september 06, 2008 09:27am

Chris Morrow from MO. gets a great Channel on the SECRET-7

Chris Morrow from Mo. sent us in this picture. He was fishing a lake around St. Louis Mo when he caught this 14 lb Channel Cat. Chris said he was not there very long and caught 5 Channels including the 14 lbr on the SECRET-7 catfish bait and the DEAD RED Dip Tubes. Looks like fun!



Way to go Chris....Thats a nice Channel Cat!!!

september 06, 2008 07:12am

Choteau Bend OK.

Here is a short report sent in by Jeff Williams/Founder of Team Catfish.

Went fishing for a few hours yesterday. Was my first time to catfish Choteau Bend on Gibson. I caught plenty of channels up to 8 lbs on the SECRET-7 catfish bait along with the Dead Red tubes. There was a good current moving down the river and all I had to do to catch the channels was anchor right in front of the brush piles then cast right up to them.

The best piles had from 2 to 15 ft of water running through them. You'll need some rod holders or someone else who can help watch the rods. On the best piles I was having a hard time keeping up with 3 rods. Most of the channels were 1.5 to 3 lbs but there were some nice ones mixed in.

For the ones who always fish with shad, here is your report....I caught me a nice mess of shad in a creek that comes in on the west side of the river. I fished 3 rods that had SECRET-7 catfish bait on them, 2 with shad. I never caught a catfish on shad and only had 2 bites that I saw. I was hoping a few blues would take a shad on the drop offs now that the water has cooled to 77 degrees. No Luck yesterday, but the time is near!

Lots of fun for a short trip. Good catfish water. I would like to go back this winter when the blues start moving around a little more. I found some good deep structure that will hold the bigguns!

Sorry no pictures..I was by myself.

august 29, 2008 04:43am

Skinny Dippin' By Texas Catfish Guide Bobby Kubin.

Skinny Dippin' for Catfish


By Bobby Kubin


You're probably thinking this article has something to do with a form of catfishing that does not necessarily require a rod and reel and clothing may be optional. I hate to disappoint any of you, but it really has nothing to do with diving into the water and wrestling some monster flathead catfish out of its lair. I am going to walk you through a few simple techniques and tips for locating and catching catfish in shallow water using dip baits.

Dip baits have been around quite a while and have taken their fair share of catfish. This form of catfish bait is often referred to as a "Cheese" bait primarily for their typically main ingredients being some form of cheese.

Dip baits are typically thinner than dough baits and do not have the fibers to keep them on a hook like a punch bait. They usually have the consistency of peanut butter and require some sort of catfish bait holder such as a dip tube, plastic worm or sponge to keep the bait on the hook. Team Catfish Dead Red Dip Tubes and mini Furry Thang bait holders are excellent examples of catfish bait holders that I use for dip bait fishing.

The dip bait must be extremely sticky and adhere to the bait holder or it will wash off before the fish finds the bait. The function of a dip bait is to immediately saturate the area around the baited hook with lots of scents and attractants. Any wave action or current in shallow water will quickly spread the fish-attracting scents around the area of the baited hook in a more horizontal direction. This allows the catfish to easily pick up on the scent and zero in on the source quickly. Thus making dip baits an excellent choice to use while targeting catfish in "skinny" water.

In order to catch shallow water cats, you first must locate them. I prefer to begin fishing wind-blown banks with brush, grass, stickups or other types of cover. If the fish are there and actively feeding, we will usually get bites and start catching fish by the time I get the third or fourth rod in the water. Keeping fresh baits in the water will also help increase the number bites and the number of fish you catch. If a rod doesn't get bit in five minutes or so I will rebait it and cast it out again.

I focus my shallow water fishing techniques in waters less than 5 feet
deep. Often times we will be fishing in water less than two feet deep and even catching fish in less than one foot of water. When dip bait fishing, I prefer to use a simple Carolina rig consisting of 20 pound test main line, 1 to 2 oz. egg sinker, barrel swivel, an 18 inch leader (17 lb test) and a dip tube with a #4 or #6 treble hook and loaded up with Secret 7 catfish bait by Team Catfish.

The majority of the fish I target on dip baits will be eating size fish up to 10 lbs or so with an occasional trophy sized fish. I prefer the lighter leader line due to the number of snags that occur while fishing in heavy cover. When you hang up and need to break off, the majority of the time you will only lose the leader, hook and dip tube, while saving the weight and swivel. Dip baits can also be fished with great success on slip cork rigs as well, but that' s another story all by itself.

The most important tip for locating and catching catfish is if you are not getting bites or catching fish in 15 minutes or so and you have freshened up your baits you need to move. Keep changing locations until you find a concentration of fish. Once you find that school of actively feeding fish, dip baits can quickly put a bunch of nice eating size catfish in the box for your next fish fry.





For information about guided catfish trips in the Dallas and Fort Worth areas contact:

Bobby Kubin
Bobby's Catfish Guide Service
Lake Lewisville and Grapevine
(817) 455-2894
www.bobby-catfishing.com
Email: bobby@bobby-catfishing.com

Thanks Bobby for a great article!

Folks if you are in The Dallas/Ft. Worth area and want to get after the catfish be sure and give Bobby a call. You'll have a great time!

august 18, 2008 09:45am

Manufactured bait CHAMPION!!!

August 16th,
Dubuque Iowa
Mississippi River

Team Catfish's SECRET-7 catfish bait has just won really big again! This was not just another catfish tournament though.....This was the Bass Pro Shops Big Cat Quest Manufactured Catfish Bait Championship of 2008. "The Big Cat Quest is highest paying catfish tournament trail in the country!" said Ken Freeman owner of the trail. "We have lots of great tournament anglers and manufactures coming together to have a great time here in Dubuque Iowa. We are all about family, friends and good times with a competitive spirit." Ken added. When it was all said and done Team Catfish's SECRET-7 had claimed 1st, 4th, and 8th places in the top 10 at the Big Cat Quest Championship. There was also a local team of Joe Dyer and Don Reul that won 5th place using a small sample of the SECRET-7 catfish bait in conjunction with the local favorite, Cat Tracker dip baits. Dyer and Reul also used some of the DEAD RED Dip Tubes and the mini FURRY THaNG bait holders to help them seal their 5th place victory.

The Big Cat Quest Tournament was held on the mighty Mississippi River in Dubuque Iowa. The date was August 16th. The weather conditions were beautiful, a sunny day with a high of 81 degrees. There was also a cool and foggy morning start of 51 degrees. The winds were light, but there was lots of boat traffic on such a beautiful day.

