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.

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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!

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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!

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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!

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april 01, 2008 08:23am

Bobby Kubin takes 5th place!

Team Catfish Tackle would like to congratulate Bobby Kubin of Bobby-Catfishing.com for his 5th place finish at Lake Lewisville NTTC Tournament this past weekend. Here is his tournament report.

Conditions on Lake Lewisville have been tough for the past week. The lake is several feet high due to some recent rains and the Corps has been releasing quite a bit of water in order to drop the lake level back down to conservation pool elevation. We had a cold front come through on Friday that had the winds kicking out of the north at 20+ mph and water temps were hovering right around the 60 degree mark. My brother and I pre-fished on Friday afternoon and found the blue cats scattered along wind-blown banks and points. We caught several nice blues fishing cut shad with the 5/0 Team Catfish Double Action catfish hooks. We also located some good concentrations of channel cats in flooded brush and shallow grass. We caught the channel cats on the Team Catfish Dead Red dip tubes loaded up with Secret 7.



Saturday morning on Tournament day started out slow. The winds died down considerably from the day before and the water temps in the main lake areas we fished 14 hours before, fell to 57 degrees. The blues we had biting on Friday were no where to be found. We changed tactics mid morning and just wanted to put 5 keepers in the boat at that point. We moved to a shallow grass flat and put out several rods baited with Secret 7. In about 15 minutes we caught 10 channel cats and had 5 keepers in the 2 to 3 pound range. We knew this was not enough to place well in on this lake, but we at least got a boost of confidence with some fish in the live well. We left the shallow grass and made a long run to the mouth of a small feeder creek. This spot was about 2 to 4 feet deep with some shallow timber and a few cormorant roosts. We immediately started catching some fish on cut shad including our biggest fish of the day being a 12 lb blue. Unfortunately, a couple of nice fish were lost in the timber and one at boat side a mere 6 inches from the net.



Despite the slow bite and tough conditions across the lake, we managed to put together a 30 pound stringer of 5 fish, including 3 blue cats and 2 channel cats. Thanks Team Catfish for the great products, we were able to pull off a 5th place finish!



Thanks,
Bobby Kubin
Bobby's Catfish Guide Service
(817) 455-2894
http://www.bobby-catfishing.com
bobby@bobby-catfishing.com


Thank you Bobby for that great report. We will get you posted on the Team Catfish news blog as soon as we get a picture of you from NTTC.

Team Catifsh is proud that Bubby Kubin chooses Team Catfish Tackle when he has a guide trip or when money is on the line at a tournament!

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april 01, 2008 06:10am

Santiago's Ca. Fishing Report

Santiago's Fishing Report

3/29/08

Fished Isabella CA, today with Jeff & Kathy from Bakersfield.
We fished from 7:00-11:00 the morning was cold and windy
water temp was 53. first hour we did some drift fishing we had a few hits but no takers, after that we anchored at our first spot and caught 3 small ones after about two hours we hit our next spot where Jeff & Kathy caught this big 12lb-13lb channel cat.

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Team Catfish Tackle thanks Santiago,s Guide Service for the catfishing report! We are alos proud that he uses Team Catfish Tackle on his trips!

www.santiagofishing.com

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march 30, 2008 03:50pm

Team Catfish Wins at KC Catfish

Kansas City Catfish kicked off its second season on Saturday March 29th. The weather in KC this spring has been unusually cool and tournament day was no exception. Overcast skies with temps at launch at a frosty 37 degrees and a brisk ESE wind.

Andrew Carnes and Randy Morgan were one of three teams that made the 19 mile run up the Kansas River to the lowhead dam at I-435. Using cut shad to work the current seams and eddys they boated a 5 fish limit for 27.6 lbs. This was good enough for third place and $144.

Dennis Boehm headed out solo on to the Missouri River. He found his fish on shallow rocky banks getting bit when the sun poked through the overcast. Using half sour shad and Skipjack He boated the big fish of the day a 27.8 lb blue cat along with a 5 lb channel for a total of 32.8 lbs. Boehm won the big fish pot $80 and second place $ 216.

The team of Josh Dixon and Brad Kilpatrick also opted to head to the Dam at I-435. Not having much luck in the rushing water right up on the dam they moved downstream to an exposed sandbar and were soon culling fish. They were using small chunks of cut shad and Fish-On Green Label Herring coated with Team Catfish's Dead Red Blood Spray. Josh Dixon said "the Dead Red Blood Spray definatly made a difference as We were catching larger channel cats then the other teams We could see in the area." When it was all said and done Dixon and Kilpatrick took 1st place and $360 with a 5 fish limit for 35 Lbs.

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Sponsor give aways:

Rob Turner won a Team Catfish prize pack

Alex Davis won a Catfish Safari River Rod

Team Catfish thanks all the anglers that were using the Team Catfish Tackle!

Be sure to visit KCcatfish.com!

