Photos Hooks and Line

Richmond McDaniel

Pictured below is Richmond McDaniel (17), Griffin McDaniel (16) and Divid King (16). They are in the Pamukey River, Hanover County Virginia. They grew up fising so they decided to fish trotlines commercially as a summer job this year. They have been customers for Nets & More (The Fish Net Company LLC) for over 10 years.

Justin Jolly of Yazoo City MS

Justin Jolly of Yazoo City MS caught this 46 lb white cat (left picture) and this 62 lb blue cat out of the Yazoo River.

104 lb Blue Cat

Tawanna Shores sent in this picture of her husband with a 104 lb catfish he caught using stump hooks he bought from Nets & More (The Fish Net Company LLC).

Rich Adair

Rich Adair reports that he caught these fish on trotlines made with supplies from Nets & More (The Fish Net Company LLC). Rich said that he frequently catches blues of 50 + pounds.

Chad Alsobrooks

Chad Alsobrooks sent in these pictures of some nice catfish caught on hook and line.

Nothing but Noodles!

This is 65 year old Billy Chambliss of Lufkin TX with 15 Blues that waighed in at 345 pounds. Billy and his brother Charles (Jasper TX), caught these fish in March 2011 out of Lake Rayburn.

The brothers were using noodles with cut pearch and cut buffalo. Oh heah, they were also using Eagle Claw long shank 2/0 stainless steel hooks from Nets & More (The Fish Net Company LLC)!

Buddy Parks

Buddy Parks and his friend Billy Sullivan caught these two yellow cat out of Lake Yucatan. One fish was 39 pounds and the other was 32 pounds.They were using #60 Super Brand twine with 11/0 #39960S stainless steel circle hooks from Nets & More (The Fish Net Company LLC).

Bill Tyson

Bill Tyson of Newton TX sent in this picture of Joann Tyson with a good Blue Cat caught out of Toledo Bend in April 2015. Nets & More (The Fish Net Company LLC) wants to thank the Tyson's for being long time customers.

Larry Coldiron

Larry Coldiron of Jonesville LA caught this 79 pound Blue Cat on December 24, 2013. It was 51" long with a 39" girth.

Bob Bonner

Bob Bonner of Lake Ozark, MO caught this Blue Cat at Bagnell Dam in March 2012.

Four generations of Spiers fishermen

William and Ilene Spiers of Carriere MS love teaching their grandchildren family secrets to cataching the "BIG" ones! Installing good values at an early age and hoping they carry on the tradition.

Ilene said she and William opened a bait and tackle store a few years ago in Millcreek MS. The name of the store is Double Trouble Bait and Tackle after their twin grandsons Braxton and Bryon.

William Spiers

Ilene Spiers with grandchildren Bryan, Braxton, and Ashlynn Guerra

Ilene Spiers with twins Bryson and Braxton

William Spiers, Brad Spiers holding Williams grandson Creek Hennis and twins Bryson and Braxton Guerra.

Sammy Gunn caurht this big blue cat on the Black Warrior in Demopolis, AL in July of 2014. This cat was caught on hooks and line from FNC.

The Turner clan.

Fishing trotlines is a family affair for the Turner family. Josh is 29 years old and all the Turner tackle has been coming from FNC as long as he can remember. (Looks like we have new customers in the making. Thank you.)

Josh Turner with a nice Blue and a nice Yellow cat.

Josh and his father, Julius. This 38 lb Yellow cat was caught on Julius 60th birthday, April 15, 2015.

Josh and Brittney

Josh and Brittney with Gauge (oldest son) and Jaxon (youngest son). Before their marriage, 7 years ago, Brittney had never seen a trotline. Now she loves it!

Josh and Gauge

Brittney and Gauge

Julius and Gauge

Gauge (at age 4) with a 36 lb Blue Cat. Josh says Gauge has been fishing since he could walk. Josh is raising his son just like his father raised him. Gauge dipped this fish all on his own. It was a proud moment for both Father and Son.

A family trip in April 2015 at the camp in Alberta, AL on the Alabama River. Over 2,500 lbs in 8 days. Everyone had a blast. Left to right are, Randall Presnel, Frankie Turner, Keith Turner, Marvin Turner, Allen Turner, Carvin Turner, Julius Turner (standing in blue shirt), Nick Turner (standing behind fish), and Josh Turner up front.

Looks like this yellow cat couldn't get it all down.

3rd Generation Fisherman

Leon Bivens is a commercial fisherman from Athens, Alabama. Leon started fishing by himself when he was 11 years old, and 60 years later he is still fishing. Both his father and grandfather were commercial fishermen. He and his wife Judy, opened their own fish market in April 1998. They still own and operate it today.

