Flathead Catfish Photo Gallery

[ec30_06]

Nice one ed. Never caught one even close to 49 inches long. What a beaut. Did you get a scale on her by any chance?

No scale. Just a quick photo and she went back in the river. This fish will be a lot bigger in another month. The girth was only 26"

[MinnesnowtaWild]

[nsnutter]

Jeff that 15 looks good ... but that bottom one is a trophy! The picture of it with that bullhead reminded me of the 24 on 12 sucker i caught , just on a smaller scale How long was that one?

[Dutch55406]

Finally broke the ice with this little flat (25x14) caught her on a chunk of cut sheephead about 15 feet off shore

[bronzeback]

that 49" is unreal. what a head on that fish.

[MinnesnowtaWild]

[roughfish29]

NICE fish jeff! get a measurement on that bad boy?

here's a nice flat my buddie got last night on the miss

now its my turn......

[MinnesnowtaWild]

43x24

[bronzeback]

he|| yes to that 43" good looking fish.

did your buddy catch that fish right at the landing...?

[Here-Kitty-Kitty]

Lastnite

we pulled in a 43x27 39x27 36x23 and a 5 maybe 6 pounder all within about an hour and half

[nsnutter]

My girlfriend Sara is really impressing me ... not only did she set her pesonal best fish Saturday am with a 12 pound carp, but she shattered it later that night with a nice 39x23 flathead She got to break in her brand new cat rod too ... what a gal!!

[roughfish29]

bronzeback, he hooked it downstream of the landing and fought him up to it.

and nick, thats one nice kitty the girly's got there!

[nsnutter]

Heck yeah Ben, her second catfish ever!

[Here-Kitty-Kitty]

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Just a little guy to start the night

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36x23 and the proper way to land a cat

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clearly the same fish but a great looking one at that!

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I finally got to play 39x27

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If only I wasn't 6'3 290 that fish might look its size lol

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43x27 Hey john its the one that got away twice

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one more of the big girl

All in all it was an awesome nigh out

[Here-Kitty-Kitty]

Oh and that big girl came out of the spot that I was throwing to when we were out last. She didn't even take line or anything, just swam up to shore pulled an eel pout and wrapped up the lines.

[MinnesnowtaWild]

Nice fish Kevin...all of em.

[Joshuaace]

I'm new here, and apparently too stupid to figure out how to post pics. I'm a little south of most of you (illinois). I still think you'll be interested in seeing these 4 pics. Check 'em out on this link.

Pig with fins

[Gordie]

joshuaace that is one monster of a cat congrats and welcome to the HSO family alot of great guys on this site and tons of info about cats

[DTro]

HOLY ALL MOTHER OF CATFISH I DREAM ABOUT EVERY NIGHT!!!

Wow what a sow, Illinois or anywhere else in the US. Congrats and welcome to HSO.

Did you happen to get a length or girth or weight on that beast? That thing seriously looks like about 90lbs.

[RumRiverRat]

Most Impressive Kitty you got there!

[HotPocket]

Nice fish Joshuaace and gill hold

[Joshuaace]

Thanks for the embed dtro. No measurements, no weight. Snapped a few pics and a swimming she went. State record in Illinois is 78#. I definitely think this fish would have a run at that, it was THICK.

[DTro]

The past week and a half has been a lot of fun. Trying new spots and moving often has really paid off. No monsters yet, but the numbers of fish has kept us busy. What a difference a couple of weeks make.

[Gordie]

upgraded on saturday then on sunday my boat motor puked a carb gasket about a 1/4 down from the access so I got my old fishing boat and went old school today with shack and I'm glad I did cause I got my personal best!!

50x31.5

[Scott K]

I need to get out! I think you would have owned that state record Joshuaace !!