Hey, what’s up? I’m Chad Ferguson, the founder of Catfish Edge.
About Chad Ferguson
I’m Chad Ferguson, a Texas-based professional catfish guide with over 25 years of experience.
I own and operate North Texas Catfish Guide Service. I’ve been a die-hard catfish angler my entire life and spent countless hours on the water catching blues, channels, and flatheads both for fun and fishing with clients.
I’m 40 years old (kind of painful to admit that), live in Saginaw Texas (Fort Worth area), and am happily married to my wife Leanne. I have two kids (both of who love to catch catfish). My son Lane even holds the Texas Junior Angler Blue Catfish Record and a variety of other water body records.
When I’m not fishing or talking about fishing then I’m usually in the field hunting or shooting something. I also write and take pictures for several magazines from time to time (all catfish fishing-related).
In 2009 I started the Learn To Catch Catfish website after I spent a very long evening answering emails about catfish fishing. I realized I was answering the same questions over and over again and putting the information online would make it easier on me and make the information available to the masses.
Learn To Catch Catfish was an immediate hit, grew very quickly, and has since become the most visited catfish fishing website online including online videos, articles, and podcasts. It’s been a wild ride and I’ve had nothing but tremendous feedback since I started the site.
While I’m the mastermind behind Catfish Edge there are many others involved in this project that we’ve chosen to keep “under wraps” for now.
I’ve been working behind the scenes for close to two years with some of the other top catfish guides, tournament pros, and tackle companies in the country to build the vision of Catfish Edge, get support and get involvement.
As Catfish Edge comes to life you’ll see and hear from some familiar faces and share in our love for catching more and bigger catfish.
In the end, there’s a group of people involved who share our vision, who truly want to see the sport grow and want to make a difference.
The Catfish Edge Vision
In late 2012 I realized that with my experience as a catfish guide and running Learn To Catch Catfish I was in a unique position to do something different and make a difference and the concept behind Catfish Edge was born.
It was just a passing idea that I couldn’t “shake”. I kept thinking about it began discussing the concept with other anglers, tournament pros, and tackle companies and getting feedback and the response was overwhelming.
My vision was something everyone knew was needed, it just hadn’t happened.
Finally in mid-2013 Catfish Edge was born and I started working behind the scenes with some key people in the fishing industry to develop the concept and direction for Catfish Edge.
I’ve been secretive about the future because of past experience and truth be told, there’s a lot of unknowns at this point as to what Catfish Edge will look like in the end.
It’s a process of trial and error.
It’s finding a crossroads of what the anglers are ready for and finding the people to support that.
It’s determining how to support that goal in the end and make it a functional, non-biased, and value-driven model for everyone involved.
One thing remains true, it’s time for change and there’s no better time than the present.
There are catfish anglers across the United States doing great things, using new and innovative techniques and approaches to catch catfish and learning each and every time they are on the water.
There are people from all walks of life being drawn to fishing for catfish and former “die-hard” bass fishermen jumping ship and moving to the world of catfishing. The number of anglers who fish for catfish continues to grow and will only continue in the years to come.
There’s a massive change and innovation taking place with tackle companies that could change the way business is done forever.
Now is the time to take bold steps, take action and be progressive for it’s not the same old anglers using the same techniques. It’s not your granddaddies catfishing!
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