LOCKPORT, Manitoba – Just about the time you think you’ve seen everything, something new comes along that leaves you shaking your head.

Fear not, this isn’t a rant; it’s all good.

Quite amazing, really.

The stretch of Red River from the St. Andrews Lock and Dam in Lockport and downstream to Lake Winnipeg is one of the best channel catfish destinations on the planet, bar none. It’s a place I try to fish at least once every year and where I boated my “PB” (personal best) catfish, a 33-pound behemoth, several years ago.

Catfish that big don’t come along very often – even at Lockport – but fish in the 20-pound range are relatively common. That’s the kind of potential awaiting catfish anglers who fish the Red near Lockport.

Providing, of course, they have the right bait.

Historically, bef

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