Catfish through the ice

[Alagnak]

And, it's a whole other level to brag just to brag. Probably never had a cat post on here in his life let a lone caught one on fair chase.

[aanderud]

Just in case, I'm going to give the benefit of the doubt here and assume that you either didn't know or don't believe that flathead catfish hibernate during the winter. You should do a search for some of Brian Klawitter's videos from the Mississippi of these big beasts stacked up literally like piles of wood in the winter and early spring. You can bounce a camera off of them and they don't move. The nice thing about the video is that it can't really be chalked up to hearsay and conjecture by a bunch of catfish snobs -- it's just a fact that flatheads hibernate.

[CarpinMNRiver]

Ran into these bad boys while Walleye fishing in a secrect location. Fun time to bring through the ice.

Ha ha. That is pretty sad. I would be more impressed if you noodled them in the winter.

[EW6]

I love how you, "Ran into" them. Sounds like snagging to me. If it were me I'd probably should be watching for a visit from the game warden....

[rushing]

Even if they did "bite", using such small ice gear to bring them in is disrespectful to the fish's health. I have fought fish for 10+ minutes with 80lb line and heavy rod n reel so with a little ice rig I can imagine the stress the fish was put in and if it didn't take that long to bring one up then that's a little more evidence it was hibernating.

I can understand accidentally "catching" one but to repeatedly target them is unsportsmanlike to the extreme.

I will give you the benefit of the doubt that you were totally clueless about flatheads and hoped you learned your lesson or at the very least you've learn not to post pictures on public forums were you come off as nothing more than a snagging moron.

[LeAndra]

Hooking up unintentionally to a fish while jigging happens but to pull several of these out and be proud of it is just plain disgusting.

[Carp-fisher]

Ah everybody should quite picking on the poor guy; anybody thats worth their grits as a fisherman knows how challenging it is to snag--especially hibernating cats a pig pile. Nice hidden face by the way; almost like a catfish mujahideen.

[JediTrav]

Hey enough about flatheads! Has anyone ever tried ice fishing rivers for channel cats? What should I look for? I'm planning on hitting up the Red Lake River to see if I can catch a couple.