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

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

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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.

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

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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.

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

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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!

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Thank you,
Patricia & Tom

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

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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.

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Congratulations again fellas from your friends at TeamCatfish.com

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

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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......

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Nice Job and Congratulations from everyone at TeamCatfish.com!

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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.......

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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!

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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!

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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.

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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.

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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!

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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

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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.

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

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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.

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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!

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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.

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Lonnie Haffelder

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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.

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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!

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january 05, 2009 08:31am

Ben Goebel gets a great Blue Catfish!

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

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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!

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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...........

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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

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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

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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.

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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!

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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."

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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!

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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.

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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!

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Cliff Hill


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

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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."

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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

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