Thought you guys might appreciate this. Shocked up a flathead today with one of those white tailed carp in his mouth. He had a hard time swimming away after we tagged it. A little buoyant from the big meal.
We need more flatheads to eat carp like that one. 
Very cool, thanks for sharing and your work!
Very cool looks like that carp was at least half the size of the cat guessing by the size of the tail of course.
White tailed Carp? what exactly is that? No real angler refers to walleye as white tailed carp so I’m sure you understand the confusion.
White tipped reef carp
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White tailed Carp? what exactly is that?
Come on Matt! Warn us next time you post that crap in here! 
Like I said before, no real angler refers to walleye as a white tailed carp even as a joke. Kapeesh?
Nooooooooo…….
I know his mother. I will spare her the details. 
Just another internet hoax 
Once upon atime there were two catfisherman who,
while walking along the banks of the river came upon a dirty lamp,
The first catfisherman rubbed the lamp and out popped a giant catfishgenie who granted the fisherman three wishes.
*The first wish was for the two catfishermen to have the river all to themselves.
The catfishgenie granted them a watch and told them to fish when the clock strikes ten.
**The second wish was for the catfishermen to have a forum of thier own on IDO.
The catfishgenie granted them a Brian, who would tout the great fish throught the forums.
***The third wish of the catfisherman was to rid the waters of the great white tip carp and all those who seek them.
The catfishgenie genie granted them two bullheads, and exclaimed to the catfisherman, use them as you please because now, you are dreaming!!!!!
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Like I said before, no real angler refers to walleye as a white tailed carp even as a joke. Kapeesh?
Oh I see. White tip carp anglers are real anglers. I appreciate the insight white tip carp angler guy.
This whole thread is an insult to carp fishermen everywhere.
After a long day and a wad of pm’s, you guys know how to make a fella giggle.
That must have been you guys on pool 2 ??? Saw you out there. That cat needs to know P2 is C&Rr on walleye. 
=J.
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That must have been you guys on pool 2 ??? Saw you out there. That cat needs to know P2 is C&Rr on walleye.
=J.
He will release him. In a few days in the form of fertilizer.
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He will release him. In a few days in the form of fertilizer.
That’s funny right there. You guys crack me up.
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Are you able to release any of the data about the fish you tagged?
Yes, but it’s not much data. That flathead was not weighed, was 24.4 inches long, and I did remove a spine from it for aging, but it won’t be aged until this winter. I’m guessing that walleye was at least 15 inches long. Was a pretty good sized meal. Based on the historic data from Pool 2, that flathead should have weighed 6.14 pounds based in its length.
Joel
When I was writing that Joel, I thought about this and I wonder if you know or can give us an idea. I know there are a lot of variables like water temps and size of meal, but how long does it take a flathead to digest a meal? How about other species?
That is awesome! I have been able to tag along on a few shocking trips here on the Fox and I have witnessed flatheads slightly larger than the one pictured puke up some pretty decent sized fish. Specifically I remember about a 14″ drum and a 16″ channel cat.
Maybe I’m using baits that are too small…
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When I was writing that Joel, I thought about this and I wonder if you know or can give us an idea. I know there are a lot of variables like water temps and size of meal, but how long does it take a flathead to digest a meal? How about other species?
I can’t answer that off the top of my head. It may only take a day or two in warm water. The information is out there about what percentage of body weight they eat per day (for various species), but I don’t have it at the moment.
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You guys really only found 1 flathead?
I would think going at night when the fish are up in the shallows would be a decent way to get bigger numbers.
No, sorry, I thought you were just asking about that fish. We shocked up 27 flatheads and 6 channel cats yesterday. 20 of those fish were big enough to tag (minimum 9.8 inches to tag it). Biggest yesterday was a 30.7 inch flathead.
We can’t shock at night for flatheads. The settings we use on the shocker boat target flatheads exclusively and fish often come up behind the boat or as far as 100 yards away. And we probably miss half of the fish. We would never see those fish at night plus it would be a suicide mission with all the obstacles on the river.
Eventually I will take some video and post it about the chaos that ensues while shocking for flatheads. It’s an adventure.
A video would be cool to see for sure!
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A video would be cool to see for sure!
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