As for the catfishing, the bite was very tough according to most anglers. The anglers had anticipated a much better activity level, but the catfish did not cooperate very well. Many anglers had hammered the cats while pre-fishing earlier in the week. "They were pulling the rods over hard yesterday" said Jeff Williams founder of Team Catfish Tackle. We knew that there were lots of good catfish anglers participating in the event. We also knew there were many good catfish baits for the anglers to choose from. We had our fingers crossed for sure, but ultimately didn't know what the outcome would be!"

Jeff also added. "We could not be more pleased to have won a Big Cat Quest tournament at Lake Texoma in May 2008. This tournament was the first event the SECRET-7 had ever entered into as a sponsored bait. Then to win the Manufactured Bait Championship on the Mississippi River shows how versatile the SECRET-7 catfish bait really is. It also shows that catfish anglers can catch lots catfish in lakes and rivers alike with the very user friendly SECRET-7, manufactured catfish bait. We also want everyone to know that no matter what catfish bait they choose to use, most will work when it comes to catching come catfish. This is our first full year to be in the bait and tackle business and the response has been wonderful. We are selling bait and tackle to anglers all over the country now. The catfish tournaments are a great way to get you name out there if you have good quality products to offer. We are very excited about this win to say the least. We have kept track this year and we feel very confident when saying that as of August 2008 we have been the most winning brand in catfishing for the year 2008. We even had two man and woman teams in the big Cat Quest Championship that finished in 4th and 8th places....How cool is that! The reports and research we have done this year on the anglers winnings show that the catfish tournament fishermen that have used Team Catfish bait and tackle have easily won tens of thousands of dollars. I am also pretty sure that the winnings have gone well over $50,000.00. Heck, the tournament anglers using our products at this event took home over $7.000.00 in CASH between split 1st, 4th, 5th, and 8th places! That's too cool! It's a pretty awesome feeling when you realize there are lots catfish anglers that are using the bait and tackle we have worked so hard and that they are winning big, big, big."

Jeff also praised the B.P.S. Big Cat Quest saying "That this is a top notch tournament trail ran by a life long veteran catfishermen. Ken Freeman knows catfishing and does a marvelous job at the events he hosts. Folks can find information about his tournaments and his giant traveling fish tank at BigCatQuest.com."

1st Place team Zeke Reyes and John Buckley Won $5000.00!

4th Place team Chris Dykes and Holly Kraft Won $800.00!

8th Place team, husband and wife, Bill and Julie Kunzeman Won $450.00!


If you are interested in finding out more about Team Catfish and all their products please check out TeamCatfish.com. There are lots of cool things to check out online including the tournament winning SECRET-7 catfish bait.

The folks from Team Catfish would like to remind everyone to “hold onto your pole and good luck catfishing out there!" 2008

august 03, 2008 06:54pm

More catfish action in CA.

7/13/08
Met up with Jose of Santiago's guide service. There was 5 of us on the boat today things were
slow but they picked up! Overall a pretty good day, overcast all day and it did sprinkle a little bit.
I was using some STINK bait that had some STANK on it secret-7,I think it was called by Team Catfish.
This stuff stinks but it works brought in the biggest fish today!
Thanks Jose for taking us out today had a great time.

report by Brent Andrews

Thanks Santiago for sending us in Brent's report. Keep up the good work fellas.......

Santiagofishing.com

august 03, 2008 06:49pm

Santiago in Northern Ca.

This report sent in to us by Santiago's guide service located in beautiful northern CA.

8/2 & 8/3/08

Pro MMA fighter Clark Bevans back for rounds 4 & 5 !!!
We caught bass, nice size crappies and lots of nice channels on the secret-7 catfish bait.

all the fish were released. Thanks again Paula & Clark for coming back for your 4th and 5th trip.


Thanks for the report Santiago....keep sending in those reports.

Santiagofishing.com
760 793 5020

july 24, 2008 06:30am

New article by South Texas Catfish Guide Cliff Hill

Here is a great new article by a master catfish angler and long time vetran guide Cliff Hill.


Slipping up on the catfish. By Cliff Hill.


One of the most productive ways to fill a cooler up with catfish is to use slip bobber. It's absolutely a blast to watch that bobber go under and have a catfish try to pull that rod out of your hand. It's one of my favorite ways to fish for several reasons.
Using a slip cork is easy and most everyone can do it, not mention it reminds you how simple and fun fishing is supposed to be. There are several things I do when setting up my slip cork rigs and I'll discuss them in detail. I prefer a medium baitcast or spinning reel such as a Shimano Sahara 4000 or Abu Garcia 5000 loaded with 30-50 pound HI-VIS braid of your choice. The reels are attached to medium action; 7 to 7 half-foot rods. You want a rod with enough backbone to set the hook and you want a dependable reel that will get those whiskered fish in. When considering floats there are a bunch of corks, bobbers, floats out there that work fine. I prefer a 3 inch fluorescent pencil float for several reasons, they are easy to see, the offer least resistance to finicky fish, they cast well and are readable. When I say "readable", I mean studying that bobber when it floats naturally with out a fish messing with it versus when one is "mouthing" or playing with the bait which the cork "alerts" you to by it's sudden unnatural floating. Once you fish them for a bit, you'll see what I am describing. The next item is your stop knot which can be pre bought at most outdoors stores in packs of 40 or so, then you'll need a 6mm or 8mm bead, a swivel and some sharp Team Catfish treble hooks. I like to a attach monofilament leader of 20 pound test between the hook and swivel, so when I get snagged I only lose the hook.
Next is the series in which these items go together. The bobber stop knot goes on the mainline first and is cinched down through the loop created in the middle after removing the plastic tube, next you put on the bead and slide your line through the cork, float, or bobber. I prefer to use a 3/8 or ¼ oz. egg weight below the cork. (Simply slide the line through the weight) then tying this off with a barrel swivel. The amount of weight varies but you want to be sure you have enough to cast a good distance and still be accurate with either type of reel set up. I like to then set my depth by moving the knot to my desired depth that I wanting to fish. It is important to trim the excess line off the pigtails on your knot, not too much but a bit to keep them from getting hung up in the eyes of your rod. Once your satisfied with the depth, then cinch the pigtails down. The knot is slide able to fish any depth and go up on your spool with out causing any problems, which is a benefit of fishing slip bobbers. The mono leader is then attached with a dip bait tube for catfish baits like the Secret 7. Slide your leader line through the tube then tie off with your favorite knot onto a treble hook ranging from a #6 to 1/0.
This is how I fish for catfish with clients 90% of the time. The cork allows for easy identification of bites and being able to lower or raise your bait to the depth the fish are at with the simple sliding of a knot. Catfish are aggressive feeders and using this rig allows you to be able to pinpoint productive areas with quick results. Utilizing a slip bobber is best on lakes and ponds where there isn't a lot of current and is also great on lakes with a lot timber. Pitching to the timber and structure of lakes whether it is riprap, stumps or over hanging limbs and using a slip bobber will allow you to catch more catfish. I recommend using equipment similar to the above along with a proven catfish bait like Team Catfish's Secret 7 dip bait, Dead Red Spray and the dip bait holder tubes along with a cork and you too can "put the slip on the catfish".