Report courtsey of Catfish1.com

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march 21, 2008 06:55pm

Team Cat-Tracker Srikes Again!

Tournament report by Eddie Willey and
Steve Tomlin of Team Cat-Tracker.

March 8, 2008 marked the beginning of the Bass Pro Shop (BPS) Big Cat Quest (BCQ) tournament trail for the season. The season began on Lake Eufaula in Eufaula, AL at 6am. Weather would prove to add an element of surprise throughout the day with conditions varying from rain, snow and 30-40MPH winds. Fish were weighed each and every hour by fisherman who were able to overcome the adverse conditions. Weigh ins also proved to be a surprise as Lake Eufaula is typically known for its channel cats and the large fish at the scales were all blue cats.

We started our journey to Alabama on Wednesday evening with expectations of winning this tourney. We had spent countless hours researching this lake and river system to find the area that a winning fish could come from.

Our journey started in Chester, Virginia after we stopped at the home of Randy Harris owner of Black and Blue Custom Rods, one of our sponsors, to pick up some equipment. Randy was even so kind as to go out to catch us fresh bait to take on our trip. We were on the road by 11PM and after driving all night to get there we made it to the lake Thursday afternoon and started scanning the lake in preparation of pre-fishing Friday.

We met with another BPS fishing team member Team Trackers Jeff Dodd (also TEAM CATFISH) on the lake. Jeff had been fishing most of the day and had located some fish which would instantly raise the bar for us. He was willing to bring us some bait from a local lake which he had caught on his way down from his home in Tennessee. We ended the day back at the dock never wetting a line out-running the oncoming storm and ready for Friday the one day we would have to pre-fish the lake.

Friday morning greeted us with down-pours. We toughed it out and were on the lake at 7am to endure hours of pouring rain. Our sponsor BPS had provided us with 100mph rain gear and they kept use dry and warm all day. By midday the rain subsided and the sun came out to warm the temp to 70 degrees. We enjoyed the warm weather and decided to finally wet a line.

We covered some 25 miles of the lake and the Chattahoochee River by 4PM and decided it was time to head in. We ran back to the lake to check out the area we had found the day before and were welcomed back with black skies and 3’ waves. We made our run to the marina in some of the hardest rain I have seen all year. All in all it was a banner day for us after catching several fish that we felt could win the tourney. The blue cats weighed 21, 18 and 13lbs. We felt if we could find these fish on Saturday we would be in contention of winning this tourney. The largest fish ever caught in a BCQ tournament on Lake Eufaula was 22.4lbs so we were close to that record in pre-fishing which boosted our morale.

We went to the sign in and met with many other great anglers during the pouring rain and 30mph winds. During this we were informed by Ken Freeman that there was a boater still out. The fisherman had boat trouble and was some 25-30 miles up the river broken down and his cell just went dead. Jeff Dodd and Eddie Willey were the first to jump to action and Jeff offering his service and his 21’ Tracker Tundra to head up river to find the stranded fisherman. I stayed back at the ramp as backup just encase something went wrong and they needed help. Off they went in the night into the storm and the 3-4’ waves and drenching rain. Within 30 min they had covered the distance and were assisting the stranded boater back to the nearest ramp. I met them there and we made it back to the marina around 12am. Jeff was kind enough to offer us to stay at his motel and save us the 45min drive back to where were staying.

Tournament day the alarm sounded just two and half hours after we had went to sleep. It was to be a day of endurance and prevalence for us. We started our day throwing the cast nets around the dock of the marina and having success finding enough live bait for the day. Then we headed up the river at 5am to get to our spot. We made it out of the marina easily enough and then were back into 3’ waves, gusting winds and scattered rain. After a long run up the river we stopped on a location where we thought we would be successful in catching a monster cat.

The wind didn’t turn to NW as the weather-man said it would and was blowing out of the SE at 30mph+ straight up the river. The temps had plummeted into the 30’s and we were cold! We spent the next 20 minutes trying to anchor on these hogs we marked. As were trying to set up the winds got worse and the river was covered with white caps as the 2-3’ waves had gotten extremely choppy. We couldn’t anchor with the current so we anchored with the boat pointing down river with the wind blowing it upriver and at 6:30 finally got to wet a line. Because we were anchored backwards in to the current we decided to cast and bump the baits through the hole around the structure.

By 8am we had the first fish in the boat, a 21.8lb blue cat. Shortly after the first catch, it started snowing. The snow was blowing by so fast it would hurt if it hit our numb faces and hands. We fished this spot a little longer then ran further up the river to a spot we knew was holding big fish.

We couldn’t anchor in this area so we found a creek mouth to anchor in and fish some structure there. We set on that spot for 45min without a bite. We started changing baits and eventually found what they liked (Skip Jack). One of the middle rods started screaming so Eddie grabbed it and the fight was on. He had to work the fish over the structure and up the ledge without breaking the line and luckily it surfaced over deeper water. He was doing his best to get this donkey to the boat and not let it go back down into the structure. Once we saw the tail of the fish hit the top of the water we were excited as we knew this wasn’t a 20lb fish. When the fish hit the net the feeling of accomplishment was unexplainable. The fish hit the Salter scale at 30.7 and we had done what we came to do. We proved there were large blue cats in this lake system.

