Category Archives: North Texas Catfish Guide Blog

Monster catfish no match for Fort Worth 12-year-old

Here is the recent story from the Fort Worth Star Telegram on my sons state junior angler record fish.   BY BOB HOOD Special to the Star-Telegram Some anglers dream of making a record-setting catch and having their names inked into the Texas Fish Records book. Twelve-year-old Lane Ferguson of Fort Worth not only has…

North Texas Catfish Guide Report February 13, 2012

Fishing is still up and down. The bite is still very erratic and gets good for a couple of days and then gets tough for a couple of days. The trophy blue catfish bite continues to produce it is just not near as consistent as it typically is this time of year. I have been…

Texas Catfish Guide Fishing Report January 28 2012

We got some huge rains this week and there is still massive amounts of water pouring into the North Texas area lakes we fish. Most of the lakes have come up several feet (or more) and many of the lakes are full or above pool at this point. I have been on Eagle Mountain Lake…

Hooking Monster Catfish A Sport On The Rise

This is the article that appeared in the Dallas Morning news about my sons Texas state junior angler record blue catfish. The blue catfish was caught on Lake Worth.  For more information on our Lake Worth Fishing Guide services check out the Lake Worth Fishing Guide page.   Lane Ferguson, 12, of Fort Worth, Texas,…

Records Certified, Texas Catfish Guide Fishing Report and More

It’s been a busy week around here! First I wrote a couple of weeks ago in my fishing report about my sons pending Texas State Junior Angler Record Blue Catfish.  The records were certified last week and we got everything in the mail. Lane ended up with a total of 6 Texas state records and…

Fishing Report January 9th 2011

  I am trying to get back in the habit of posting fishing reports every 1 to 2 weeks here on the site. Before I get into the fishing report I wanted to share a recent media piece that was done on me and North Texas Catfish Guide Service by Matt Williams. The piece is…

Pending Lake Worth Record Catfish

I am blessed to have a son that is as interested as I am in fishing, hunting and being in the outdoors. Lane has always been interested in it, probably in part due to the fact that I started taking him fishing when we has about 18 months old. Over the past few years his…

Web Savvy Fishing Guide Finds Audience With Blog

Web-savvy fishing guide finds audience with blog   Posted Saturday, Mar. 20, 2010 By ART CHAPMAN Special to the Star-Telegram I look back with great fondness at what we call “the good old days.” Those are different days for all of us, depending on our ages, but for me it was back in the early…

Learning How To Catch Catfish Hits Internet

This is an article about North Texas Catfish Guide Service and Learn To Catch Catfish that ran in the Fort Worth Star Telegram. BY ART CHAPMAN Special to the Star-Telegram I’ve always thought of catfishing as kind of a secretive sport. Years of information is passed down from generation to generation; hot spots are closely…

Catfish Bait Business Is Sweet Success

The Fort Worth Star Telegram ran an article on North Texas Catfish Guide Service and Redneck’s Catfish Bait Soap in the Sunday June 21st 2009 edition.  Here is the text from the article.   Catfish bait business is sweet success for Saginaw fishing guide – and that’s no lye By ART CHAPMANSpecial to the Star-Telegram  …