Cliff Hill
Texas Licensed & Insured Fishing Guide
830.632.5964
www.hillcountryfishin.com
Lake Calaveras,Braunig,Choke Canyon and Guadalupe River Trips Maximum Outdoors Pro Staff www.maximumoutdoors.com


Thanks Cliff for the article showcasing our products like the SECRET-7 catfish bait and DEAD RED Blood Spray.

Cliff's a great guide.....Look him up when you are in South Texas!!!

june 28, 2008 04:55am

777's catfish bait report.

This report sent to the Bortherhood of Catfishermen by Johnny or (aka)777.

Well as Sam calls it we had a slug fest today. We cleaned 48 channels and blues mixed caught somewhere around 60 fish total. The majority of the fish came off secret 7 catfish bait. We fished both baits until the secret 7 was 10 fish up on Danny Kings then just put the lid on the DK's. Caught 1 blue 8 or 9 lbs. and some 4 to 6 lb. channels. I'll post some pics when I get back to work in a couple of weeks. The fish not only hit the secret 7 better but they also hit it harder than they do the Danny Kings. When the fish are not hitting the skip jack's or shad I think we have now found our new go to bait to put fish in the boat. Thanks Jeff for an excellent bait that will catch both blues and channels.

Great report 777. We are glad you approve of the Secret-7 catfish bait.

june 27, 2008 01:33am

Secret 7 catfish bait in Texas.

This report sent in from Catfish Guide Bobby Kubin about catching cats on the Secret 7 catfish bait in Texas.

Results from 6/21 and 6/22

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Saturday 6/21/08
I put my dad on his 25 fish limit in just a few hours fishing Secret 7 and punch bait. I believe 19 out of 25 came on Secret 7 and 6 on punch bait.

Darien and Cooper put a whooping on a few catfish on 6/22/08. Out of the 39 keepers 27 were caught on Secret 7 and the 12 on punch bait. The three blues that were caught were on Secret 7 on the same rod that just happened to be the only one rigged up with a mini furry thang instead of the dead red dip tube.

Bobby-Catfishing
Lake Lewisville, Texas


Thanks bobby for the great reports you share with everyone!

june 27, 2008 01:14am

Secret-7 on Rend Lake Illinois.

This post was sent in by Gary Eads of the Brotherhood of Catfishermen.

Rend Lake & Secret 7

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Well, I met Jeff of Team Catfish, last week at the Rend Lake Gathering. He was passing out some samples of Secret Seven Catfish Bait. And he asked me to try some. I have tried alot of stink bait, so I was kind of skeptical of using another stink bait. They all seem to smell like crap, but produce very little fish. So to be fair with his bait, I tried it at Rend Lake last week. I might add that we had another stink bait in the boat that we had not used before. So we had a little contest between the two. We had four identical rods, line, and hooks. So I used Secret 7 dip bait, and Roy used the other. Name withheld. We went about a mile and 1/4 out in the lake, and we set up on a hump, that came up from 15 foot to 6 foot. We both started out with 2 poles. Ten minutes had gone by, and I had caught 5 fish on the Secret 7, and Roy had not got a bite on the other. So we moved to another spot, and we set up the same way. This time the bite was so fast on the Secret 7 that I had to go down to one pole, and Roy was sitting there scratching his head. At one time I started timing how long it took for me to get a bite. From the time the bait hit the water till I caught a fish, it took 1 and 1/2 minutes. I did that three times in a row. At about this time Roy was mumbling about switching baits with me. He had fished 30 minutes without a bite. So being the good guy that I am, we switched baits. Now Roy is using Secret 7, and I am using brand X. Now you have to remember that Roy has not had a bite in 30 minutes, and I had caught 15 fish in that time. So we both bait up, and immediately Roy starts catching fish, and this goes on for another 15 minutes or so. Meanwhile I have not had one bite with Brand X. So when we get back to the campground, Brand X goes out to the coons. Long story short, in three days, we caught 98 fish on Secret 7, and one of those days we caught fifty. So I got on the phone and called Jeff, and placed an order for one case of Secret 7 catfish bait, and some of his red dip worms, that we used in the Secret 7. I would just like to thank Jeff for a great product, and for supporting the BOC. BIGCAT GARRY EADS.

Thanks Gary for the report and we are mighty glad the Secret-7 catfish bait and Dead Red tubes worked so well for ya!

june 25, 2008 12:13pm

Happy customers!

Here are a few quotes from posts on messsage boards about the Team Catfish SECRET-7 catfish bait. The quotes are from the Brotherhood of Catfishermen and the Texas Fishing Forum.

Thanks Team Catfish, from "Catfish Chris" of the BOC.

I spent a day in the boat with Jeff Williams from Team Catfish. Jeff is one of the most knowledgable fisherman I have ever had the pleasure of fishing with. I am an old river fisherman and that day I went back to school.

Jeff and I caught 30 plus channel cats in an afternoon of fishing. The fish ranged from 2 to 6 pounds. All of the fish were caught on Secret 7 catfish dip bait.

If you have never used this catfish bait, you should give it a try. The fish don't just bite on it. They attack it like it is some kind of prey. It was truly remarkable to see how hard those fish took that bait.

Thanks Jeff and Team Catfish for a good day!!!


This post from "big sam" of the BOC.

Myself & the "MRS" went to the Arkansas river yesterday. It was cloudy starting out we didn't get there till about noon The water was rising again!! I am fishing in the heat on purpose cause myself & Johnny have to fish in a tournament in July In Texas so i need to be in the heat a little. I took my ususal punch-bait figuring for a nice mess of channels since the blues are nesting. I threw my secret 7 in the boat determined to figure out how I want to present it. Jeff you'll be proud of me I tried the tubes, loopers, sponges, etc.. before i didnt like the results. So i added some fiber to it so i can sling a treble at them I had 3 poles the "MRS" had 2. She used punch-bait...i used 2 secret 7 & 1 punch. The contest was on!!! The "MRS" can fish now folks she jumped to an early lead about 5 to ZERO Don't panic though..the second spot i came to life. We caught 26 fish total in 3hrs.. she had a channel going 6lbs. The secret 7 catfish bait bagged 6 blues the only ones caught!!! My biggest was 7lbs. It was a slug-fest for sure the final tally was 13 to 13, but i am declaring secret 7 the victor cause it caught the only blues. I got it Jeff!!! I am confident now in fishing with it!!! Thanks Jeff for sending me some bait to try!!!!


