Flathead Catfish Photo Gallery

[Loose]

Boxxman Finally boated his first flat of the year, first fish for that matter!

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[Gordie]

congrats boxxman and its about time

[Scott K]

Box, did you let Ryan set the hook for ya? Or did you just get lucky and the fish swallowed the hook? We all know you cant get a good hookset

[dan z]

Good job on getting the first one...

[howellcanufish]

Here's two from last night:

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28x16

[Borch]

Nice!

[blakeb]

about darn time 9:30 pm Mississippi river first flat of the year! sorry bout the bad pic, took it by my self, dang fair weather fisher-friends!!

39.5 inches hard fighter, it on i am going to add a KOTC banner to my tackle box now, im ready !!!!!!

[blakeb]

ohh yeah, what do you think she weights? 39.5 and no girth measure.

[nsnutter]

Great way to start off the flat season Blake. Here is a weight estimator. looks like a beaut!

http://www.kingofthecats.org/Flathead_Weight_Conversion.xls

[DTro]

This time of year a 40" fish has a girth of anywhere from about 24-26". I'd say 30lbs +/-3.

Great fish! That's how I want to start too.....one of these days.

[MinnesnowtaWild]

With no girth and going off of that picture (hard to tell) but I would guesstimate somewhere in the 25-30 lb ballpark.

[nsnutter]

This time of year a 40" fish has a girth of anywhere from about 24-26". I'd say 30lbs +/-3.

Great fish! That's how I want to start too.....one of these days.

Well hey Darren, John and I have been catching you "bait" as John so eloquently put it the other night ... I'm sure a seven lb. flat will net a big momma for ya!

[blakeb]

im so excited, and i just cant hide it

no but seriously i was beging to worry i wouldnt see one

bring on the next one hopefully i have a buddy with to hi five afterward?

anyone wanna go sometime i go pretty much every night?

[nsnutter]

Depends where you fish amigo, I usually fish the MN between Belle Plaine and 35W bridge, but I'm sure if you catch me on one of my days off I'd drive a bit

[blakeb]

if you got some hours on a weekend evening we will make something work

[nsnutter]

For sure man. I have every other weekend off. This weekend is turkey hunting, and I work next, but following I may be able to work something out

[Gordie]

Nice fish Blakeb looks like the cats hooked another fisherman

nsnutter where are you hunting turkeys?

[mrklean]

very nice lookin cat good job

[Here-Kitty-Kitty]

Not answer for him Gordie, but I believe he got the New Prague zone.

Just cant remember the zone number.

[nsnutter]

Umm off the top of my head I think the zone is 461 but I may be wrong. Scott county (New Prague). Gordie you a gobbler hunter as well?

[Gordie]

Umm off the top of my head I think the zone is 461 but I may be wrong. Scott county (New Prague). Gordie you a gobbler hunter as well?

Oh Yea I'll be down on saturday morning pretending to be a hen turkey then BOOM gobbler down then its off for fishing and Click Click Click cast and blast weekend. what could be better. I also think with out looking that I'm hunting Zone 338 Jordan area

[nsnutter]

Nice Gordie best of luck to ya! I'm hoping for, oh, a fifteen minute season myself. Ha I have fishing to do, and the weather looks great this weekend!!

[MinnesnowtaWild]

I expect to see quite a few new pictures in here between now and next weekend.

[dan z]

im guessing there wont be many pics from this weekend. we went out last night and not even a run. water temp is only 50-52 degress. not to mention not even a walleye. we camped on the river last night and came in because the bait was not there. but still good luck to all the fishermen this weekend.

[Whisker Warrior]

Hey Dan were you camping with three other boats between st. peter and Le Sueur??? If so i was the one who cruised by around 630pm with the dogs in the jon boat...we ended up getting only two fish down river from you guys not too far....