Bearded catfish, also known as pond lice, earth lice or pond horn fish, is a tropical, subtropical freshwater fish, and is a high-quality food fish, meat quality, flavorful. Commonly found in rivers, lakes, streams, ponds, ditches and rice paddies, puddles in the south of China, its appearance is very similar to catfish, body color is also similar to catfish, people often confuse it with catfish. The biggest difference between it and the catfish is that it has four pairs of whiskers while the catfish has only two pairs of whiskers. In addition, its dorsal fin extends from the front of its back to the vicinity of its caudal fin, and its ventral fin also extends from its abdomen to the vicinity of its caudal fin, which has a rounded shape. This fish has a large head, a wide mouth cleft, a laterally flattened tail, an extended body, no scales, a slippery body, and a dark brown, black, or yellowish brown body color. Its gills are long with auxiliary respiratory organs, and it can tolerate drought, but not cold. This fish is highly adaptable, and will burrow into the mud when the weather is dry and there is little water, and move to the bottom when there is a lot of water. It likes to live in rivers, ponds, hidden places with abundant water plants, dark corners and underwater caves and stone crevices. Fishing tackle for bearded catfish hand rod, sea rod can be used, with a hand rod: float can be used ordinary wind drift (night fishing need to use fluorescent drift), the lead can also be used ordinary, with a full set of carp fishing tackle can be. Sea rod: You can use the taut-tip method of fishing. Generally there is no need to put bait in the nest. The choice of bait is as varied as earthworms, small loaches, minnows, shrimps, red worms, hams and so on, with earthworms as the bait, its effect is also very good. Among spring, summer and fall, summer is the best season for catching bearded catfish. In addition, in the summer and fall, there are often thunderstorms, after the thunderstorms or a few consecutive days of rainy days, this fish like to swim against the water, to the shallow water of the creeks and rivers back to feed, which is a good place to fish. Because the bearded catfish has a strong fear of light, in the sunlight when it is strong, it is generally deep underwater, do not make feeding activities, so the time to fish this fish should be in the morning before the sun, and the best night fishing. Bearded catfish has toxin-containing spines next to its gills, which can cause severe swelling and pain if your hand is pricked. When catching this fish, you should be especially careful when removing the hook, and it is best to remove the hook with a multi-layer cloth bag to prevent it from being stabbed.