shimano catfish rod BnM Silver Cat Series 7ft 2pc Spinning slip handling even with wet B&M Pro Staff Catfish Rod

note that both spool bearings are now open and lubed

Whether its a compact or oversize jig, the bulky profile crawling through offshore structure is something that bigger bass just key in on

Fish, especially redfish and black drum, use their sense of smell to find food, and since I was using a smelly Gulp jerk shad, I was able to catch this nice red deadsticking an artificial lure

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Plastic or rubber baits have also become popular with UK anglers venturing overseas into Europe, and of course local anglers there, as many of these lakes are also infested with crayfish, plus of course there are species such as poisson chat (a small type of catfish) that will happily eat its way through boilies

They arent always capable of showing an accurate readout of the depth, but for finding fish they can work quite well