Steve Harris Jr.

Steve grew up in Yellowstone River country, taking camping trips 2-3 times a year with his dad and fishing for the mighty Channel Cat. When he was ten years old, he caught his biggest Yellowstone catfish to date. That giant twelve lb. cat hooked him. He started begging his dad to fish more and more and once he had wheels, if he wasn’t hitting the books at school, he was on the banks of the Yellowstone. His summers and evenings were spent at the river and is what you would call a self taught Cat Man. Catfish have always been his favorite fish but until the last few years he didn’t take it very seriously. He now has a passion for fishing every Montana Cat fishery and catching the biggest possible cat out of each body of water. The Musselshell River is his home away from home. Steve also had the opportunity in 1997, while living in Wisconsin, to take in a Doug Stange seminar on Catfish…..lucky dog. He recently reached his goal of landing a giant Montana cat that broke 20 lbs and now he wants to become only the third angler to catch a thirty lb. Channel in Montana history. He loves competition and would love to win any of the Montana Catfish Tourneys. Steve and his wife Ashley currently reside in his hometown of Sidney, MT, with their son Ryatt.  Steve founded and directs the Annual Monster Cat Roundup catfish tournament held in mid-July out of Sidney. Steve and Ashley also founded the annual Missouri River Catfish Clash that is held in Williston, ND every August.

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