Fished this past week on the fox river and the fishing was incredible for channels! We literally caught 50-60 channels mixed in with 5-6 flatheads in 8 hours of fishing. This was after a cold front as well. In my opinion the fox river system is the most underrated catfish fishery in the midwest! It get no press and has some tremendous fish and ridiculas numbers of fish as well!
All our fish were caught on shrimp or cutbait! Only took pics of a couple of the bigger channels. Man I love how hard catfish fight!
Those are some brutes!
Wow those are brutes. Did you get a length or weight (wait for it)on either of those? They look to be pushing 30lbs.
Thanks, No I did not get the weights we actually had no time to do so….these fish were back to back,there were 3 of us in the boat and for about 1 hour as fast as you could throw out with in 30 seconds you had a fish on! so we just snapped quick pics and tried to get back out. It was really really good when the current would pick up, then it would slack and the bite would slow down a bit. Current is key!
Eric
Been there done that. Current is key here on the lake as well. Funny to say that but it is true. Put them on a tape none the less. you see 52 inches, you might have a new state record in your boat.
Those are some big kitty cats Eric!
Congrats! 
So many places to fish and so little time!
Let’s see…Madison is 250 miles…then how far is it to the Fox?
Sounds closer than the Red River.
It would be about the same. I wonder why RB never posts any pictures like those?
I see a fishing trip in BK’s future.
I’d just like to catch a Fox River flathead that big!
Funny thing is rarely do you ever see any other boats fishing for catfish and in my opinion it’s the best catfish fishery here in the midwest, both for number and big fish. With that being said the reason it’s soooo good is because you really can’t eat the fish. I know some people do but the fox river is a dirty river with lots of contaminents.
Eric
It’s nice to see big cats like that close by an easy day trip. Watch those cuts pulling on snag lines.
u ever fished in marr lake cause i got a great story for ya