A complete guide to catfish fishing for beginners from shore. Learn the simple gear, bait, and techniques that make channel catfish the perfect first big fish to catch.
Watch enough fishing videos or read enough forums, and you will start to feel like shore fishing is the consolation prize. Boat anglers reach the deep structure, the offshore humps, the spots you cannot even see from where you are standing. The water seems to stretch away from you, and the fish seem to live on the other side of a boundary you cannot cross.
