the way I figgure it is that the only way catfishing will get the same support as bass fishing is when its just as popular and therefore will make as much money for the higher ups...products, boats, ect... I would have thought that by now it would have been there already..I remmber catfishing with the old man down the road on the creek when I was a kid and being teased and asked why I SPEND SO MUCH TIME AND EFFORT Looking for them ugly bottom feeders..Now I spend countless hrs and money on 100% catfish gear ..maybe someday it will get the attention of someone with the ability to make a catfishing show that isnt so money strapped that it can be viewd for more that 3 min with out 5 min of sponsors
when i first got in the airforce all the guys in my shop was big into fishing.... adn of course i said i loved fishing ..they asked what kind...i said all kinds but i really like catfishing the best...the laughed so hard the almost fell out of there chair and made fun of me and jokes for years about it..... they were all bass guys... now after 9 years and seeing lots of my pics and some of your guys they aske me all the time when you gonna go take me catfishing how do you do this or that..... im smiling deep down and usually let them know that they need to grow up before they can fish for these monsters.....lol....