This post from "Monarkman" at the TFF.

Listen man i wasnt a believer in the secret 7 catfish bait till i bought some and i love it buy two though cause the cats will not leave it alone...Also buy their dip worms they have a good deal u get two tubs and a package of dead red dip worms for around 13 dollars...One more thing they have great customer service and super fast shipping!

Great product and great people!
Keep it up team catfish!


This post from "cuzican" of the TFF.

If you are near fish, they will eat the Secret 7 catfish bait before it all disolves. If you don't get bit in 30 minutes, the fish are not there. I am waiting on my 3rd order of the spring to arrive. This stuff really works.


This in from angus56 of the TFF.

I love this catfish bait. Just be careful in the boat it has the potential to get on everything. I usually set my tub of bait in a card board beer flat to keep it under control. Will be placing my 3rd order also within a week or so. I have also gone to a single hook on my dip tubes because the fish eat this stuff and I don't want to be killing smaller fish.

Team Catfish thanks all of you that post on the forums, and everyone else that speaks highly about our SECRET-7 catfish bait and all our other products.

Thanks from all of us at Team Catfish Tackle!

june 18, 2008 05:49am

Good News from Abby

Secret 7 Dip Bait Sets Jr. Angler Records for Lake Lewisville.

This good news was sent to us by Bobby Kubin of Bobby-Catfishing.com



"Abby Kubin caught the Jr. Angler record channel cat and blue cat for Lake Lewisville on a recent outing with her dad and catfish guide Bobby Kubin. The 2.01 lb blue cat and the 1.89 lb channel cat are by no means the largest catfish in the lake nor are they the largest fish she has ever caught. These are though the biggest catfish of either species that she has caught and landed completely by herself on Lake Lewisville. At the young age of only four years old, this is quite an impressive accomplishment. Both fish were caught on Secret 7 dip Bait by Team Catfish fishing shallow water with slip cork rigs. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department has an outstanding Jr. Angler Records program that recognizes and awards young anglers for their efforts and accomplishments while fishing."



Thanks Bobby and Abby for the great report and Congratulations from all of us at Team Catfish Tackle. Keep up the good work.

P.S. We are gonna send Abby a Team Catfish cap and 5X4 chrome decal for her accomplishments.
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Home of the SECRET-7 Catfish Bait. Bass Pro Shops
Manufactured Bait Champion, Lake Texoma, May 2008.

june 11, 2008 06:05pm

Won a new fishing Pole!

Jeff and Patricia Williams of Team Catfish tackle were in attendance at the Zebco media challenge at Lake Wahola in Tulsa OK last week. There was a fishing contest for the radio stations, TV stations and newspapers. Jeff and Patricia had taken some SECRET-7 catfish bait and DEAD RED dip tubes for the anglers to fish with during the tournament.

The catfish winner was Ty Smith, age 7 from Tulsa (fishing for team KVOO/KXBL).



Ty caught his channel cat from 15 ft of water with the SECRET-7 catfish bait and the DEAD RED dip tube while his team cheered him on. He won a brand new Hog Seeker rod from Zebco for landing his nice catfish.

Congratulations to Ty from Team Catfish Tackle and good catfishing to all!

june 07, 2008 03:03pm

Still cattin at 80 years young........

This report sent in by Team Catfish Founder Jeff Williams.

Here are some pictures of the two fellas I had on two different 4 hour guide trips this week. I have not done much guiding since the inroduction of Team Catfish but I wanted to take these 2 catfishing and introduce them to the SECRET-7 catfish bait. These 2 sure were a lot of fun!

Floyd with a nice channel.

Al with a nice cat.

A double to end up the day......


These fellas caught around 50 cats in 2 trips. Lots of 2 to 5 lbrs and two 10lbrs I didn't get pictures of . The cats were all caught in fast current with the SECRET-7 catfish bait and the mini FURRY THaNG bait holders. We were also using the #6 sinker slides, sinker bumpers, and the 2 oz. clip on no slide sinkers.

Was very suprising to see the way Al got around in the boat. He just turned 80 years young and he loves catfishing. Nice work fellas, you handled the rods well.
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Home of the SECRET-7 Catfish Bait. Bass Pro Shops
Manufactured Bait Champion, Lake Texoma, May 2008.

june 07, 2008 02:09pm

Big Flathead Catfish on 8/0 hook

This report sent in to Team Catfish Bait and Tackle News by WVBowhunter of the Master Catters forum.

At the early stages of breaking daylight this 56lb flathead came out for a quick bite on a big blue gill at Burnsville Lake in WV on the 25th of May. Althou fishing had been a little slow the 8/0 double action circle found its mark in the corner of the mouth for another nice trophy....thanks Team Catfish.



Thank you for this great report....and good luck to all!

june 03, 2008 04:18pm

BIGGEST Channel Cat this year.......

This report sent in from Team Catfish Founder Jeff Williams.

I am finally getting around to sending in the report of my 7yr olds channel cat. He caught it over Memorial Day weekend in Spavinaw Creek here in OK. The water was fast and clear running into the lake and he had quite a fight on his little hands. We got him on the mini FURRY THaNG bait holder loaded with the SECRET-7 catfish bait. We were targeting the biggest rocks we could find in deep fast current. They were using the rocks as a current break. There was NO NIBBLES when these channels hit, just a good thing we had rod holders! We are very pleased with the swift water fish ability of the SECRET-7 catfish bait. It really hangs on good!!!!

may 29, 2008 08:32pm

Congratulations to Mickey and Steve

Congratulations from Team Catfish Tackle to Mickey Petree and Steve Nelson on an outstanding tournament year so far. The duo has accomplished the North Texas Trophy Cats anglers of the year, 1st place at the North Texas Trophy Cats Championship, and 2nd place at the Bass Pro Shops Big Cat Quest.



The Team Catfish Tackle they are using at various locations includes the DOUBLE ACTION catfish hooks, SECRET-7 catfish bait, DEAD RED Blood Spray, #6 sneekATTACK Sinker Slides, Floating catfish grips. SMOOTH OPERATOR Snagless Sinkers, DEAD RED Dip Tubes, FURRY THaNG Dip Bait Holders. They have reported that the gear has worked well on guide trips and during tournaments for them and they will continue to use it.

