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Straight from the boat. Fresh fishing reports, what's biting right now, open dates, trophy catches and the tips Chad has learned in 29+ years of full-time guiding on North Texas waters. Check back often. New updates are posted every month, and the best openings go to the people who see them first.

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Catfish caught on a North Texas Catfish Guide Service trip
Feb 2011

Fishing Report February 20 2011

Fishing has been excellent the past few days and should only get better over the next few weeks we have fished Eagle Mountain Lake and Lake Worth over the past week and had good ca…

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Spring Shallow Water Blue Catfish
Feb 2011

Spring Shallow Water Blue Catfish

The warming days arriving here in North Texas over the past week has got everyone thinking about Spring shallow water blue catfish trips. Those that have fished with me in the past…

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Catfish caught on a North Texas Catfish Guide Service trip
Feb 2011

Fishing Report February 14th 2011

Weather has been crazy the last week with ice and snow mid week last week and night temperatures in the teens and then the days warming up to the mid to high sixties over the weeke…

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Fishing Report January 22 to 25 2011
Jan 2011

Fishing Report January 22 to 25 2011

Here are some photos and information on recent catches from clients of North Texas Catfish Guide Service. Fished a group of boys and caught some nice big catfish and a mess of box…

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January 26 2011 Fishing Report
Jan 2011

January 26 2011 Fishing Report

The catfish bite is on and we are catching good numbers of box fish. The big catfish bite has been a bit hit and miss from day to do bit the big catfish bite is good to excellent.…

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Catfish caught on a North Texas Catfish Guide Service trip
Jan 2011

Find Us On Google Maps and Facebook

You can find us on Google Maps (and Facebook) as we as here through the North Texas Catfish Guide Service website. If you have fished with us before and had a good time please stop…

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Catfish caught on a North Texas Catfish Guide Service trip
Jan 2011

Texas Fish and Game Magazine

We had a plug in one of the recent Texas Fish and Game Magazines by Texas based outdoor writer Matt Williams. The article is about catfishing in the Dallas Fort Worth area. Check i…

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Eagle Mountain Lake Fishing Report 1/9/2011
Jan 2011

Eagle Mountain Lake Fishing Report 1/9/2011

Had a couple of big fronts come through this week and the fish have been moving a lot but it has paid off during multiple trips this week on Eagle Mountain Lake on some trophy blue…

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Catfish caught on a North Texas Catfish Guide Service trip
Jan 2011

Fishing Report January 5th 2011

Eagle Mountain Lake The blue catfish bite has been good to excellent the past couple of weeks with good catches of blue catfish to 35 lbs and lot of box fish being caught. The weat…

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Catfish caught on a North Texas Catfish Guide Service trip
Nov 2010

Lake Worth Texas Consumption Ban

Just received this press release today from Texas Parks and Wildlife. Unfortunately does not do anything for the catfish but is at least a step in the right direction for Lake Wort…

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November 14, 2010 Fishing Report
Nov 2010

November 14, 2010 Fishing Report

Big catfish are starting to show up We went and scouted some new waters this week and hooked a 30+, 20+ and 15+ Lb catfish within thirty minutes of being on the water. We landed a…

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Catfish caught on a North Texas Catfish Guide Service trip
Nov 2010

Thanksgiving Weekend Available

A number of you have contacted me about catfishing Thanksgiving weekend and I was previously unavailable because I thought I was moving. My closing on my house has been changed aga…

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