About the author

A full-time, free-lance writer and photographer, Jeff Samsel works from his home in northeast Georgia, where he lives with his wife and two children.

Writing primarily about fishing, Samsel has published work in more than 100 different magazines, newspapers and e-zines over the past seven years. He has authored one other book, Georgia: A Guide to Backcountry Travel & Adventure, has contributed chapters to five other books, including Catfishing Strategies, and previously spent five years as editor of Tennessee Sportsman, South Carolina Game & Fish, North Carolina Game & Fish and Virginia Game & Fish.

Samsel fishes for and writes about everything that swims in Southern waters. He has a special for catfish, however, and has spent extensive “research” time on rivers and lakes throughout the South learning more about big cats. Samsel does not claim to be an expert catfishermen, but he has spent countless hours in the boats of anglers who truly deserve that title, and much of their expertise lies within the pages of Catfishing in the South.  Contact him at jsamsel@alltel.net