A Good Sunday Evening

I met up with a couple of strangers tonight to do a little flathead fishing.

Tony seemed like a guy who knows a thing or 2 about river fishing. He scouted out the spot this morning where he caught 6 channels and a flathead and was nice enough to bring me and Marc along tonight.

Marc is new to flatheads, but I think I can say he’s hooked. He’s now an official member of the Flathead Secret Society. He’s caught the fever.

I met up with them around 7:15 with a bullhead short of a dozen. I had to catch the bait since Moore’s closes at 5! We have to work on those hours or make him deliver! Tony was the first to bring in about an 8lb flathead.



His pole was the furthest upstream. Next it was my turn which I caught on the one big bullhead we had. Yet, I caught the smallest.



We didn’t bother weighing it for obvious reasons!

Next up was Marc the newbie and he was the furthest downstream . Wouldn’t you know it, he got the big momma.





Yep, he’s now got the ailment that we all suffer from now. The scale said 17-18lbs.

We got all of these within about a half hour to forty five minute period. That was about it, but enough to get 3 guys buzzing and talking about the next time we could scamper down there. We had a couple more bites, which amounted to a couple more whiffs. The cool thing was we all got one.

Here’s a shot of the aftermath of one of my misses.



Someone crushed the whole left side of his skull! That’s why I don’t like taking them right away unless the line is moving. I bet the one that hit this was just waiting to scoop it up when I reeeled the bullhead away.

Daylight cats!

Sounds like the scouting work for you guys!

I know that spot, Mike! You should blur the backgrounds!

Had to do that. You always do.

Nice fish, guys! We didn’t do too well tonight. Only Tyler had one little run. The rest of the guys are still out though, so you never know what stories they may have in the morning.

Nice job! I’d be happy with the first two fish myself. (I’m still working on my first flathead).

Thanks for posting!

Nice Fish Mates!!

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I know that spot, Mike! You should blur the backgrounds!

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I was going to make light of the fact I didn’t too.
I someone figues out that spot from the background, then I don’t think blurring would have helped!!!

I think it might be a littel hard to figure out exactly where we were. Hopefully anyway

If someone does figure it out…I’m betting it’s going to be a catch and release guy…and there’s always room for them!

You got that right

I think that whole portion of the river is good.

Yep, we worked the shore from Hidden Falls all the way to Hastings. It was a lot of walking, but worth it!

I wish I got a better shot of that bullhead. Go catfish was saying oh yeah, something beat up that bully as I raised it out of the water. I thought he was crazy, because I didn’t see any marks or anything. Then I saw it. He was stone cold dead and look like someone took a hammer to him. On all my “runs” there was an agressive initial hit and then nothing, except the one I caught which seemed like a steady run.

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I know that spot, Mike! You should blur the backgrounds!

Had to do that. You always do.

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mplspug… you dont need to worry about Sherry knowing that spot.. she doesnt recognize it.. even though she walked right by it looking for geo-cache stuff 2 days ago.

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even though she walked right by it looking for geo-cache stuff 2 days ago.

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Huh? “Geo-cache”? That went right over my head, but that’t not tough to do.

Dave do you know where we were? If you PM the correct answer I will post a few of these in your honor. I will also quickly edit blur the pictures, even though I don’t know anyone who would know pool 2 from shore as much as you, except perhaps Tony, the guy who showed us the spot.

Yea there are not too many spots I am not familiar with on this particular stretch of pool 2. It has been my home water for 4-5 years now. If any of you know where this is, go fish there, I’m not gonna complain until there are no more fish or if people don’t clean up after themselves.

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…or if people don’t clean up after themselves.

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By the way thanks to you and Marc for grabbing the bottles.

No problem I don’t like sitting in a landfill, which is one reason I don’t have alot of easily accessible spots to fish from shore, too many great spots that are littered with garbage. It seems to me if you can park your vehicle within 30 yds of the water people think they can leave garbage all over I always get my bait in a bag that way I have something for the garbage at the end of the night. Thanks again for getting the “real bait” and also thanks for making it a great evening of fishing. We’ll have to do it again soon. I’ve got some other spots that need exploring, as I have not been able to go look at them yet.

