Flathead Catfish Photo Gallery

[HotPocket]

Was out fishing Red wing today and look what we (updecreek) found! That was kind of cool to see all ready

[DTro]

You guys are breaking the seal on all of them!

Nice!

I saw my first 09 open water Flatty this weekend too. Unfortunately it was a floater that someone picked up

[updecreek]

Nothing like thinking big EYE!!

Then MR.FLATTY showed up.

Did put up a good fight on lite gear.

[Lowblazah]

LOL jake, you guys are killin me.

[Whisker Warrior]

You can say that again Andrew....i think its time for another trip up!

[Here-Kitty-Kitty]

Did ya need a glove

[DTro]

Time to bump this one up. Hopefully some bigger ones are on the way:

[Gordie]

+great fish guys

[River Runner Z]

nice fish to start we'll be out tomarrow hopefully we'll see some flats in the boat

[MinnesnowtaWild]

That is nsnutter (Nick's) fish

[crazyice]

From earlier today on Pool 4. Should be good enough for temporary first place in KOTC! And, yes it was caught in the mouth, on a river jig and minnow, gave a darn good fight too on walleye gear.

[DTro]

Nice fish Andy!

[HotPocket]

Nice one, looks like he got hert bad some time in hes life.

[Here-Kitty-Kitty]

HotPocket ran into your neighbor and his dad. They may have spilt the beans on your nice like hunny hole.

Nice fish guys

[MinnesnowtaWild]

30" x 16"

Caught a much bigger one but the girlfriend doesn't know how to land a fish and the line snapped.

[DTro]

Sweet!

Sounds like someone needs to go to a little heavier line

[Here-Kitty-Kitty]

30" x 16"

Caught a much bigger one but the girlfriend doesn't know how to land a fish and the line snapped.

I remember a line I once heard let me see if I get it right " excuses are like as*holes and everyone has one " J/K I feel your pain my friend. I would have a heart attack if my messed something like that up.

[Here-Kitty-Kitty]

I think I would have to agree Darren. I also think I remember a certain someone saying he doesn't need heavier lol

[DTro]

Originally Posted By: MinnesnowtaWild

I'll probably just throw my 30 lb on the first spool and see how it works. It casted great on my older Quantum Snapshot that is a lot smaller. If it doesn't work out I'll swap to braid or some smaller mono.

This rod and reel combo WAS going to be for Carp and Channels only but I am really diggin' this combo and may be using it for Flatheads nightly.

Break down your 1st/2nd sentence; dont skimp on line, bud. Dont kick yourself to-the-grave losing a-fish-of-a-lifetime because that just might be your next bite. The river can be a body of water that stresses line to its limits; let alone what a flathead surge can do to it current. The advice given on this site is truely good considering the fellows here "have been there, done that" abusing lines, and fighting fish. Dont skimp on line. I'd rather have have cheap rod/premium line than the exact opposite....no regrets .

[Here-Kitty-Kitty]

You know we are just messing with ya

[MinnesnowtaWild]

You guys are too funny! Actually my Abu Garcia doesn't have enough line on it right now and that's usually my Flathead reel so I used my "channel combo" tonight and it only has 20 lb Berkely Big Game. Honestly I did not expect to have so much Flathead action tonight so I didn't think too much of it.

I have a brand new 150 yard spool of 80 lb PowerPro that I'm putting on ASAP.

[crazyice]

Nice one, looks like he got hert bad some time in hes life.

Yeah, he had a messed up tail section for sure. We weren't sure how it would show up in the photos, but it appeared to show up just fine. Funny thing about it though, there wasn't any scar showing an old injury, just the deformation of the soft tissue.

[Tyler Holm]

From earlier today on Pool 4. Should be good enough for temporary first place in KOTC! And, yes it was caught in the mouth, on a river jig and minnow, gave a darn good fight too on walleye gear.

Nice fish. Fun stuff.

[Gordie]

couple from yesterday notas big as crazeyice's but its a start..

[DTro]

Busted on both spots

Nice fish Elwood!