i am lucky enough to live within a mile of the ohio river.....and want to get into BIG cats this year......hopefully....i saw that every year....just never make it for the bigguns.....but i found a creek by my house loaded with 2-4 inch chubs.....i heard theyd make PERFECT cat bait.....how do you rig them? dead or alive? cut? where do you hook them? anything will be helpful....i think theres more channel cats then flatheads....but there is both out there....our flathead record is only like 34lbs i believe....i would love to beat that....i know theres bigger out there......when do the big ones start feeding? where should i look to target big ones?? i have 2 lock n dams close by also....heard they hole up there a certain time of the year.....do you fish the downstream side or the upstream side of the dams?? thanx guys.....i love catfishing.....i want to tie into a few nice ones this summer.....