The tackle setup that was provided by Team Catfish Gear had performed awesome as always. The custom rod made by Black & Blue Custom Rods allowed Eddie to horse the fish to the boat. The Team Catfish double action hook was deep in the corner of this fish’s mouth. It was nice to see the hook buried so deep to add confidence in the hook set. Once in the live well I just couldn’t believe how the Akwa-Lung system had taken all the mud from the river water in the live well that we had pumped in earlier. That was one happy fish!!
I was up next and had on a donkey that seemed larger that the 30, but it was not to be. The structure had claimed my prize before we could get it to the boat. This luck continued for two more large fish. Broke off in the large trees we were fishing beside. I can’t explain the depth of frustration you have knowing you had just broke off three large cats that may have filled all the top places of the tourney.

We decided it was time to head back and make the wet run in the rough water back to weigh in. As we ran down the river hugging the bank, the river was covered with cat fisherman enduring these conditions that would have kept most folks at home. You have to admire the dedication of these fishermen.

We arrived to the scale to be greeted by Ken and to see that one of fellow BPS pro team member Julie Kunzeman was holding first place with the big fish of the tourney 24lbs and had won the 12-1PM weigh in an hour earlier. We weighed in the 21lb in the last couple minutes of the 1PM hour and claimed first place for that hour. We decide to go ahead and weigh the 30lb Eddie had caught and the massive 2.2lb I had caught. The fish topped the scales at 30.5lbs. We weighed in the 2PM hour and finished the hour with a first place and fourth place finish.

We still had 45 minutes to fish until the end of the tourney so we decide to make a short run to the spot we had found on Thursday. At 3:42 three minutes before we would have to head back to the 4PM weigh in a rod on my side slammed down. After realizing this was a large fish the fish started his run for cover and after pulling quite a few yards of line it was wrapped up in some standing timber and broke off. After a few tears we headed back to the weigh in only to smack a submerged log in the channel and strip out the inside of the prop. We idled the rest of the way and made it back to ramp as the tourney ended.

We ended the day with a first place (30.5 lb) and third place (21 lb) finish overall. The big surprise to us was the 30.5 that Eddie caught was the largest blue cat ever recorded caught on Lake Eufaula. Eddie Willey now holds the Lake Eufaula blue cat record on rod and reel at 30.5 lbs. This was a great tournament and a big thanks to Ken Freeman Outdoors for putting on a great tournament and series. We look forward to seeing all of you at the tourneys in the future.

Be sure to tune in to the BCQ on GAC channel on Saturday mornings to see the tourney results.

We would like to thank our sponsor’s for making this possible.
Bass Pro Shops Ken Freeman Outdoors
Team Catfish Black and Blue Tackle and Custom Rods Akwa-Lung

BPS's Team Cat-Tracker
Eddie Willey
Steve Tomlin

Thanks fellas for the indepth report.

Be sure and listen to Eddies audio interview at Team Catfish Radio!

Team Catfish Tackle

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march 21, 2008 08:31am

Bobby Kubin Catfishing Report

Texas Catfish Guide Bobby Kubin had this to report!

I had a few minutes this evening to take my daughter fishing. We did a little bank fishing along a drainage ditch in our subdivision right where it drains into the lake. We got to try out the Secret 7 dip bait by Team Catfish. The bait did pretty well in the short time we had to fish. Abby caught 4 channel cats from 1 to 2 lbs. in about 30 minutes before Momma called and said dinner was ready. For some reason home made lazagna was a little more important to her than a few more catfish.

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


Thanks for the report on the SECRET 7 Dip Bait Bobby.

Team Catfish Tackle

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march 18, 2008 08:20pm

Cliff Hill's Guide Report

Jeff, I have been using the products you sent this week with great results. In particular the DOUBLE ACTION catfish hooks and the DEAD RED BLOOD SPRAY!
Clients are beside themselves with the expandable TRANSFORMER towels as well. They really like them.
Report
Date MAR 19
Lake Calaveras ,TX
Water: 64 Deg.
Depth 14ft
Bait - Gizzard Shad w/ dead red Blood spray applied
Hook- 5/0 Team Catfish DOUBLE ACTION catfish hooks

Species -Channel & Blue Cats
Client, John Levi of San Antonio was able to land his biggest catfish yet, a nice 7.5 lb blue at Lake Calaveras. Using fresh shad and applying the dead red blood spray attached to a 5/0 Team Catfish Circle hook. We were fishing a 14 ft drop off near mid lake when the rod doubled over with John's fish. John landed several other fish througout the day with the Team Catfish set up we were using but this was his personal best catfish.

Attached are some pics.

