Persistance, Persistance, Persistance....

[Guest]

Alot of time on the water and persistance along with TIPS from One of the best in the business, Bob, and this is what you get.. THANKS BOB and thanks for the bullies!!

[Larry FlatCaster]

Alright WW!

Nice fish Mate!

It was nice meeting you guys face to face the other night.. I'm sure we will be crossing paths again soon.

We ended up getting some ourselves. I'll let Hanson fill in the details.

Thanks

LFC

[hanson]

You guys must have caught that right after we went by you! Nice to finally run into you guys on the river.

Another late afternoon, daytime flat. There were 2 or 3 more daytime fish caught in the Moore's Contest last night as well. I've got to belive I've heard or seen of 10-15 flats caught in the last week in the early evening daylight hours now. Hmmmm....

Like Larry mentioned, we had a great night as well but it was dead, dead, dead until 2am when the magic started to happen. Larry popped a small daytime fish as well and then we were running the skunk until 2am. Seriously went 6 hours in between fish. Photos and short story to follow...

Congrats guys!

[Guest]

LFC and Hanson,

It was nice to meet you two on the river also!! I was joking aroung with my buddy that we should just follow you two.. haha..

We ended up starting on 169 and worked our way down stream... We usually only stay about 1/2 hour to 45 minutes on each spot but we finally did hit the mark at about 10:00pm then we got tired and went home..

Look at these 3 suprises.. I was out tonight til about 10 also.. Got to this spot at about 6:00 and from 6-7pm, I got these 3 in about 2 ft of water and about 2 feet from shore..

Who would've thought Walleyes go after bullheads???

FAT 24" Walleye #1

SKINNY 24" Walleye #2

FAT 27" Walleye #3

[DTro]

Nice eye's Web!

They actually like those bullies

BTW, 1 and 2 are the same fish

[Larry FlatCaster]

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Nice eye's Web!

They actually like those bullies

BTW, 1 and 2 are the same fish

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No........................ WW what't up. LOL

Nice work!

LFC

[Katman]

Awesome! Nice fishes!

[aanderud]

That's awesome, WW. You got some nice flatties and nice 'eyes there. Can't beat those eyes on any metro lake in 1 day, that's a guarantee!

[audemp]

Nice work Man!

I hope that bleeding flat was OK...or was that your blood?

[Guest]

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Nice work Man!

I hope that bleeding flat was OK...or was that your blood?

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Yeah, she swam away fine after I released her.. The eyes survived also

[Guest]

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Awesome! Nice fishes!

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did you get any on Friday night?

[Guest]

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That's awesome, WW. You got some nice flatties and nice 'eyes there. Can't beat those eyes on any metro lake in 1 day, that's a guarantee!

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I have BOB and Hanson to thank for the tips

[Larry FlatCaster]

In the future....lets go for the lower jaw hold and supporting the lower section instead of the gill hold/rip. The bigger the flat the harder it is on it. Its a lot easier on the fish when going for the CPR. The Flats won't hurt you, especially when your wearing gloves,

thanks Mate

LFC

[Fish'n guy]

Nice job Webwarrior! It looks to me a if he is holding it by the jaw line. Just because it looks like he is holding the fish this way doesn't mean he is holding it in the gills. I always grab my flats this way and they never seem to be harmed that much. They swim away just fine! as long as you don't rip the flesh down there the fish should have no problems unless you keep them out of the water too long. Just my 2 cents!!

[rushing]

You should always try to support the body on the larger fish, its just better for them.

[Guest]

Sorry if my handling of a big cat offended anyone. This is my 1st BIG cat ever and my hand never touched the gills. I slide my hand in there like I would handle a northern. Fish swam away fine

[hanson]

Guess when it comes to handling big fish, everyone should be allowed 1 or 2 learning experiences. Now if it takes 3, 4, 5 times, we're going to have to get the tazer out!

I think the important thing to remember is to support the weight of the fish with one hand and I really like the hand in the mouth grab for my other hand. I feel you can control the fish better when you have a grasp of that big handle lower jaw. They won't bite but they will scuff you up.

Other than that, one should try and handle the fish as little as possible, get your measurements and photos quickly, and get the fish back in the water. I've gotten a routine down pretty quickly now so these things are almost automatic. Remember, once it gets dark, thats when things go wrong so know where your camera, tape, scale, pliers, etc are at BEFORE you get the fish in the boat.

Boy Scout Motto... Be Prepared!

[Guest]

Noted!!

[Shack]

WW

Nice fish!

[Guest]

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WW

Nice fish!

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thank you!

[Katman]

I didn't get to go out. One of my friends came up to visit from Cali so I had to turn LFC down I forgot about that so I was totally bummed! We all know fishing comes first! I'm glad you guys did well! We'll meet up one of these days. Looks like LFC and Hanson did pretty darn good!

[Guest]

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I didn't get to go out. One of my friends came up to visit from Cali so I had to turn LFC down

I forgot about that so I was totally bummed! We all know fishing comes first!

I'm glad you guys did well! We'll meet up one of these days. Looks like LFC and Hanson did pretty darn good!

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I will be in Cali starting tomorrow so I will call you when I get back and we'll go! Should be back by the 25th

[Katman]

Sounds good!

[Larry FlatCaster]

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Sorry if my handling of a big cat offended anyone. This is my 1st BIG cat ever and my hand never touched the gills. I slide my hand in there like I would handle a northern. Fish swam away fine

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No offense here mate. I was just wanting to pass on a friendly heads up. As Hanson mentioned there is a learning curve to handling the big ones. You don't know if someone doesn't mention it. I hope that my post didn't cause offense. I just wanted it to be clear to the point.

You should have seen Hanson and I work to get a hook out of one our Flats that had fallen through the gill. YOu would have thought we were wannabe surgions. LOL Being very careful anytime your around the gills. Its easy for the fish to flop and loose control and then really damage the fish accidentally because hands are inside the gill plates.

LFC