Don’t forget that they also have a top notch guide service called Trophy Catfish Adventures If you are interested in learning how to better tatget catfish from season to season, look them up sometime!



Again………congratulations to Mickey and Steve from everyone involved with Team Catfish on a great year so far. I know they have their sights set on a few more tournaments in 2008 so watchout folks......Give'um heck fellas.

may 27, 2008 10:59am

SECRET-7 catfish bait does it again.

This email sent in to Team Catifsh from Charles in Texas.

"A friend and I went out on 5-23-08 and slammed the channel cats. All cats were in 2-3 ft of water along grass lines and timber. Caught them corkin with secret 7 catfish bait. I used the tactics that were taught to me by Brother Terry Terry and was on them from the time we got there till the time we left. Wish I had pictures but I gave all of them to my friend which was having a fish fry for a youth group for Memorial Day.

P.S. We only kept 50 cats which was our limit for the day."

Team Catfish Tackle thanks Charles for the report about the SECRET-7 catfish bait.

may 26, 2008 07:47pm

Mike Cook/SECRET-7 Catfish Bait Report

5-19-08



Howdy folks. It's been awhile. Lot's of stuff going on with me right now that I won't get into just yet but I have been doing an awful lot of fishing. I had a chance to enjoy a day on the water with a family of boys from out west, mostly, and I would like to share that.

Once a year these guys get out and fish together and I was the lucky one this year to take them out. Two of them were not strangers to me as I had fished with them once before. Merton and Miles Veeder. Father and son. Both from Dodge City. On a previous trip they caught back to back eight pound walleyes. Now how many times do you think that happens? On this trip though they were joined by Mert's other son Mace from Lawrence, Kansas and son in-law Sean Powell from Lenexa, Kansas. The target species for this day was channel cat.

Marion Reservoir was about a foot high and releasing 91 CFM. The wind was from the north at 10-15 in the morning increasing as noon approached and dropping as the 4 pm hour came.

We baited up our catfish dip bait worms with Team Catfish Secret 7 catfish dip bait. If ya'll haven't heard of this yet let me tell you just a little bit about it real quick. I've been using it since June of last year and can't say enough good things about it. It's real consistent in texture from one batch to the next. You don't have to worry about thinning this catfish bait down or thickening it up. Just go fish. And boy does it catch fish.

My step son Chris Decker and I fished with it at a tournament at Texoma last month and took 8th place out of 116 boats. We were using the Secret-7 catfish bait. The 1st and 2nd place teams were also using the Secret 7 catfish bait.

A few weeks back I had a group out at Cheney and one of them caught a channel catfish that was at least 20 pounds. So the old saying that says stink bait won't catch big fish is just that an old saying. I can't count the fish over 10 pounds I've caught on dip bait. Well back to the fishing trip.

Our first anchor position was on a little secondary point with a little bit of brush on it. The wind was blowing in on it and Mert was the first to bring a fish to the boat. Fact is smoked those boys about all day long. Miles caught the next one and then Mert caught his second which weighed in at 10 and half pounds. Don't know how it disappeard of my camera. It was a dandy of a fish.

We headed to a rock pile where I have been catching them pretty good lately and man did they keep me busy huffing and puffing. We stopped for lunch about noon and dressed the fish before heading into Hillsboro for a bite to eat. 26 fish and 14 more would make their limit. We decided to fish the upper end on the mud flats and see if we could find some mere big ones. We didn't find one to beat the 10 and a half but caught some really nice channels. All of these catfish were caught using the Team Catfish Secret 7 catfish bait.

It was another great day on the lake. Spent with great company and a lot of ribbing and laughter. It's nice to see families make a special effort to get together for an annual event. I'm glad in this case I was able to share the experience.

Mike Cook

Four Lake Guides

fourlake@cox.net

316-655-1541


Team Catfish Tackle thanks Mike Cook of 4 Lake Guide Service for his support of Team Catfish and for the catfishing reports he sends in.

may 24, 2008 05:26am

Secret-7 catfish bait makes the day.....

Here is a email sent in to Team Catfish about a great fishing guide and the SECRET-7 catfish bait.

"Thanks so much for the prompt shipment of the secret-7 dip bait and blood spray. I especially appreciate your including some bait holders for me too. I just took my dad on a channel cat fishing trip at Marion Reservoir in Kansas. Mike Cook was our guide. He baited Dad's hook with secret-7 and put Cattracker wicked sticky on my hook. I'm happy to say Dad outfished me all day. It was the kind of day where we had to work hard to find the fish, but when we did they really attacked the secret-7. Mom says Dad is still talking about all the fish we caught. Thanks for making it a great day for him. My grown daughter and I are taking the secret - 7 fishing this evening. As she is a worm fisherman, it will be interesting to see how the dip bait does against that.


Michael McIrvin DC, IPS
Sr. Injury Prevention Specialist
BACKSAFE/SITTINGSAFE Programs"



Michael, thanks from everyone at Team Catfish Tackle for the kind words. We are glad you/dad had a great time, and glad the S-7 catfish bait worked for ya.

may 23, 2008 07:54pm

7yr old is whacking the cats........

Took Haydn out catfishing for a few hours today. He did well in school this year and he deserved a little fishn trip.....He caught lots of channel cats on the SECRET-7 today with the largest weighing in at around 6 lbs. He caught a few smallmouth bass and a few perch to boot. We had a great time today and all the Team Catfish products worked awesome. His smiles tell the WHOLE story........







Hope everyone has a great/safe Memorial Day Weekend.

This report sent in from Team Catfish founder Jeff Williams. Jeff hopes everyone will give the SECRET-7 catfish bait a try....especially when kids are trying to catch catfish. It's important to try and keep them interested, and the SECRET-7 catfish bait normaly catches catfish at a steady pace.

may 19, 2008 09:47am

Bobby Kubin guide report

Here's a report on Lake Lewisville TX over the past few weeks.

Kevin and his dad fished with me on Saturday afternoon 5/3/08 for a few hours. The fish were scattered a bit and we had to keep moving to stay on fish. They caught a nice mess of channel cats including this one on Secret 7 catfish bait and shad.

Bob, Jeff and Alex went out with me on Sunday morning 5/4/08. They had a good time on a half-day trip catching a mixed bag. They finished the morning boating about 25 channel cats, over 20 sandbass, 4 short hybrids, a 3 lb large mouth and a 4-foot long gar. They released quite a few fish that weren't deeply hooked and kept enough for a fish fry. Shad (fresh cut and live) was the preferred bait of the day.

No fishing over Mother's Day weekend.

