Fishing the old Tennessee River bed for catfish 

*Overall **enjoyable.fishing** recommend I feel the Shadowfire 360 offers excellent value for those who are new to tenkara and don't want to break the bank on their first rod purchase.*

Steve you remind me so much of my dad. He taught me how to catfish and got me hooked on big catfish when I was 3 years old. I'm 27 now and me and him find time to go fishing at least once a month and even more in the springtime. Your vids are awesome and I hope your kids love fishing as much as you

Awesome video Steve, thanks for sharing🎣🎣

*This rod has great action for panfish and has good sensitivity to feel those bites, well made rod*

Steve, I appreciate all the explanation and dialog around the depth finder. Great information!

When you are pulling those big blues up from the deep- it's almost like we are there with you!! I keep you on full screen and the action is fantastic!

thanks for redoing it for us Steve Douglas now lets watch this video

I live in Tennessee we love fishin and hunting I'm glad you came here in my favorite state your cool Steve Douglas the catfish dude

Excellent video... really shows the whole deal from bait, to location selection to rigging. Thanks for your promotion of catch and release and caring for the fish. This video will likely put MANY more fish on the boat for me and mine. Thank you very much!!!!!

Thanks for the tip on bringing up deep fish. I respect them and wouldn't know that without your help. I use 30lb braid for everything with a reel that has 22lbs drag. Have you ever had a big one break that? Thanks again and like all your vids.

I realize that this is an older video but I just recently found your channel and am watching all of these videos. I just wanted to say that your videos are truly some of the most informative that I have found on the subject of catfishing. The great rigging videos, showing not just the rigs themselves but how to fish them as well have been some of my favorites. I live in MD and your methods seem to be universal as they work here as well. Just wanted to commend you for putting out videos that are actually educational to our unique breed.... the catfish angler.

Glad I found your channel I use to fish years ago near Madison Indiana

Man I wish I had a river like this near me. I'm jealous lol I could watch these all day..keep them coming please.

You are a great fisherman and you and your camera person do a really good job!

Really nice video and info, Steve!

Great video boss, keep the tips and tricks coming :). Good fishing! Kris waiting on your next video, I can't wait.!!

Really awesome videos and teachings. Love the conservative nature of the videos and the great job you do to help us guys out Steven ! Ted

Lol your " small " fish is bigger than my personal best.... good video Steve .... one day I'll make it to your river!!!

Great video as usual Steve. Really enjoying your longer videos. Keep up the good work

Hi Steve, I really enjoy your catfish videos. You are really good at explaining just about everything you need to know to catch catfish. We fish in lake erie, and sometimes in the Sandusky river in Ohio, and we only catch channel cats. I never caught a blue cat but now I know how because of you. I will be trying my luck this sumer in ohio or tennessee. Thanks for the great videos. Regards, Terry

I've seen these videos for years and just noticed where you are at. 🤣🤣 great video as always

Keep'em coming steve !

Hey Steve! great video as always enjoy watching it learn alot from your videos Tennessee love that state vacation there several times never fish there would like to one day nice blue cat like to catch one some day catch alot of channel cats where i live good times keep the videos coming

As always Steve, a pleasure to watch. The video quality is excellent. I like when you talk about the bottom contour you are on then show us a closeup of the depth finder. That is very helpful in understanding what you are looking for. Thanks for taking the time to explain things in detail.

Love the longer videos.

I caught a 35 pounder at twin lakes and really love your videos

Cool thanks! Keep the videos comin.

Hey steve, just stumbled on to your vids and they are awsome! seem like a real down to earth guy and obviously a helluva catter! i fish the pee dee river in nc and catch some pretty good ones! 65lb flathead and 55lb blue are the best i caught numerous 30 and 40lb class fish! your vids are very informative for anyone getting started! wish we had skips here but live a cut gills work purdy good! keep on keeping on brother! Mike

Great video the animations were a nice touch.

very good video. thank you.

Hey Steve, I don’t pretend to know what You Know On cat fishing but will tell You, They make a device for releasing the air from the fishes swim bladder and normally it doesn’t harm the fish, They are required when fishing in deep water in Florida, Just Saying, I Really like Your Videos And Watch them quite often.

Nice boat. Got some get up and go to it.

I watch ur videos all the time. I only got a 16 ft John right know but working my way up for the big league tournaments.

Beautiful fish

And hey, love the videos. Only catfish posts I watch. Your the popcorn sutton of catfish haha keep after them man!

Absolutely love the vids. You give such good advice to us young fisherman!

Great vid

Can't wait to try this technique at the butte

THANKS FOR THE INFO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Do you ever fish any creeks? I live in omaha Nebraska and I go out to ashland and fish salt creek a lot it feeds into the platte. If you're ever in the area check it out! Last year some kids brought in a 96 pound blue it made the news! I've been catching a lot of 10 to 20 pound blues flatheads and channels but it can be a bit of a wait and a pain in the ass with all the short nose gar in that creek but it's worth it. I've been out there 16 hours straight they're hitting best from 5am tell 9 am and 7pm tell about 10pm! Let me know if you ever make it out there-- catfish run/salt creek. Keep up the videos man I watch your tube more than tv

Hey awesome video, how do you know when you've decompressed the fish fully?