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Thank you Jeff for making fine products and standing behind them!
Cliff Hill




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


Team Catfish Tackle thanks Cliff Hill for the comments and reports.

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march 03, 2008 07:46am

Team Catfish Tackle/James River VA Tourn

[1] Hello TEAM CATFISH tackle I just wanted to inform you of a Catfish Nation Tournament we fished on the 23rd of Feb. The tournament was held on the James River VA out of the Hopewell ramp. The tournament started at 7am we arrived at 6:30am to get bait and only caught 5 gizzard shad nowhere enough for a day of tournament fishing that’s for sure. With the captains meeting concluded at 6:55am, all the teams launched and took off in registered order. The first place we set up was on the winning hole. We had decided to stop here after little research and discussion among ourselves. The week prior Johnny (in Camo) and myself fished the flats 3-8 feet deep and pulled a 59lber Johnny's new personal best and two 54's and a twin pair of 20lbers not bad for a couple hours of fishing. With a low pressure system moving through that week and cold weather dropping the water temp about 5 degrees (52-47) we discussed what the fish would do. The tournament day was a whopping 42 degrees for the high and windy so we decided the fish would move off the flats along with the bait to deeper more stable water temps. The first hole was well located for repositioning of blue catfish from the flats and the water temp was right as well. After setting up on the first hole which was a ledge of 24ft that transitioned to 47ft we set out our rods with only 5 gizzard shad. We immediately started getting bites when the main channel rod clicker started hummin. I engaged the spool by turning the handle and WHAM set the 8/0 DOUBLE ACTION catfish hook deep in the corner of the bluecats mouth. The fish took drag for the first couple of seconds. This is a Big fish I told My partners Johnny and Steve (tan coveralls) after 15 minutes and 3 good runs and never seeing the fish I think the guys started believing me. Finally after about 40 minutes the fish surfaced behind my Tracker boat. Steve immediately said the fish was a 70lber and I had to agree after that long of a fight and never seeing the fish. I had fought the fish to the side of the boat and Johnny netted the monster, Steve grabbed the net and scale as I removed the DOUBLE ACTION catfish hook and put the fish in the net to weight. Wow it weighed 75lbs in the net (4.10lbs of net weight). Next The Flat side rod goes screaming I tried to grab it but Johnny beat me to it. Johnny fought the fish for about 15 minutes then we boated him as well. In the course of about 1hr we had our winning tournament weight in the boat. We were finished fishing for the tournament that day by 8:30 am and just rode the river looking at other spots. We have never finished well at this event. We hadn’t brought anything to the scales larger than 36lbs. The weigh in was great all the boats had to have their chips on the board by 4:00pm we had 2 minutes left talk about cutting it close time just slipped away from us scanning the river for new spots. The biggest fish that had been weighed in prior to ours was 60.8lbs, a very competitive fish for this tournament that’s for sure. Johnny and Steve weighed in our blue catfish. Our small guy weighed 41.6 and our big blue weighed 62.8. The total weight of the two mega blues quickly launched us in to first place and was enough weight for us to win the tournament. What a day on the James River in VA, it was a great catfish tournament. All of the Team Catfish tackle worked great, and it just goes to show you that doing your homework and catfishing with quality tackle is a big part of the game when it comes to trophy blue catfishing. EVERYONE!!! GOOD FISHING AND TIGHT LINES TO ALL...... Eddie Willey [2] Team Catfish tackle would like to thank Eddie for this great tournament report. We are proud of you and your success. We are also glad that the Team Catfish tackle helped you in this victory. Keep up the good work!!!

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february 27, 2008 07:45pm

Team Catfish Gear/New Lake Record

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Denny Halgren just got a new Grand Lake Record for Oklahoma’s new program. "My good friend Denny Halgren and I were fishing Grand today when he caught this nice blue. It was his first bite ever in Grand Lake!" said Jeff Williams founder of Team Catfish.

"This is not a huge blue in some locations but it is a large one for Grand Lake. The record had to be at least 40 lbs and this one weighed 42. It was 43 inches long and had a 28 inch girth." Jeff added.

Denny was eager to talk about the catfish tackle he used to land the big blue. "We caught it in 50 ft of water on shad using a Team Catfish 5/0 DOUBLE ACTION catfish hook and a Team Catfish 2 oz. SMOOTH OPERATOR snagless sinker."

Jeff hopes that all the other caters of OK take advantage of this new program. He also adds the if any angler, in any state catches a new record on any Team Catfish Tackle that they should contact Team Catfish a soon as possible and let them know! To obtain a prize package.