Click this link to Leon with Gill Nets.

Picture on left is Leon and Judy at the Wheeler Dam. The bucket of shad will be used for trotline bait.

Picture below is 18 year old Lauren Carter. Lauren likes to go out on the river with Pawpaw, and she likes to come to the fish market to help out.

Leon using a cast net to catch shad for trotline bait.

Leon baiting his trotlines with shad on left. Picture on right is Leon baiting with soap.

Fish on left were caught in 1 day. Picture on right shows 3 nice yellow cat with some smaller fish in baskets.

Left is Lauren and Leon with a softshell turtle they caught on a trotline. On right is Leon with a nice blue cat.

Toledo Bend Catfish

Jimmy Snider (left) sent in this picture with his uncle Allen (center) and his dad Jimmy (right). This nice catch of catfish took place one weekend on the north end of Toledo Bend.

Arizona Catfish

Lonnie Evans caught these nice catfish at Rossevelt Lake in Arizona.

Mississippi River Blue Cat

John Knight of Vicksburg, MS brought in this picture of his fishing buddy James McNeese and a huge blue cat. They caught this fish August 7, 2014 in the Mississippi River. They didn't have a scale that could weigh the fish so they used 2 scales. The two scales together weighed the fish at 79 pounds, but they are not sure if they did it right. They caught this monster on 5/0 circle hooks and line they bought from FNC. They are long time FNC customers and have been fishing recreationally together for many years.

Red River Catfish

Dustin Thigpen of Oakdale, Louisiana has been fishing for catfish for over 25 years. On June 9, 2014 he caught 23 catfish out of Red River with throw lines. These are the two largest. The yellow cat was 55 lbs and the blue cat was 25 lbs.

Toledo Bend Whopper

James Risinger and his wife Mary Kay caught this 20 pound blue cat and this 84 pound Opelousas out of Toldedo Bend on trotlines. These fish were caught on Eagle Claw 6/0 style 90SS. The Risinger's have been buying their fishing supplies from Nets & More (The Fish Net Company LLC) since 2000.

Two Old Men

Butch Banks (on left in green) and Ward Sanders have been fishing together for more than 50 years. Two old men fishing for fun and some good eating. Having the time of their life. This nice cat was caught on a noodle line out of the Meramec River near George Winter Park in Fenton, MO. Don't tell them you can't catch catfish in the Meramec River in March. Two more happy customers of Nets & More (The Fish Net Company LLC).

Haw Haw Catfish

Dewayne Knapp is shown here with a nice yellow cat he caught out of the Haw Haw River near Jonesville, LA.

Ted Stevenson is show here with 4 year old Sabon Montpelier and a nice catch of catfish out of the Haw Haw River in 2007.

Future customers for FNC.

Jason Nolde, a native of Vernon Parish, is shown here with a nice Opelousas catfish and some future customers for Nets & More (The Fish Net Company LLC).

A nice Yellow Cat

Joe Lanning of Waller, Texas sent in this picture of a nice yellow cat he caught.

Ouachita River Catfish

Nets & More (The Fish Net Company LLC) founder Benny Champlin is shown here fishing a trotline in the Ouachita River near Jonesville, Louisiana.

Mississippi River Catfish

Johnny Vaughn from Eudora, AR caught his nice 72 pound flathead in the Mississippi River near Greenville, MS. We are not sure when this fish was caught, but picture was printed in September of 2010.

A long time customer of Nets & More (The Fish Net Company LLC), Johnny buys hoop nets, gill nets, and trotline supplies.

(This photo came in after we printed our 2008 calendar and was featured in July of our 2014 calendar. We did not print a calendar for 2009 through 2013.)

Texas Catfish

T J Frisby of Lufkin, TX caught this 32 lb High Fin Blue on March 21, 1996. T J bought a lot of trotline supplies from Nets & More (The Fish Net Company LLC).

(This photo came in after we printed our 2008 calendar and was featured in June of our 2014 calendar. We did not print a calendar for 2009 through 2013.)

Alabama Trotline Catfish

Wayne Moore of Somerville, Al caught these nice catfish on trotlines. Weights ran between 40 and 60 pounds each. Over the years, Wayne has bought a lot of trotline supplies from The Nets & More (The Fish Net Company LLC).

(This photo came in after we printed our 2008 calendar and was featured in October of our 2014 calendar. We did not print a calendar for 2009 through 2013.)

Trinity River Catfish

Need a little help!

Delbert Jeffries in the lead helping Glenn Little with a 50 plus lb catfish. (Or maybe its Glenn helping Delbert.)

(This photo was featured in our 1997 calendar.)