It never gets old, does it ?

On are way to willer lake Alabama now i hope we do good I'll be down there intell Sunday

how do you rig up the double hooks? Snell one al leave a long tag end?

The bait is as fresh as the catch

Have you ever fished Carters Lake in Georgia for catfish? Also, and hints on fishing with livers on shore?

where exactly were you located city wise, I've fished with freinds on the Tennessee and we used skip jack, gizards, liver, anything you can think of

love the video but could you give a guesstimate of what they weigh? just close to what it weighs.

hey Steve Douglas how are you this is tom from Indianapolis

if you dont horse them up(and im not saying you did),this is intended for people watching this btw, great video again as usual, and dog off the drag and play them,,,,that will help them decompress as well , yes....playing around on a monster trophy could result in a lost fish ,,,,,,,,better a lost fish and save that dna than to have it die

Love your vids make me jealous all the time :) do you kknow how big a weight you would need for the Missouri river to throw it out so it wont get taken away by the current? And also how big of hooks you use 10/0?

nice cats

is there a phone app that shows you underwater ledges?

Hey Steve, another great video. Very relaxing to watch your video ... I am located in North Alabama, do you have any recommended spot for me to go catfishing in the area? By the way, what do you do for living? ... :) you seem to fish any day of the week

You should make a quick video on your trolling motor control

Steve Douglas , I'm down here in the hill country of Fredericksburg Texas and do most my fishing on the Llano river. What depth and bait is good for winter time fishing?

how deep do you fish.. I like on lake of the ozarks lots of big fish but i notice you fishing 40-65 ??

Hey Steve great videos. What rods and reels are you using. ???

what part of the Tennessee River was you fishing

what kind and model fish finder to buy

steve how big does it have to be for eating size?

Steve Douglas The Catfish Dude When you catch your catfish are you casting the rod or just dropping the line down in the water?

Is this in Santee NC

What was the nearest town or boat ramp where you were fishing

Do you offer guided trips

your videos are amazing! how often do you fish?

Steve, been after flatheads here in western NC, I've had my butt kicked for the past month and a half any advice this time of year for them?

Hey Mr. Douglas how do you know when to drift fish or just fish normally on the bottom? Is it something you just feel like doing or other factors involved like pressure time of year water temp etc etc?

What line do you reccommend

Wanted to ask you. What kind of reel is that the golden one.

im very curious to know what kind of depth finder that is what model # and stuff?

"Not a big one" ... Bigger than the ones I've been catchin lately.

Got a question for you Steve but first want to thank you for all of your videos but the question is i was on the Tennessee river today looking for big cats and only caught smaller ones i was fishing the ledges on river bed roughly 40ft using pretty big bait and 8/0 hooks and got one in around 15 and others were between 5-10 is their any reason behind that was i doing something wrong thanks.

im going fishing down on the gulf coast of Florida for catfish what bait do you recommend for bait for not huge fish but 5-10 lb?

That cooler looks like it has some miles on it.

I want to know what would happen if you went blue catfishing with bigchicken livers ball @ Steve Douglas

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Steve Is that Wilson or Wheeler? This time next year I'll be fishing the SeaArk Invitational. Do you catch your bait with rods or cast nets? And where? So many ???'s.

wtg thanks for sharing

Why did you put them back in the water.

You aint fishing unless you are untangling lines and snags ;)

What reel do u use

was that at pickwick?

Big fish.

How much for a guided trip?

steve you should do a contest where the winner gets to hit the river with you.

Thats a Big Cat For a 60 Dollar Reel im buying one im putting it on a shakespear heavy Action from Cabellas here in glendale Az

do you just catch and release or do you keep some catfish?

at 18:43 was that the fish making that noise????

he aint a huge fish, well god dang i would love to catch one that size

What kind of steak is this guy cooking in the advertisement??

i cought a 37lb blue then 4 hours later i could a 88 pounder

put him back you crazy put him in the skillet

can I be a monster rod holder fisher man aka sponser

it does not take that long to land the fish rookie come to florida we will show how we do it

good video,just one thing,if your fishing inside the tennessee state line anywhere your only allowed three attended rods with single hooks. so here where i fish the tennessee river on kentucky lake in west tennessee that 2nd hook on the third rig would have put it over the 3 hook limit,and our game wardens are not giving you a break cause you didnt know the fishing laws,one treble hook on one rig is all you can legaly fish,so heads up if you use treble hooks,thats just inside tennessee,alabama and kentucky have there on rules,and you can launch in one state and fish another just follow the regs for limit from state you launched from,if you step out of your boat to shore to fish you then must have a licence from that state and follow creel limits there,wow,gets a little complicated and the fines are stiff,very stiff in tennessee, JUST F Y I

those arent that big

When I fish the Tennessee river the 40 pounders are always biting it must not of been a good day for the big ones

They be white

He's using too much of a bait and Catfish won't be able to to put all of that bait in their mouth being that big