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february 16, 2008 07:41pm

Team Catfish/Brotherhood of Catfishermen

Team Catfish tackle has teamed up with the Brotherhood of Catfishermen. The members support has been outstanding and we look forward to lots of cool co marketing in the near future. Jeff Williams’s founder of Team Catfish says “we wanted to introduce our catfishing tackle to the Brotherhood’s members in a positive manner. We wanted their members to understand what Team Catfish really was and is going to become.” We got to meet with Eric Simcox #2 in command in St Louis and he was a great help. He even offered to video a catfish seminar that Jeff was scheduled to do on Saturday. Eric got most of the Team Catfish tackle products on video as well for all his members to look at first hand. St Louis 2008 was a great show and we met lots of catfish anglers that are members of the BOC. Thanks to St Louis and to the BOC for all your support!

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Here are the links from the BOC about the products and catfishing seminar.

http://www.catfish1.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=491

http://www.catfish1.com/forums/showthread.php?p=917400#post917400


Team Catfish Tackle

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january 26, 2008 03:06pm

Big Cat Quest Tournament 2008

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Ken Freeman Outdoor Promotions proudly anounces the richest catfishing tournement trail in the nation for 2008. This is the trail for travlers if TV exposure and guarenteed paybacks sound good to you!
Team Catfish is proud to sponsor Bass Pro Shops BIG CAT QUEST in the 2008 season.
We have supplied them with some of our Team Catfish fishing tackle to use as prizes for all their tournaments in 2008. Ken Freeman puts on the greatest show involving catfishing tournament trails so try to attend one of his events, you won't be sorry! Hopefully you will win some money and Team Catfish fishing tackle when you attend! Here is the schedule and link to visit their website.
http://kenfreemanoutdoorpromotions.com/2007/
Anglers,

Please note our 2008 schedule, thanks for your patience, but I think you can see it was worth the wait. This season is going to be nothing short of outstanding with 18 stops featured. All 2008 events will be a guaranteed payback purse, as with all our events, Guaranteed! This year, we will feature several new cities on the mega stops, on trail stops, manufactured bait stops, and by demand more hourly stops in Eufaula, Alabama, Lake Palestine, Texas, Havana, Illinois and this year Clarksville, Tennessee; all these will have guaranteed paybacks as always and should boast the most impressive lineup in catfish tournaments ever. New stops this year are set to be held at Joe wheeler State Park in Alabama, Lake Palestine, Texas, the Coosa/Wise Lake in Rome, Georgia, a mighty Mississippi River stop in Caruthersville, Missouri, Little Rock, Arkansas and the Arkansas River, new manufactured bait stops at Rend Lake, Illinois, Denison, Texas and Dubuque, Iowa, and a great stop in Louisville, Kentucky on the Ohio River.

After holding a history making event the first ever manufactured bait tournament for Catfishing in Durant, OK. On August 11, 2007 we will move forward with three stops set in 2008 at Denison, Texas, Rend Lake, Illinois, and Dubuque, Iowa. The National Catfish Derby, World Championship of Catfishing will move this year to October 04, 2008 and will be paying back again over $25,000.00 cash/prizes guaranteed. Also sites in Hopewell, Virginia, Lake Palestine, Texas, Paris, Tennessee, Havana, Illinois and as always The National Catfish Derby will feature a weekly contest while you pre-fish to win cash and free tournament entries prior to their events watch the website for weigh-in locations.

On June 21, 2008, The U.S.S.A. Children who will attend numerous stops will be present for the manufactured bait stop at Rend Lake, Illinois and the second annual Bill Roach Memorial Tournament to be held in his hometown of Clarksville, Tennessee will move to April 19, in 2008 and be hourly. I will always miss Bill. He was my first tournament winner when we started the BCQ and our first angler of the year. I am proud that his memory will live on with this event. We look forward to seeing all of you this year as the sport of Catfishing will be once again taped and broadcasted on The Big Cat Quest, now showing on Great American Country every Saturday morning @ 6:30 am central to a 50 plus million television universe and The America One Network a 20 plus million television universe. Ken Freeman Outdoors is proud of the fact that we can bring our beloved sport to a national audience. All Mega Stop Team Events will pay back 15 places in 2008 guaranteed this year! All trail tournaments will pay back 10 places guaranteed, giving even more anglers a payback! The new web-site has been under construction and the new entry forms, site paybacks, shopping cart, and all updates will be launched with it in the weeks to come.

Thank you for all the support in 2007 and we will be keeping our entry fees as the same for the past three years the lowest entry fees with the greatest paybacks in Catfishing. May God bless you and yours as we move forward in 2008, where as always The Best Is Yet To Come!

