Got the boy hooked on catfishing!
#1
Got the boy hooked on catfishing!
My wife and I have started taking a friend's 12 year old son fishing/camping. After catching smaller blues and flatheads the first two trips and really getting excited about them, he landed this 36 lb flathead after a 20 - 25 minute fight! I believe we got the boy hooked!
#4
RE: Got the boy hooked on catfishing!
awesome!! thats a nice flathead...well...to me in the north! you southern guys call that a baby! lol. id be bouncing off the wall if i caught one that big!! what do you guys use for bait?? congrats!
#5
RE: Got the boy hooked on catfishing!
mauser there is only two baits down here.....A whole bluegill or a cut up shad. I love to carry people that have never seen over a 20 lb catfish and pull up a 50 to 70 lber that almost go out the boat. That is a nice cat there i am sure he will be hooked for life.
#7
RE: Got the boy hooked on catfishing!
oneshot...figured it was 1 of the 2. i am going to try the live bluegills this year...creek chubs been working well for me and are simple for me to get...but everyone swears by live bluegills for flatheads...even though until a few years ago there werent hardly any bluegills in our rivers...i get probably an average of 4-6 hits a night fishing 3 or 4hrs...so that aint bad...atleast i dont think so...i figure theres alot more giant 4-6 inch minnows and creek chubs in the river than bluegills...kinda matching the hatch of catfishing! lol
#8
RE: Got the boy hooked on catfishing!
ORIGINAL: mauser06
oneshot...figured it was 1 of the 2. i am going to try the live bluegills this year...creek chubs been working well for me and are simple for me to get...but everyone swears by live bluegills for flatheads...even though until a few years ago there werent hardly any bluegills in our rivers...i get probably an average of 4-6 hits a night fishing 3 or 4hrs...so that aint bad...atleast i dont think so...i figure theres alot more giant 4-6 inch minnows and creek chubs in the river than bluegills...kinda matching the hatch of catfishing! lol
oneshot...figured it was 1 of the 2. i am going to try the live bluegills this year...creek chubs been working well for me and are simple for me to get...but everyone swears by live bluegills for flatheads...even though until a few years ago there werent hardly any bluegills in our rivers...i get probably an average of 4-6 hits a night fishing 3 or 4hrs...so that aint bad...atleast i dont think so...i figure theres alot more giant 4-6 inch minnows and creek chubs in the river than bluegills...kinda matching the hatch of catfishing! lol
#9
RE: Got the boy hooked on catfishing!
mauser I would find a local stocked pond and use the bream outta there also any bream will do i just usually use bluegill but 4 to 6 hits every 3-4 hrs isnt that good
#10
RE: Got the boy hooked on catfishing!
oneshot...keep in mind in clear up here in PA. flathead catfish are relatively new for us! i guess in my areas they been around for a decint while in the Ohio river..but were at their northen limits...i definently dont have the population or size that you southern boys got. and last year was the first year i started fishing live baits going after bigger cats. i still dont know where to find them and dont have a boat. the ohio river is only about 200-300yds wide up here lol... thats another thing i wanna learn about this summer is locating flathead holes....im sure 4-6hits a night isnt good even for PA...but for my first season i feel it was pretty decint....