Weekly Fish & Game Forecast

The Fish and Game Forecast uses science to improve sportsmen's ability to fish in any environment. The fish and game forecast below is updated every day to show the best times to fish for the upcoming

Nature Notes
Outdoor notes on fishing, hunting and bird watching.

Fresh chicken livers make excellent bait for channel and blue catfish. They ooze fluid and scent that catfish can detect from a long distance. When fishing a small area for catfish, toss a few liver scraps into the water to bring in more whiskerfish. The only problem with livers, they fall off the hook easily. To toughen up livers so they stay on the hook longer, but still attract catfish, microwave them for a minute or two.