Ken Freeman

March 3 - Apr 4, 2008
Hopewell Catfish
Derby

March 3-28, 2008
Lake Palestine
Catfish Derby

March 8, 2008
Eufaula, AL
Eufaula Lake

March 29, 2008
Frankston, TX
Lake Palestine

April 5, 2008
Hopewell, VA
James River

April 19, 2008
Clarksville, TN
Cumberland River

April 26. 2008
Rome, GA
Coosa River/Wise Lake

May 5-30, 2008
Paris Catfish Derby

May 3, 2008
Denison, TX
Lake Texoma

May 17, 2008
Hazlehurst, GA
Altamaha River

May 24, 2008
Caruthersville, MO
Mississippi River

May 31, 2008
Paris, TN
Tennessee River

June 2-27, 2008
Havana Catfish
Derby

June 14, 2008
Little Rock, AR
Arkansas River

June 21, 2008
Whittington, IL
Rend Lake

June 28, 2008
Havana, IL
Illinois River

August 9, 2008
Rogersville, AL
Wheeler Lake

August 16, 2008
Dubuque, IA
Mississippi River

Sept 1 - Oct 3, 2008
National Catfish
Derby

Sept 6, 2008
Louisville, KY
Ohio River

Sept 20, 2008
Memphis, TN
Mississippi River

Oct 4, 2008
WCC/Pickwick Lake
Tennessee River

Oct 24-26, 2008
BCQ Championship
Sheffield, AL
Pickwick/Wilson Lakes
Going to be GREAT!

Catfish anglers be sure to check out these events. Make sure to attend the manufactured bait tournaments and try your luck with some of our Team Catfish SECRET-7 catfish bait.

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january 26, 2008 02:41pm

Missouri ACATS Tournaments 2008

Team Catfish is proud to sponsor Missouri ACATS in the 2008 season.
We have supplied them with some of our Team Catfish fishing tackle to use as prizes for all their tournaments in 2008. These fellas put on a great show so try to attend one of their tournaments. Hopefully you will win some Team Catfish fishing tackle when you attend! Here is their schedule and link to visit their website.
MISSOURI A.C.A.T.S.

http://missouriacats.com/

2008 Tournament Schedule
MARCH 29TH TRUMAN RESERVOIR Warsaw, Missouri Osage Bluff Marina & Resort 7:00 am-3:00 pm (OPEN)
http://www.osagebluff.com/

APRIL 26TH TRUMAN RESERVOIR Warsaw, Missouri Osage Bluff Marina & Resort 7:00 am-3:00 pm (OPEN)
http://www.osagebluff.com/

MAY 31ST LAKE OF THE OZARKS Warsaw, Missouri The Old Oar House INN 7:00 am-3:00 pm (OPEN)
http://www.oldoarhouseinn.com/



JUNE 28TH LAKE OF THE OZARKS Warsaw, Missouri Drake Harbor boat ramp (Night) 8pm-8am (OPEN)
http://www.welcometowarsaw.com/index.asp?NID=75

JULY 19TH LAKE OF THE OZARKS Warsaw, Missouri Drake Harbor boat ramp (Night) 8pm-8am (OPEN)
http://www.welcometowarsaw.com/index.asp?NID=75

AUGUST 16TH TRUMAN RESERVOIR Warsaw, Missouri Osage Bluff Marina & Resort 7:00 am-3:00 pm (OPEN)
http://www.osagebluff.com/

SEPTEMBER 13TH TRUMAN RESERVOIR Clinton, Missouri BuckSaw Resort and Marina 7:00 am-3:00 pm (OPEN)
http://www.bucksaw.com/

OCTOBER 11TH 1st Annual CATFISH SAFARI SHOOTOUT
***$$$*** Additional sponsor prizes and trophy added. BBQ and entertainment....
TRUMAN RESERVOIR Warsaw, Missouri Osage Bluff Marina & Resort
7:00 am-3:00 pm (OPEN)
http://www.osagebluff.com/

(OPEN) Tournaments are open to anyone and you need not be a member to fish them.

NOVEMBER 1ST MISSOURI A.C.A.T.S CHAMPIONSHIP ***$$$$$***Over $2000.00 in sponsor prizes added.
HARRY S. TRUMAN RESERVOIR WARSAW, MISSOURI OSAGE BLUFF MARINA & RESORT
http://www.osagebluff.com/
7:00 am - 3:00 pm

To Qualify for the MISSOURI ACATS Championship Tournament:

You must finish within the top (5) at 1 MISSOURI ACATS (open) tournament and be a ACATS member.

President: Troy Greenwood

660-438-6495

Vice-President: Kirk Kellough

816-352-7569

Copyright 2007-2008. MISSOURI A.C.A.T.S.. All rights reserved.

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january 26, 2008 02:21pm

North Texas Tournament Schedule 2008

North Texas Trophy Cats Tournaments 2008

Team Catfish is proud to sponsor North Texas Trophy Cats in the 2008 season.
We have supplied them with some of our catfish fishing tackle to use as prizes for all their tournaments in 2008. These fellas put on a great show so try to attend one of their tournaments. Hopefully you will win some Team Catfish fishing tackle when you attend! Here is their schedule and link to visit their website.

http://www.northtexastrophycats.com/

N.T.T.C. Mission Statement
It is the goal of North Texas Trophy Cats to provide catfish tournaments to all anglers at an affordable cost, while also joining catfish anglers together from all areas of Texas. All this while promoting family values and sportsmanship at the same time. Teaching the anglers to respect and enjoy the Outdoors.

