Don Mulligan holds a 50-pound blue catfish, caught from a muddy shipping channel on the Ohio River. (Don Mulligan photo)
By Don Mulligan, OutdoorChannel.com
VINCENNES, Ind. -- A quick glance at the river we were about to fish made me a bit nervous and skeptical. The west fork of the White River near Vincennes is noted for its catfishing, but on the day we chose to fish, it was a muddy, flooded torrent.
“Forget about finding fish in that mess, is it safe to launch a boat?” I asked. The fact that the ramp was empty made me also wonder if we weren’t wasting our time.
Did everyone else know something we didn’t?
“Have faith,” Captain Todd Arbuckle said. “The conditions are perfect for finding and catching big flatheads and blues, and my boat is made for these...