*Your spot* is safe with me. I used to fih that area extensively by boat, and on foot… I learned it was easier to launch the boat and pull up on shore than it was to lug a ton of gear.

mplspug and a many other people on this forum will vouch for me, I dont leave trash laying around, and I dont care to crowd anyone out of their own spots they worked too hard to acheive. I never fish alone for flatheads and I dont lead others to someone elses spots. There are lots of good areas to fish, especially in that area. I am impressed you found a concentration of fish that are willing to bite in the daylight on a weekend in that area with all the boat traffic lately. You are landing more fish per outing than anyone else which is probably due to getting away from the other fisherman which have been pressuring the fish hard not too far downstream* in those easy to access places.

Well said. I also do not crowd people and I wait for invites to people’s spots, unless we both know where it is. I have found a few spots this year that are way off the beaten path that are producing during the day/evening hours. I will be out tomorrow evening exploring some new water in the boat. I will post Wed. morning how I did.

From what you wrote, I am pretty sure you know where it is. Here you go:



Why did I even question?

For the record I would have put the bottles back in the chair. It’s nice to find some clean stretches of the river and I don’t like abusing it.

There wasn’t a ton of traffic and I was suprised we never saw a barge. I have caught almost all my flatheads between 7-8:30pm. Much of that is due to me not staying out real late, but these fish came in a short span within those hours and we got nothing but a few misses afterwards. They seem real agressive when they start their nightly migration in the evenings.

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If any of you know where this is, go fish there, I’m not gonna complain until there are no more fish or if people don’t clean up after themselves.

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WOW! A new catfishing concept!!! People Sharing and Fishing together!!!!!

I knew this day would come…just didn’t think I would be alive to see it!!

You guys are GREAT!!

Brian, they made fun of me yesterday because I hold the cat in my avatar like a bass!!!

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If any of you know where this is, go fish there, I’m not gonna complain until there are no more fish or if people don’t clean up after themselves.

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WOW! A new catfishing concept!!! People Sharing and Fishing together!!!!!

I knew this day would come…just didn’t think I would be alive to see it!!

You guys are GREAT!!

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Shall I send a proposal to the UN?

EXTRA! EXTRA! READ ALL ABOUT IT!!

LOCAL CATFISHERMAN BRINGS ABOUT WORLD PEACE!!!

I’m not sure we have to bring the UN into this…

But it sure is nice to see a newer member (but experianced catter) willing to share space at a cat spot.

But you did make me think Dfresh…

Most everyone here is willing to share…which is what we are all about. I need to get rid of some ghosts I guess.

Pug..if you would get rid of the “Bass are Best” tee shirt…I’m sure they would leave you alone…

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Pug..if you would get rid of the “Bass are Best” tee shirt…I’m sure they would leave you alone…

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That and maybe stop bringing along my tackle box full of gadgets that I don’t need. I am not even sure I would know how to use a….what do they call those funny looking things guys cast and reel in….it’s on the tip of my tongue….oh yeah, lures!

Isn’t it cute how my hat matches my shirt? You know, bass guys expect you to dress up all perty.

Such an innoscent time when I was young and niave.

Gawd! I hope you washed your hands! We know where they’ve been!

Nice bass though! Do you want a link to the bass forum??

I have no problem sharing info and spots. Granted I do have a few spots that myself and a couple other guys now about and I won’t be super willing to give those up. I’m sure other people fish these spots or know about them, but they are my secret for now. Most of the time if you ride along with me we will fish one of these spots, wethere I tell you it’s one of my “king cat holes” is another story They are not my fish, I didn’t buy them and put them there. I just found where they live and know how to set the dinner table for them. I think it is great that ther are more people getting into catfishing. As long as we keep the spots we are shown by fellow IDA members clean and not crowd people out, then I think we will all have more fun. I love fishing by myself, I do alot more expolring then. But there really is nothing like getting a good bunch of guys together to go hammer the fish for an evening.

Oh yea and thanks for the laugh from the posts about bass fishing above. Smallies still get my blood………oh wait I’m still in the cat forum…………. I had a horrible drive to work this morning. I actually saw a women driving down Pilot Knob CURRLING HER EYELASHES Get up earlier in the morning if you need to do that, she almost caused two accidents that I saw
Ahhhhhhhhhhh! ok I’m better now.

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Get up earlier in the morning if you need to do that,

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Pug…we’ve talked about this before!

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Get up earlier in the morning if you need to do that,

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Pug…we’ve talked about this before!

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I haven’t done that since my bassing guys. I am telling you, I think those guys are more concerned with their appearance than fishing. Que the Dueling Banjos music.

Must be something going around, because I saw a girl next to me at a light with a big gap between her and the car in front of her. She was reading a book. Now if it were a catfishing magazine, I could understand, but come on lady.