Hooks for catfish have a two-part assignment: To hold onto the bait and then hold onto the catfish once it bites. But it isn’t as simple as it sounds. Every hook isn’t built the same, and each style ...

Live bait has been in use since a few minutes after the hook was invented. The oldest known hook (22,000 years) was made from a snail shell and are believed to have been used to catch crabs. These ...