Tried for Flathead caught a channel

  • daveho
    Cassville Wi missippi pool 11
    Posts: 64
    October 3, 2012 at 1:54 pm #1222825

    Last night was such a nice night thought we would try for flatheads. Caught this 11lb 7oz channel on cut bait. Had live bait out but no takers. Flathead fishing has been very slow for me lately.
    Took photo of pole in the moonlight and American Queen excursion boat as they went by us.
    With water temp of still 60 deg we should still be able to catch a flathead for a while.


    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 59992
    October 3, 2012 at 3:04 pm #1102685

    We’ve been having better luck on a wad of crawlers Mr. Ho.

    …if the sheepies stay away.

    Nice looking channel and isn’t the AQ awesome!?

    skunkboy
    Cedar Rapids, Iowa
    Posts: 172
    October 3, 2012 at 3:17 pm #1102691

    Wow…fishing on a Tuesday night….I’m jealous Dave. Can’t wait til I retire, I’ll be out there on Monday night…and Tuesday night and Wednesday and Thursday and Friday…maybe not the rest of the weekend though…too many kooks around on the weekends, besides I need to catch up on sleep sometime.

    That’s a nice channel cat there. Did he hammer your bait?

    L8R…Ken

    Jerry Hochhausen
    Madison, Wisconsin
    Posts: 275
    October 3, 2012 at 3:52 pm #1102699

    Nice channel cat Dave. Keep trying you’ll start catching them sooner or later.

    bl00dwe1ser
    LaCrosse, WI
    Posts: 48
    October 3, 2012 at 4:36 pm #1102714

    I was trying for flathead last night too. Caught a 10lb channel on a live bluegill. Big bluegill too, not really sure how the channel managed to fit it in his mouth. Had another gill that looked like a smaller fish was trying its hardest to fit it in its mouth.

    I’ve been having trouble finding the flatheads. 2 weeks ago it was catch 2 or 3 before 9 and head home by 10. Now it’s sit out until midnight and have a couple of runs that are most likely gar and no flatheads.

    katfish
    Ohio
    Posts: 65
    October 4, 2012 at 11:27 pm #1103040

    DaveHo

    How about this?

    Tried for flathead
    Caught a channel cat
    It caught a flathead!

    No live fish are safe in flathead waters

    daveho
    Cassville Wi missippi pool 11
    Posts: 64
    October 4, 2012 at 11:38 pm #1103041

    Its amazing what will fit in their mouth when they are hungry.

    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 59992
    October 5, 2012 at 12:47 am #1103057

    Robbie, around here that spot is normally reserved for walleyes.

    katfish
    Ohio
    Posts: 65
    October 5, 2012 at 2:14 pm #1103145

    Quote:

    Robbie, around here that spot is normally reserved for walleyes.

    Brian
    Years ago my lake had stocked walleye. They didn’t do well so Ohio began stocking saugeye.

    I took several older gentlemen fishing with me in the Fall.
    We were catching flathead and among them was a fish with a tail of another fish hanging out it’s mouth. They asked what kind of fish it was and I replied I didn’t know.

    They played around with the 39 pound flathead until they retrieved the large (17 inch) saugeye from the flathead.
    I am sure if walleye had flourished they would also be on the flathead’s menu

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