Had the pleasure of fishing with Erick, Kenneth, John and James on Friday afternoon 5/16/08. Four hours of joking, laughing, and phone calls back to the office to report on the fishing and an upset wife dealing with a bad contractor back at the house produced about 60 channel cats and 25 lbs of fresh fillets. All fish were caught corking shallow water on Secret 7 catfish bait and punch bait.

The Stewart brothers joined me for an instructional trip on Sunday 5/17/08. It's amazing how fishing conditions can change in such a short period of time. We fished a variety of patterns and techniques and caught fish at just about every stop. It was obvious the the fish preferred Secret 7 catfish bait over punch bait and shad. We never did find the concentrations of fish like we did the afternoon before. Unfortunately, we had a really nice blue wrap up in the brush and break off before making it to the boat. They finished the day with about 20 catfish and took home quite a bit of knowledge and information to get started catching catfish on their own.
Team Catfish Tackle would like to thank Bobby for this guide report that includes the SECRET-7 catfish bait.
Here is his info:
Bobby Kubin
Bobby's Catfish Guide Service
www.bobby-catfishing.com
(817) 455-2894
Email:bobby@bobby-catfishing.com

may 19, 2008 07:08am

Cody/Bill Mullennix 2nd place Tawakoni T

Congratulations to Cody and Bill Mullennix on their 2nd place finish at Lake Tawakoni TX. this past weekend. They were fishing the Cabelas King Kat series that had traveled into TX for this event.
Cody said that he caught his blue catfish in 10 to 30 ft of water using shad. He had his shad rigged on the 8/0 DOUBLE ACTION catfish hooks and the #6 sneekATTACK Sinker Slides. He was clipping 2oz no slide sinkers on the Sinker Slides. He mostly anchor fished targeting fallen treetops on top of humps, but he also picked up a few smaller cats drift fishing. Cody said it was a good turnout and was looking forward to Cabelas coming back more often.
Again.......Congratulations from everyone at TEAM CATFISH TACKLE.

may 14, 2008 07:53pm

Took Ole' Vern catfishing today!

I went catfishing today with a good friend of mine Jerry Kropff. Jerry's life long catfishing partner Vern was along to supervise Jerry and I. Vern told us that if we kept up the good work, that maybe we could go by ourselves sometime soon!!!



We were using the SECRET 7 catfish bait and the DEAD RED Dip Tubes. We landed 41 nice channels and blues up to 8 lbs. Ole Vern did most of the catching, but while he was busy reeling one in, I grabbd the rod that had the largest channel cat of the day!



It was good to see the old friends catfishing together again. Vern has slowed down some and I know Jerry misses his company. Anyway we had fun and the SECRET 7 catfish bait hammered them.......



This report sent in by Team Catfish Tackle founder Jeff Williams.

may 04, 2008 01:27pm

SECRET-7 / BLOOD SPRAY WIN BIG ! ! !

The Bass Pro Shops Big Cat Quest manufactured bait tournament was held on May 3 2008. The stage was set at the beautiful Lake Texoma in Denison TX. Some of the countries top catfish anglers were in attendance. Lots of the nations top catfishing companies had their baits entered into the one day event. Many, many catfish were caught, but when the weigh in was over Team Catfish Tackle had claimed 4 places in the top ten with the SECRET-7 catfsih bait and the DEAD RED BLOOD SPRAY....

Red Grogran finished in first place. He also claimed the big catfish prize with a 10 pound plus blue catfish. His bait of choice was the SECRET-7 catfish bait. Red also used the Team Catfish SNEEK ATTACK sinker slides, DEAD RED dip tubes, and Catfish Grips.


The team of Steve Nelson and Mickey Petree claimed a second place victory. Their bait of choice was the SECRET-7 catfish bait. They also used the SNEEK ATTACK sinker slides, DEAD RED dip tubes, and Catfish Grips.

Third place was Terry (Brother) Terry. His bait was not SECRET-7 catfish bait but he chose to spray the Team Catfish DEAD RED BLOOD SPRAY on the punchbait he was using. Brother Terry said it made a very noticeable difference in the way the punchbait performed.

In eight place was the team of Mike Cook and his partner Chris Decker. Mike and Chris were using the SECRET-7 catfish bait, DEAD RED dip tubes, Catfish Grips, SMOOTH OPERATOR snagless sinkers, and the SNEEK ATTACK sinker slides.

Team Catfish founder Jeff Williams was in attendance at the Texas event to get pictures and retrieve information from the tournament anglers that were using the Team Catfish gear. Jeff said that “this was a mighty proud day for Team Catfish Tackle. This was the first manufactured bait tournament that the SECRET-7 catfish bait and the DEAD RED BLOOD SPRAY had been entered into as official products. First, second, third, and eight place victories were outstanding results. We knew we had some great products entered but the results even surprised us a little! We are looking forward to the next 2 Bass Pro Shops Big Cat Quest manufactured bait tournaments this year at Rend Lake IL. and Dubuque Iowa. We will be there with all the Team Catfish products for anglers to look at and test.”

Team Catfish is very proud of these top 10 finishes in the Bass Pro Shops Big Cat Quest. Team Catfish is equally as proud of these tournament angles that used the Team Catfish Tackle when their money and reputations were on the line.

Team Catfish Tackle would also like to thank all the anglers that choose to use the Team Catfish Tackle wherever they are catfishing!

april 26, 2008 07:13am

Took the boys catfishing!

Team Catfish Tackle founder Jeff Williams sent in this report.

I had my 2 boys out yesterday. We were catfishing a falling but flodded Elk river here on OK. The CFS was around 6000 and the channel cats were smacking the SECRET 7 catfish Dip Bait. I was also testing new bait holders to see how the cats react to them and how well the hang on the the dip bait. Any way we caught 13 channels in 2 hours. Our faimly had fun as the wife was along too. She even got to reel in a few channel cats!

We all had a good trip...........

Team Catfish...Real Catfish Gear.

april 24, 2008 07:47pm

Press Release

2008 News
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE



Contact: Gary Dollahon or Crystal Dollahon
Toll free: (866) 907-1605



Springtime is the catfisherman's meow

While spring weather has many anglers across the country scratching their heads about where to go and what to do as lakes and rivers are high and muddy in some regions and low and clear in others, there is one group that doesn't care about the conditions - catfish anglers.

"Channel catfish are the most widely stocked species in the country," said longtime guide and the founder of Team Catfish Tackle, Jeff Williams. "They can be found virtually in every kind of water we have, from neighborhood ponds to the largest rivers and reservoirs. Spring is a great time to catch catfish because they are often shallow and close to the banks."

Williams especially likes when the water is high as it is right now in and around his home state of Oklahoma, saying it makes the catfish very active. He says what he is doing now to catch channel and blue catfish on nearby Grand Lake will work almost anywhere.

