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Catfish & Carp
Big river guides targeting blue catfish, flatheads, channel cats, and trophy carp.
Catfish and carp fishing represent two of the most underrated sectors of the American fishing guide industry. The guided catfish economy is anchored on the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers and their largest tributaries, the Tennessee, Cumberland, James, Red, and Missouri, where blue catfish over 80 pounds and flathead catfish over 60 pounds are realistic targets. Lake Tawakoni in Texas, Santee Cooper in South Carolina, the James River in Virginia, and the lower Missouri all support trophy-class blue cat operations. Channel catfish guides operate across nearly every state in the Midwest and South. Carp fishing, long underappreciated as a U.S. sport, has built a small but devoted guided community on flats waters from Beaver Island in Lake Michigan to the Columbia River and the Colorado River impoundments, where common carp and grass carp are pursued with fly tackle. A guided catfish trip provides the heavy-action gear, the cut bait or live bait essential for the technique, anchored or drifted boat positioning, and the rod-holder rigging necessary for handling fish that routinely exceed 50 pounds.
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