02/09/2008
Lake Tawakoni
State Park
Safe-Light to 2 PM

03/01/2008
Cedar Creek Lake
TBA
Safe-Light to 2 PM
03/29/2008

Lake Lewisville
Little Elm Park
Safe-Light to 2 PM

04/19/2008
Lake Fork
Minnow Bucket Marina
Safe-Light to 2 PM

05/24-25/2008
N.T.T.C. CLASSIC
Lake Ray Hubbard
2 Day Event
Safe-Light to 2 PM

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january 26, 2008 02:04pm

Mike Cook's Catfishing Seminars.

Big as all Outdoors Show in Wichita KS Feb. 7, 8, and 9th. 2008

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Mike Cook will be doing seminars and talking to interested anglers on how to rig your catfish equipment; catfish bait options, and all the new Team Catfish fishing tackle. Mike is a specialist when it comes to targeting channel catfish in shallow water. This is exciting pattern every catfish angler should try. Mike has got lots of good catfish information for travelers or area anglers. Don’t miss a chance to meet him and ask him your questions. You can reach him on his mobile # @ 316 655 1541 if you want to book a catfishing guide trip. Be sure to attend!

Team Catfish Tackle

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january 25, 2008 11:10am

TEAM CATFISH in Des Moines Iowa. 2008

TEAM CATFISH is coming to Des Moines Iowa in FEB 2008

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Come out and see the TEAM CATFISH wrapped truck which will be inside the show at the TEAM CATFISH booth.
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Jeff Williams, catfish tournament pro, successful catfishing guide, and founder of Team Catfish Catfishing tackle will be sharing a wealth of catfishing information at the show this year. Jeff has been guiding for catfish or fishing catfish tournaments since 1997. He started his career on Oklahoma's Grand Lake of the Cherokees and resides with his wife and two boys in Grove OK. Lots of you have seen him on TV or read articles about him, now you can come meet him in person, listen to his seminars and check out his brand new line of Team Catfish catfishing tackle. You don't want to miss this one!



2008 Des Moines Boat & Sportshow Seminar Schedule
TIME SPEAKER TOPIC

Thursday, February 21
5:30 & 7:30 PM Tim Martin & Todd Lewis Crappie

Friday, February 22
3:30 PM Jeff Williams Catfishing
5:30 PM Jim Stewart Musky Fishing
7:30 PM Aaron Martin Bass

Saturday, February 23
11 AM Outdoors Dan Kids Archery
Noon Jeff Williams Team Catfish
1 PM Aaron Martin Bass
2 PM Don Bonneau Fishing Forecast
4 PM Jeff Williams Team Catfish
5 PM Jim Stewart Musky Fishing
7 PM Aaron Martin Bass

Sunday, February 24
1 PM Jim Crowley Traveling & Fishing In Canada
2 PM Jeff Williams Team Catfish
3 PM Jim Crowley Tactics to Increase Your Catch

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Come out and see the new Team Catfish Tackle. The SECRET-7 Dip Bait, FURRY THaNG Dip Bait Holder, and the CATFISH GRIP are all going to be available at the booth.

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january 25, 2008 10:24am

TEAM CATFISH in St. Louis. Feb. 2008

Jeff Wiliams/Team Catfish coming to the St. Louis Boat Sport and Travel Show in FEB 2008

Come out to the Team Catfish Wrapped Truck and check out all the new Team Cafish tackle.

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Jeff Williams, catfish tournament pro, successful catfishing guide, and founder of Team Catfish Catfishing tackle will be sharing a wealth of catfishing information at the show this year. Jeff has been guiding for catfish or fishing catfish tournaments since 1997. He started his career on Oklahoma's Grand Lake of the Cherokees and resides with his wife and two boys in Grove OK. Lots of you have seen him on TV or read articles about him, now you can come meet him in person, listen to his seminars and check out his brand new line of Team Catfish catfishing tackle. You don't want to miss this one!

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4 pm Jay Yelas 2007 “FLW” Angler of the Year
5 pm Tim Martin & Todd Lewis Advanced Crappie Tactics
6 pm Outdoor Dan Young “Radio & TV Host” Bow Hunting Whitetails
7 pm Jay Yelas 2007 “FLW” Angler of the Year
8 pm Joey Monteleone Two Dozen Deadly Bass Ticks & Tactics

Saturday, Feb 9
11 am Tim Martin & Todd Lewis Advanced Crappie Tactics
12 pm Outdoor Dan Young “Radio & TV Host” Bow Hunting Whitetails
1 pm Rick LaPoint Reading Your Electronics
2 pm Ray Eye of Extreme Roosting Tactics- Setting up to tight-
“Eye on the Outdoors” Calling too much*
KFNS 590 am

