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…and many times there’s a flatbottom with a mud motor a couple blocks behind me.

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I dont know BK…….The way I hear it, it is the other way around.

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Legal? Well here in MN I think if a CO would look hard enough they could find a law that they could interpret this as being inhumane I ‘spose.

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I think I will scratch the idea of cutting, clipping, or trying to improve a bullhead and let it do what it does best, swim and get eaten. After all I wouldn’t want to get nailed for animal cruelty

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What area of which river are you fishing Rob?

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We have been fishing pools 2 and 3 of the Mighty Mississippi lately and for some entertainment we have been playing in the two ponds of downtown Hastings.

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You’ll find there are as many opinions on bully size as there are cat guys.

None of them are wrong and the best answer is the size bully you have.

I like to use 6 to 8 inchers under normal conditions (whatever that is). This year with the higher flow on the ‘sippi, I’m finding myself using 8 to 10 incher most always. I’ll toss out a smaller on near shore if the flow allows.

Flat’s love bullies this time of year whether it’s a lake or a river.

Enjoy your time kicking back and waiting for the “big one”!

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In the past couple months I have read everything about catfish that I can get my hands on. I read on a website (I don’t remember which one but I will inform when I find it again) that when fishing with bullheads it is a good idea to pull their stingers out. I would think that this would emmit some blood and more scent for the fish, but wouldn’t it kill the bullhead? My other thought is, is it even legal? What is everyones opinion on this?

Thanks,
Rob

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to the flathead fishing this weekend?

Going to focus on feeder creek mouths?

Wood along the main channel?

Edges of the main channel?

Since the water’s been so cool, anyone seeing ripe females yet? None on P3/4 that I’ve seen.

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You’re the guide, you tell us.

I had no luck the couple times I hit feeder creeks earlier, but who knows. So what is your thoughts BK?

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We were out on Saturday night and the water was up at least two feet from the previous weekend. We tried shallows, feeder creek mouths, edges of the main river, many snags, in the fastest current, and off of islands and points where there was a break in the current. The result: two small hits, one tiny run (we’re talking 3 clicks of the drag), and no fish. We were using bullheads of small to large size.

We thought about fishing in the 5-6 foot range in areas that cannot be reached unless there is high water, but figured it was too shallow and calm for the flats to be in there. Were we wrong on that? Should we have fished those shallow areas that were just outside of heavy flowing deep holes? We were marking a few fish in those areas.

Would it be a good idea to fish up the feeder creeks a bit or would we be wasting our time?