Williams targets water depths of 2-5 feet, while also keying on areas that have grass or flooded brush or timber. He likes to find this combination in three different situations: 1) the very back of creeks with even the smallest inflow; 2) long and slow-tapering main lake points; and 3) islands with flooded timber or brush on top.

He also said that while most anglers curse the wind, the "wind is your friend" for exceptional catfishing success. "You want the wind blowing into the area you are fishing," he explained. "It is stirring up plankton that attracts baitfish, plus it carries the scent from your bait and that will lead fish to your hook."

The catfish expert said when fishing from a boat, always anchor the bow to the wind and hold the position by putting anchors out in front and back. Then do your fishing from the back of the boat, casting downwind.

Williams prefers to use a commercially prepared catfish "dip" bait that he helped formulate called Secret 7. He uses a Dead Red Dip Tube to hold the bait, rigged on a 2/0 Jackhammer hook. The hook is tied to about a 30-inch leader. He threads a 1- or 2-ounce Smooth Operator catfish slip sinker onto the end of his fishing line and then ties a barrel swivel below it to the end of the line. Next step is to attach the leader with the hook to the bottom end of the swivel.

When fishing in states where multiple rods are allowed per angler, such as Oklahoma, Williams and his anglers will fan out four to six rods and reels from the back of the boat. He says the new Zebco Hawg Seeker rod and reel combo is ideal for this application because a built-in "bite alert" feature responds to a bite with a sound and flashing light on the reel, making it easy to manage more than one rod at a time.

Zebco brand manager Scott Smith said the Hawg Seeker's bite-signaling feature, powered by two long-lasting Lithium batteries like used in watches, is truly innovative. "Catfishermen have been rigging bells and other devices on their rods for years to detect strikes, but BiteAlert is a much more sophisticated, more technical feature that is made right into the reel and assists anglers during day or night. When a fish tugs on the line, the beeping starts and lights begin flashing. And BiteAlert's sensitivity can be dialed up or down on the reel to compensate for wind or current."

Hawg Seeker BiteAlert combos are available in spinning or spincast versions, coming pre-loaded with 20-pound test line and on 7-foot rods in medium-heavy actions.

In support of Williams' claims that spring is a great time for catfish anglers, Smith said that Hawg Seeker sales have been "brisk" during March and April.

Williams also added another tip for those looking for the whiskered species. "If you haven't had a bite in 20 minutes, change locations," he said. "You might make four or five moves before you catch a fish. Catch one and you'll typically catch several in the same area." The suggestion applies whether fishing from a boat or the bank.

Catfish are considered excellent table fare as is proven by the extensive number of menus and fresh fish counters across the nation that offer the selection, but Williams has advice for fully enjoying that part of the catfishing experience, too.

"Take care of your catch immediately, either putting fish on ice or keeping them alive until cleaning," he said. "Then after cleaning, either freeze fillets in a container of water or keep them in a bowl of water until time to prepare and cook."

Williams is also a proponent of releasing catfish weighing over 8 pounds. He says these adult fish are important to sustaining catfish populations, and fish under that size are the best tasting ones anyway. He concluded by saying, "you can't catch any size if you don't go, so take advantage of the spring catfish activity and get on the water today."

For more information about Jeff Williams and Team Catfish, visit www.TeamCatfish.com, For more information about the Zebco Hawg Seeker, visit www.zebco.com.


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JEFF WILLIAMS' NOTES ON PREPARING CATFISH FOR COOKING

BEST EATING SIZE
- If intending to fry or bake whole, with the skin on, fish in the .75 - 1.5 pound range
- If intending to fillet, and cook in a variety of ways, fish in the 2-6 pound range
- Take pictures of catfish weighing over 8 pounds, then release the fish

CARING FOR CATCH
- Put fish on ice immediately after catching or keep alive until cleaning
- Freeze fillets in containers filled with water

BATTER OPTIONS
- Lots of commercial batters on the market, with various seasoning choices
- For do-it-yourselfers, go with Corn Flour instead of Corn Meal. Salt and Pepper to taste

BEFORE YOU BATTER FILLETS
- Pat fillets with a towel or paper towel to remove excess moisture
- Doing so allows the batter to stick to the fillet instead of the water on the fillet
- Then roll fillet in batter

DEEP-FRYING
- Grease must be hot, maintaining a temperature of around 350 degrees
- Don't overload the cooker with fillets. Cooking too many at a time will cool the grease, slow the
cooking process and cause the fillets to absorb more grease
- Cook hot and fast for the best results of holding batter and maximizing flavor

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april 23, 2008 04:45pm

Catfish Guide Brother Terry's Report

Here is a quote from Brother Terry/ Catfishing Guide from Eagle Mountain Lake in TX. This was posted on the Texas Fishing Forum at 4 23 08.



"well fished with my good friend Jeff he runs our Awanas program at the church....we did not get to fish long but did manage some nice cats ..real windy and hard to fish in two ft swells when your fishing two ft of water......caught all the fish on Team Catfish secret seven.....would have loved to fish all day with this stuff ...the fish were smashing it..."



Thanks for braggin on the SECRET 7 catfish bait Bro Terry. Congratulations on the great trip.

Team Catfish Tackle.

Brother Terry
Romans 8:28

Creators Guide Service 940-577-1238
http://www.creatorsguideservice.com

april 21, 2008 02:30pm

Bobby Kubin Guide Report

Here is the guide report and picture from Bobby and future catfish pro ABBY Kubin.

I got the chance to do a little fishing with my daughter this morning on Lewisville. We caught 45 channel cats with a few blues mixed in in about 3 hours. No big fish today, but the action was good. We even had several doubles to boot. Abby learned how to watch a cork, take up the slack and set the hook on a slip cork rig. Not too shabby for a 4-year old. After about 30 fish she was flat worn out. She decided to let Daddy take over with the catching and she would be in charge of the fish clicker. All fish were caught in less than 3 feet of water on Secret 7 catfish dip bait by Team Catfish and a few came on punch bait.



Team Catfish Tackle thanks Bobby and Abby for the report!

Bobby-Catfishing.com

april 10, 2008 07:57pm

Crystal City Tournament/Cabelas

Crystal City Tournament/Cabelas/Gateway Cats

This quote from a private message at Catfish1.com.

Tournament fisherman "russ" Rusty Devore sent me this in a PM and said.

crystal city tourney
"hi jeff, i thought would like to know that the 76 pounder we caught at the tourney was on a teamcatfish 8/0 double action hook. worked to perfection, the fish was hooked by letting the pole load up. which with a fish that size happened fast." Rusty also added " we will be fishing in both kingcat & bass pro classics this yr. your hooks will be on board."

