The Green Hornet ! (Pt 3)

[hanson]

With all this talk about a monkey and stuff, I don't buy it! The monkey is not following me around, however this pesky little bait stealer from the deep is.

You'll have to scroll back a few pages to read about The Green Hornet (err... Walleye) Strikes Again!

Well, it came back for an encore and I was the victim this time, all 28 inches of it. I still can't believe these walleyes are eating 6-7" live bullheads being fished for flathead cats. This one thumped my rod hard, pulled a little clicker, and you would have sworn it was a flathead cat until it surfaced by the boat. I also set the hook into a fish that was quite aways behind the boat and swam me into a snag shortly before this one was caught. I have got to believe with the similarity in the strikes and initial fight, I had a walleye on that time as well.

But all hope is not lost! This is the catfish forum and we did our best to connect with a flathead.

It took relocating and waiting them out until 11pm and finally got thumped hard, and I mean hard! I looked at my rod and saw the tip start to slooooowwwwlly load up and then Zzzzzzzzz!!! There she goes!

"I Da Man" kept yelling at me "Are you gonna get that?" Are you gonna get that?"

Well... I got it!

And between the time the rod thumped until I set the hook, I was calmly able to set down my Mt. Dew bottle and screw the bottlecap back on. Always thinking about neatness first, ya know!

Well here it is... All 13lbs of Awesome Flathead Catfish!

As we were getting ready to take the photos, my other rod decided to go on a screaming run and it was a good, steady run. So I'm putzing around with the fish and had to drop it to run to the back of the boat and set the hook on the other one. But Doh!! Swing & a Miss! All that came back was a hook. I felt the bullhead pop off on the hookset. There went my 1st great chance for a double flathead photo! Oh well... tomorrow is another day right?

So while I haven't set into the big one yet, the flatheads are coming consistently! Which is a lot more than I can say a week ago!

Thanks for the trip on the Mississippi Brian!

[Ralph Wiggum]

Nice fish, Chris. I was there to witness "That Gal" pull in a 36lb flat last night. What an awesome fish that was!

[I Da Man]

I told Chris to get to his rod faster on the second run..it was at least a 40!

Always a good time Chris! We'll do it again when the big one start in...flatheads I mean!

[rushing]

A couple seasons ago fishing with a bully under a lighted bobber in a giant eddy flat the wallys kept pounding the bully smackin it pulling the bobber under and running then letting go. I got a couple to the shore but none of them were accually hooked just had the bully wedged in its mouth. Some nice fish though. Pesky!

[Guest]

Nice fish Chris! It looks like that cat has a wound showing too? It looks like the beginning of that spawning ritual.. better get out and fish before they start the spwn and get lock jaw!

My significant other lost 2 other fish last night.. one was on for a while and decent, the other I lost and didnt know it was there until too late(reeling in for barge) when the weight was snagged, the weight popped out and it was tugging back hard! I caught 2 fish.. they each weighed 2 pounds because they just ate my bullheads. She could have used mine for bait for her 36! We had a couple other missed runs, and NO walleyes

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Nice fish, Chris. I was there to witness "That Gal" pull in a 36lb flat last night. What an awesome fish that was!

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