HUGE fish!!

  • Charlie “Turk” Gierke
    Hudson Wisconsin
    Posts: 1020
    September 22, 2004 at 10:24 pm #1227546

    Jim Merimonte recently landed and released a huge flathead weighing 59 pounds! Jim fishes for these predators, and has caught very big flatheads in the past but this must be up there in his top two? I haven’t talked to Jim but I saw the weigh in record, and the photo as documented for the Beanie Big Louie Contest (not to be confused with the River Rat Tournament), I think this is the third largest flathead ever recorded in the Big Louie contest. The Big Louie has claim to not one but two state record fish (sturgeon and flathead), that’s impressive.

    Even more interesting is that this fish was caught in the day?! All accounts so far look this way, as again I haven’t talked to Jim but Gary Mau at Beanies Bait shop did, and he said the fish was caught in the day! I guess fishing rules ARE meant to be broken. So congrats Jim!

    Turk

    demoncleaner
    East Troy, WI
    Posts: 246
    September 23, 2004 at 2:45 am #322183

    Daytime flatheading isn’t really anything all that special, plenty of my friends do it as a rule, I dabble in it…have never gotten anything close to that trophy, I personally know of two hundred pound class fish taken during the day…in fact this particular guy won’t fish at night unless boat traffic forces him to. It’ll catch on as people learn it’s finer points.

    Jason.

    Jack Naylor
    Apple Valley, MN
    Posts: 5668
    September 23, 2004 at 3:52 am #322188

    a 59er is a beauty. they’re ugly but nice. any pics floating around Turk. thanks Jack…

    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 59992
    September 23, 2004 at 4:27 am #322192

    Turk…more info please!

    59 bigones….I don’t care what type of tackle he was useing…he didn’t horse that one in!

    Looks like I’m going to have to pull out all stops to win the Big Louie contest for Mud Cats!

    Commenchero…you weren’t watching your hole!

    buschman
    Pool 2
    Posts: 1752
    September 23, 2004 at 4:45 pm #322253

    I spent a couple week going for cats this year and never went at night. I was olny able to go down after work on weeknights but had a blast.Some night we would olny get channels but when they came in it was solid action for about an hour.I cought 8 flats and about 15-20 channels in about 10 night down there.Most hit from 6-7pm and then the shut off till I left about 9pm.The biggest was just about 40 lbs but most were under 10 lbs. Next year I am going to spend a few night but this years just about shot with deer hunting allready started.

    I would love to see a picture of that monster!!!
    I was going to post a pic of mine but in the daylight it too easy to see my little honey hole.

    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 59992
    September 25, 2004 at 8:44 am #322446

    Blur the background with your software and post it…love cat picks!

    Or better yet send it to me and i’ll blur it for you!

    buschman
    Pool 2
    Posts: 1752
    October 1, 2004 at 6:25 pm #323041

    Brian,
    Did you get the e-mail with the pictures??

    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 59992
    October 4, 2004 at 1:32 am #323160

    Yes I did…and I replied asking why you didn’t post them here!

    Killer trout!

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