Thanks russ, We are proud that you have chosen to use the Team Catfish Tackle during tournaments when your money is on the line.

WAY TO GO FELLAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

april 09, 2008 07:16pm

Cody Mullennix Guide Report

Paul Brabham and son Hunter had a big time on Lake Tawakoni TX with Cody Mullennix of [url=http://texascatfishingguide.com]TexasCatfishingGuide.com[/url] The lucky 9 year old had a great day catching his personal record blue cat 56lbs and several other great catfish. Another one weighed in at 26lbs and three other blue cats pushing the 18 and 20lbs mark were caught/released after pictures. We caught the blue catfish in six feet of water or less. We were geared up with big fish tackle using the Team Catfish Double Action catfish hooks ,#6 sinker slides,and catfish grips!


Team Catfish thanks Cody for the report and is glad he chooses to use Team Catfish Tackle!

april 08, 2008 08:45am

Bobby Kubin Guide Report.

Team Catfish,

I took a father and his two sons out Saturday afternoon on Lake Lewisville. Dad hadn't been fishing in 40 years and this was the first fishing trip ever for his two sons, 12 and 16. We fished some shallow grass flats and flooded green willows for channel cats using cut shad, punch bait and Secret 7 catfish dip bait. After the first hour or so into the trip, the fish definitely had a preference for the Secret 7 catfish dip bait. After we changed the rods over to the dip bait, the guys enjoyed a fairly steady bite of channel cats from 2 to 5 lbs. They all had a great time on the water and couldn't believe how hard a nice size channel cat can pull. It's days like these that make being a fishing guide so enjoyable. I was able to share the experience of a father watching his two sons not only catch the biggest fish of their lives, but catching their first fish as well. They are ready to go back again this summer. I think a combination of slip cork rigs, rip rap and spawning channel channel cats will be in order on their next trip.



Team Catfish Tackle thanks Bobby for the guide service report!

Bobby-Catfishing.com

april 07, 2008 06:09pm

Jerry Kropff Grand Lake record!!!

Congratulations to Jerry Kropff of Afton, OK on his brand new Grand Lake OK lake record blue catfish. It broke the old record set by Denny Halgren in January. The new record bluecat weighed 44lbs.

The big blue was caught on shad using a Team Catfish 5/0 DOUBLE ACTION catfish hook. Jerry was fishing in 6ft of water when he said the big blue bent over his rod over double, hooking itself.

WAY TO GO JERRY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!We are glad you have Team Catfish Tackle on board!!!!!!!!!!!

april 07, 2008 05:35pm

Congratulations to Marty/Roger Gerloff

Congratulations to Marty and Roger Gerloff for their 2nd place victory in the Gateway Cats/Cabelas King Kat tournament at St Louis MO on the Mississippi River this past weekend.

Marty Reported that they were using the Team Catfish 5/0 DOUBLE ACTION catfish hooks and the #6 SNEEK ATTACK Sinker Slides.

They were anchor fishing in 35 ft. of water. The bait of choice was Skipjack. The sinkers were 8,10,and 12 oz clipped onto the #6 Slides.

They said that they caught about 12 cats on the 5/0 hooks. They were sweeping the rods over their heads for hook-sets and/or letting the cats load up the rods hooking themselves. They weighed in around 68lbs, claiming 2nd place.

WAY TO GO FELLAS! Team Catfish is proud of you!! We are glad you had the Team Catfish Tackle on board.

april 02, 2008 05:43pm

Big Time Catfishing on the James River!

This report posted by Mike Ostrander of the JAMES RIVER FISHING SCHOOL.

Fishing on the James River during March was awesome. AT times, it was challenging, but that's why they call it fishing and not catching. Lots of citation sized blue catfish were caught including almost fifty in one week.
The biggest fish this year, so far, caught off my boat is a 62 pounder. We also boated the biggest flathead I've ever seen at 40 pounds even .. And we've literally caught 1000's of flathead over the last few of years.

During the last week, herring have shown up, as well as the big ocean run stripers that weigh between 20 and 30 pounds. Hickory shad are in Richmond and there are almost as many boats fishing for them as there are shad in the River. A few American shad are being caught. White perch are all over the river and bottom bouncing lures, or fishing small cut bait is yielding lots of fish.

Back to the bluecat scene ... Fish from 3 pounds to 60+ pounds are scattered throughout the river, and now is the best time of the year to fish for them, as they gorge themselves on all the above mentioned (except for the big
stripers) in preparation for their spawn. The top baits are gizzard shad, as usual, but using white perch or herring is a great bait. Herring is good for numbers of fish, as the little cats are eating it up about as fast as you can put your lines in the water.

The forecast for April looks great. The Team Catfish DOUBLE ACTION catfish hooks are hookin up awesome. Hopefully the winds will stay down and the fish will be biting. Take care and Happy Fishing!



Mike Ostrander


Mike Ostrander
James River Fishing School
804-938-2350
mike@jamesriverfishing.com
www.jamesriverfishing.com

Ps - here is some info on the image I sent you ...

Curtis Spain ­ far left with a 28lbs blue

Chris Spain ­ in the middle with a 40lbs blue

Mike Green ­ far right with a 30lbs blue

We are brother-in-lawsŠ. We call it a friendly family competition on the James!

We had 6 citations on the day ­ biggest one caught was by Curtis at 45lbs ­ All together, we caught 12 fish for a total of 326lbs.

Wow thats awesome Mike! Glat the Team Catfish Tackle is on your boat!

april 01, 2008 11:12am

Congratulations to Jered Mounger of NTTC

Congratulations to Jered Mounger Vice President of NTTC on his first place victory at Lake Lewisville this past weekend. Here are some great things he had to say about the Team Catfish Tackle.

"Just wanted to let you know that I have become a firm believer in your DOUBLE ACTION catfish hooks.

When my partener and I prefished Lewisville we were using 6.0 khale hooks. I was missing alot of fish on the hook set. After that trip I switched to the Team Catfish DOUBLE ACTION catfish hooks for the tournament day. I think only one fish was missed all day, from my side of the boat.

I would like to thank Team Catfish Tackle for their outstanding products. They helped us take 1st place at the Lake Lewisville NTTC Tournament.

Thanks Team Catfish."

Jered Mounger
NTTC Vice President

Thanks Jered for the nice comments about Team Catfish Tackle. We are glad you use our gear at tournaments when money is on the line!

WAY TO GO!

april 01, 2008 08:23am

Bobby Kubin takes 5th place!

Team Catfish Tackle would