The essentials for living your best life.
The essentials for living your best life.
August heat shifts catfish feeding into the night, when cooler water and steadier oxygen draw baitfish shallow and bring flatheads and channels to structure, current breaks, and cover. Fish fresh cut bait or live bait after sunset, read the water by feel, and move often until you find active fish.
Essential Concepts: Night feed, cooler water, structure, fresh bait, stay mobile.
Go bigger if you want trophy catfish—large baits deliver the stronger scent, movement, and energy payoff that big blues and flatheads can’t ignore. Upsize your cut or live bait (and your gear) and you’ll trade “dinks” for fewer, heavier bites that actually have record potential.
Essential Concepts: Choke Canyon Reservoir near Three Rivers, Texas, holds blue, flathead, and channel catfish; best results come from matching bait, structure, and timing. Focus on channel edges, creek mouths, coves, timber, windblown banks, and deep transitions, and always check current TPWD rules before fishing.
San Antonio River fish reward anglers who read habitat, season, and flow with care. Largemouth bass and flathead catfish draw the most attention, but sunfish, channel catfish, and smallmouth bass also reflect the river’s condition and can make any outing more instructive.
Essential Concepts
Habitat, season, and cover shape catches.
Bass and flatheads are prime trophy fish.
Sunfish reveal shallow-water quality.