Growing up in Nevada County, when I wanted to catch a catfish, I used chicken liver as bait. My father and I would get the liver from Holiday Market in Penn Valley, go over to Lake Wildwood and reel in giant catfish from the small man-made lake. Fast forward about 20 years and “catfishing” has taken on a whole new meaning. According to Urban Dictionary, a “catfish” is someone who pretends to be someone he is not online by creating false identities, particularly to pursue deceptive online romances. In former Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te’o’s situation, the “catfish” was the …


























