Braid is very, very thin—50-pound braid is only about the diameter of 14-pound mono, for instance—and has zero stretch. It’s popular with catfishermen for all techniques, but especially those fishing ...

There is something to be said about large, bulky fish that lurk about in the depths and darkness of our waters, both locally and afar. Fans of the ‘River Monsters’ TV series will tell you that they ...