If you are a record-seeker, PK is the place to go. Although records have been established at PK for blue catfish (39.66 pounds) and yellow catfish (24.75 pounds), no one ever has submitted a channel catfish for lake record consideration.

During early spring and throughout the summer, the lake produces good catches of channel cats on both ends of the lake. In the upper areas, target Costello Island and then go northward to Pump House Slough, around Bird Island at the mouth of Elm Creek, Frog Branch, Lambert Branch and in Rocky Creek. Areas with timber baited with soured maize produce the best catches; punch bait, shrimp and large earthworms work the best. On the south end of the lake, Scenic Point, Neely's Slough and Governor's Slough near the dam can produce good catches.

Tawakoni, Texoma, Falcon, Livingston and Possum Kingdom have earned their places at the top of the ladder, but there are many other great catfishing lakes that traditionally produce monster cats or large numbers of smaller, tasty-eating cats. Here are a few to consider, and some time-tested ways to fish them.

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Choke Canyon
This lake is great for taking large numbers of channel cats and smaller blue cats. Target the cormorant roosts. The droppings from the fish-eating birds are a natural chum for catfish. Punch bait is best.

Sam Rayburn
This is one of East Texas' greatest lakes for catching lots of eating-sized channel cats. The best method: Cruise the open waters from mid-lake to the dam near mouths of creeks and search for submerged buoy markers that mark brushpiles placed in the lake by crappie anglers. Crappie anglers often bait their brushpiles with cottonseed cake to draw in baitfish and that attracts catfish as well.

Richland-Chambers
This lake is very popular among trotliners and jugliners who catch scores of channel cats in the flooded timber on the upper reaches of both Richland and Chambers creeks.

Millers Creek Reservoir
This little-known lake (except to a few West Texas anglers) has an excellent population of channel cats and good bank access. It's located near Munday between Throckmorton and Knox City. Bank-fishing with punch bait and drifting earthworms and shrimp on the flats are good bets.

Lake Lewisville
This is a great lake for both monster blues and yellow cats as well as ice chests full of channel cats. Just check its lake records and you should realize why it is so popular: 98-pound yellow cat; 63.12-pound blue cat; 22.68-pound channel cat. Whether fishing baited holes with punch bait or shrimp for pan-sized channels or going for the monster blues and flatheads on rod and reel or jugs baited with cut shad and live perch, you won't go wrong here.

In fact, you won't go wrong by heading to any of these great catfishing destinations. Each one of them is capable of providing you with a fishing trip you won't forget.