My first Flatheads

[jkbirocz]

Saturday night Dave and I met Mike (Mr. Fish) at one of his flathead spots on the skuke. I have tried for flatheads before with only runs and misses, but this night was different. After a summer of catchless channel cat fishing last year, I am totally turned off with catties, but I have been wanting a flathead for a while now.

The night started off slow with no bites before dark. When the sun started going down, Mike got a good run and hooked up on a 12lb flattie. Soon after Dave hooked up, then me. By the end of the night, each of us landed 3 flatheads. None were that big, but I was very happy to catch a new species. We had decent action from around 9 till 12. We misse da few fish each, but this was most likely due to smaller fish.

Dave has some more pics...but here are mine.

 

[SlimeTime]

Nice fish! Flatties like live bait, what were you guys using?

ST

 

[Quackrstackr]

Nice fish, guys.

Now jump in there and get 'em with your hands. :lol:

 

[Captain Ahab]

Nice fish! Flatties like live bait, what were you guys using?

ST

Big *** Bluegills!!

 

[G3_Guy]

Nice cats! Good job!

 

[Jim]

:beer:

 

[shizzy]

Nice! Congrats on another new species Jake, well done.

 

[alumacraftjoe]

Nice fish... sure looks like a good time!

 

[Zum]

Man,wish we had them fish here.I bet there tasty.

 

[Captain Ahab]

Man,wish we had them fish here.I bet there tasty.

We do not eat those fish - but I bet they taste like PCBs with a side of mercury and a dash of pesticide

We are catching them in this river:

This river runs through one of the most populated and filthy areas in the US - do not eat anything from these waters - EVER

 

[redbug]

Way to go ahab... now i know the spot !!!! i recognize the water bottle in the first picture i saw it the other day...
Wayne

 

[Zum]

Yuck,man thats terrible.Atleast the fishing seems to be okay.Probably everyone that catches fish there throws them back.
Hope your water doesn't get any worse.Nice catching.

 

[Captain Ahab]

Way to go ahab... now i know the spot !!!! i recognize the water bottle in the first picture i saw it the other day...
Wayne

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!