2 pm Rick LaPoint Taking Kids Fishing
3 pm Jeff Williams Team Catfish
4 pm Tim Martin & Todd Lewis Advanced Crappie Tactics
5 pm Outdoor Dan Young “Radio & TV Host” Bow Hunting Whitetails
6 pm Joey Monteleone Catching Bass – Top to Bottom
7 pm Jeff Williams Team Catfish

Sunday, Feb 10
12pm Josh Adams Alaska Halibut & Salmon Fishing
1 pm Jeff Williams Team Catfish
2 pm Rick LaPoint Reading Your Electronics


*located in Turkey Seminar Room #150 & 151 off Lobby B entrance to the dome

Team Catfish Tackle
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january 25, 2008 09:01am

Jeff Williams/Team Catfish Tulsa Seminar

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Jeff Williams, catfish tournament pro, successful catfishing guide, and founder of Team Catfish Catfishing tackle will be sharing a wealth of catfishing information at the show this year. Jeff has been guiding for catfish or fishing catfish tournaments since 1997. He started his career on Oklahoma's Grand Lake of the Cherokees and resides with his wife and two boys in Grove OK. Lots of you have seen him on TV or read articles about him, now you can come meet him in person, listen to his seminars and check out his new line of Team Catfish catfishing tackle. You don't want to miss this one so come on out to the Tulsa Show!



2008 SEMINAR SCHEDULE

Monday, Jan. 28 6-10 p.m.VIP Night
6:30 p.m. VIP Night Reception
7 p.m. Twiggy
9 p.m. Twiggy

Tuesday, Jan. 29
4 p.m. Twiggy
5 p.m. Docking: Orville Edwards
6:30 p.m. Twiggy
7:30 p.m.
Boat Handling Under Power: Mark Lobo


Wednesday, Jan. 30
12 noon Twiggy
1 p.m. Mercury MerCruiser Pro Seminar: Tommy Biffle
2 p.m. Lowrance Electronics Pro Seminar: Harry Padgett
3 p.m. Using GPS: Mike Kneafsey
5 p.m. Mercury MerCruiser Pro Seminar: Tommy Biffle
6 p.m. Twiggy
7 p.m. Docking: Leon Mullis
8 p.m. Mercury MerCruiser Pro Seminar: Tommy Biffle

Thursday, Jan. 31
1 p.m. Lowrance Electronics Pro Seminar: Harry Padgett
2 p.m. Lowrance Electronics Pro Seminar:
3 p.m. Boat Handling: Richard Stanish
4 p.m. Twiggy
5 p.m. Docking: Leon Mullis
6 p.m. Lowrance Electronics Pro Seminar: Harry Padgett
7 p.m. Team Catfish Pro: Jeff Williams
8 p.m. Twiggy

Friday, Feb. 1
Creek Nation Casino Day
12 noon Lowrance Electronics Pro Seminar: Harry Padgett
1 p.m. Twiggy
2 p.m. Boat Handling: Mike Kneafsey
3 p.m. Lowrance Electronics Pro Seminar: Harry Padgett
5 p.m. Twiggy
6 p.m. Using GPS: Earl Rose
8 p.m. Twiggy

Saturday, Feb. 2
Kid’s Day

All State Safety Weekend

10:00 a.m. Twiggy
11:00 a.m. Team Catfish Pro: Jeff Williams
12 noon Mercury MerCruiser Pro Seminar: Mike McClelland
1 p.m. Lowrance Electronics Pro Seminar: Harry Padgett
2 p.m. Boat Handling: Mike Kneafsey
3 p.m. Mercury MerCruiser Pro Seminar: Jeff Kriet
4 p.m. Twiggy
5 p.m. Team Catfish Pro: Jeff Williams
6 p.m. Allstate Safety Seminar
7 p.m. Mercury MerCruiser Pro Seminar: Jeff Kriet
8 p.m. Twiggy

Sunday, Feb. 3
12 p.m. Twiggy
1 p.m. Team Catfish Pro: Jeff Williams
2 p.m. Allstate Seminar
3 p.m. Twiggy
4 p.m. Using GPS: Earl Rose
5 p.m. Team Catfish Pro: Jeff Williams
6 p.m. Lowrance Electronics Pro Seminar: Harry Padgett

TEAM CATFISH TACKLE

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january 23, 2008 07:56pm

Danny King @ Midwest Seminars 2008.

Punch bait innovator, "Danny King", will be at 3 great sport shows in the midwest region during Jan. and Feb 2008.

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Dates inlcude:
Amarillo, TX Jan 25-27
Claremore, OK Feb. 7-10
Oklahoma City, OK Feb 14- 17

Danny will be teaching beginning anglers on how to target catfish with rod and reel catfishing equipment. Danny will also be showcasing and demonstrating some of the brand new Team Catfish tackle. Danny enjoys shaking hands with anyone that wants to talk catfishing. You might even get to meet his tournament partner Larry Spillers, another veteran catman that has excelled in catfishing tournaments. Both anglers can really bend your ear with a wealth of good solid catfish info. So come out to see them and say hello if you get the chance!

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