FlatHead Catfish, Smoking Hot

[flamekeeper]

My Bro and I and our sons went flathead fishing during the last 4-5 weeks and here is the report. Fishing from the bank.

Aug 21;08 At the lake at 6pm till 4am fri 22;08.
Bait 3-6" bluegills @ 7 1/2' -9' under floats.Fishing the edge of a 40-60' rock flat that droped into deeper water.

Myself, 4 flatheads, 1 blue
& son Mark 3 " ".

Bro,Warren, 2 " ". 1" ".
& Warren Jr. 1 " ".

Aug 28;08 At the same lake at 6pm till 3am fri 29;08.
Bait 3-6" bluegills @ 7 1/2' -9' under floats.

Myself, 13 flatheads. 2 blue
Mark, 5 " "

Warren, 4 " " 1" ".
Jr, 3 " ".

Sept 1;08 Me and Mark at a different lake beside Green river 5am till 5:30pm .
Bait 3-6" bluegills @ 4 1/2' -9' under floats. Had the scales with us this time.here are the weights.

Myself 7 Flatheads,@ 6,5,19,9,8,6,19 1/2 #.
1 Blue, @ 13 1/2.
1 Channel @ 8.

Mark 6 Flatheads @ 9,8,9,15,8,5.
1 Blue @ 8 1/2.

Sept 4;08 At the same lake we started ; at 6pm till 2am fri 5;08.
Bait 3-6" bluegills @ 7 ' -8' under floats.

Myself 2 Flatheads @ 10,6.#
1 Blue @ 24.

Mark 4 flatheads @ 5,8,9,12.

Warren 1 Flathead @ 23.
Jr, 1 Flathead @ 7.


Grand Total 56 Flatheads 8 Blues and 1 Channel


Not bad for 4 outings, 39 1/2 hrs of fishing.. I know I sure had a great time with my Bro, nephew and my son during this time and plan on hitting these lakes again soon while the bite is on. Maybe tomorrow.Flatheads must be gorgeing for the coming cold?? Their smokin hot.

The only pics I could get were these of the 28th trip, my bro had his camera with him.. I went last week and bought myself a nice FS100 48X Advance Zoom / 2000X Digital Zoom..Camera/CamCorder..,,I'll have Pics of all the catchs from now on.., hope you guys like the Pics Kenny.

[1:11]

looks like fun, good fighters no doubt.

[Sam Salmon]

Are they good to eat?

[flamekeeper]

Originally Posted by Sam Salmon

Are they good to eat?

About the best eating catfish,2 large strips of meat like tenderloins down the sides with a little bit more at the lower part of the tail..Nice and flaky..You need to know how to strip the fillets off and clean the dark meat off.But after that and a couple of rinses of cold water,,its all eaten materail...

[Professor]

They're one tough fish. Congratulations.

[scorch]

Very nice!! We used to catch some real monsters on trot lines in the rivers back in Kansas, way back when!!

[sealskinner]

Are you fishing from shore?

[fishnbuddy]

thats alot of fish!! sounds like good times for sure! on with the deep fry!
...jr.

[fishnfool]

Originally Posted by peptobiz

Very nice!! We used to catch some real monsters on trot lines in the rivers back in Kansas, way back when!!

Did a lot of that myself in Illinois back in the day, (70's). Night fishing on the Illinois River from the bank was a blast too. Zebco 808 with 30 pound line, 8 oz weight on a 8' Shakespeare rod. Those were the days...and nights.

Still one of my favorite fish to eat. Cut in nugget size, roll in seasoned flour, dip in eggs, dredge in seasoned up corn meal, (lots of cayene pepper), deep fry till golden brown, drain, top with Tabasco, and grub in front of the game. Damn it. Now I've got to go check the freezer. Nice catch...great pics. Keep 'em coming.

[Kurt]

Can you legally use Bluegill for bait there? In CA you can't. Nice catfish dude.

[Az.monkey]

very nice job

[okie man]

you used rods and reels? shoot, i thought all we hillbillies used was our hands. nice score on the flat heads kenny.