60+ Flathead?

[DARK30]

Hey Scott, Whats the story? Thats two big ones I've heard about now and my heavy gear is still up in the garage!

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[Scott Steil]

Dark, I don't know a lot about flatheads, but I know they get big!LOL I was fishing a walleye tournament in Red Wing when I hooked into this big girl. I would imagine she was preparing for spawn. I really have no idea, but it was an unreal fight on 6lb test and an ultra-light rod. I only got one picture, but one of the tournament directors from the Minnesota Tournament Trail got a couple pictures also. I haven't recieved those pics yet. We wanted to get her back in the water really quick and there was no way it would fit in my livewell, so a couple pics and several attempts at a weight and away she went.

All we know is it was bigger then 60, bottomed out the scale. I have since heard the state record is 70 lbs. It is to bad we couldn't find a bigger scale but my main conceern was getting that fish back in the water to be caught another day. Those are some impressive fish! Kind of like fighting a moving LOG in current.LOL

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[Aquaman01]

Nice! 6lb & ultra-light?!? Holy World By a Thread, Batman!

Congrats!!

Honorable release, too!

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Peace and Fishes

[Dennis Steele]

Hey Scott
Congratulations on the big kitty.I can't believe you spent all that time trying to get the piggy in when fishing a tourney. I was down there the sunday of the tourney and saw another 40+lb fish cought in the hole at the "Y".I should have given that area a little more time.

[EBass]

Way to be concerned about the well being of the cat!! Congrats!

How did you do in the tourney? What was the big eye of the tourney? Just courious.

EBass

[Scott Steil]

Ebass, the tournament went well. We ended up Second. We actually weighed in at 9 AM, but were done fishing by 8:30 AM. It was a no-cull tournament and we had 6 fish in the box that were better then 3lbs each. So, despite taking the time to fight that big cat and take it in to be weighed we still had a short day on the water. Quite a weekend to say the least.

Hopefully those walleye cooperate again this weekend!

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[Mykal]

Could that new Ranger boat be a Cat magnet? Nice fish Scott and congratulations on your success in the tournament. Too bad that cat couldn't have spit out a 10lb 'eye for you. What a monster.
See you on the water.