Flathead Friday 2, did well on some daytime flatheads with Romo and Kenny. Biggest fish went 31lbs and fell victim to the Flapper. Schuylkill River in PA
watching you guys reminds me of my childhood fishing the Schuylkill . We would walk along the river finding hooks and string to fish with. We used rocks and stones for weights and always caught some nice Carp and Catfish
***** im smart enough to understand the difference between a invasive and non invasive species and why he killed it. maybe you should take some time and do some research on the kind of damage snake heads cause.
Thanks for this video. Went out today, July 27th, 90 degrees at 1:00 P.M. to the local pond and tried this technique out. I got a pretty big channel cat on within 10 minutes using this method. IT WORKS!
Gotta love the Internet! Guy posts a video using cutbait to smash some very nice Flatheads....folks leave comments telling him how to fish. "You should use livebait. Cut bait is for Blues." LoL. Nice video, Fellas!
I love a good baitcaster combo. The one you caught the 25.3lb flathead on is real nice. I have an old Abu Garcia baitcaster reel that I built out of parts that I had laying around when I was in my early teens and I still have it. I've caught shark and tarpon with it and it still works like new. I haven't been fishing in years and I miss it. I still have a few really nice rods and reels, I should reline them and get back to it with my sons. It's just hard for me to justify spending $40 for a fishing license to only go a few times a year.
whatever yall are doing, keep it up! at least you're producing! I've got some of the best catfishing gear and have never caught a cat over 4 pounds. nice catches guys.
I've had fish break off, only to re-catch it a short while later with my rig/lure in its mouth. I recall many situations i have caught the same fish more than once and consider it fairly common. A recent occurrence was, when my son had a bass bust off a spinner bait last week and later watched the same bass leap out of the water with the spinner bait in its mouth. So, he cast to it and caught it again and got his spinner bait back. The bass was a healthy 3ish pound adult. Fish that are feeding are not reasoning the situation, they are not any more educated by being caught. I wish I could remember the study that was done, but it showed that a large mouth bass has about a 5 minute "reset" after you miss it. I have used this to my advantage many times after a big hit and miss. I give it a few minutes and then hit the same spot, better prepared. I was raised on the water and would wade fish grass beds and piers. Occasionally when not targeting panfish, I would catch and release bass. I would catch the same bass, in the same spot, on the same rubber worm, almost like clock work on different days. Catfish are just as predatory and territorial. As long as you are fishing with bait they eat, it is possible to catch the same big cats over and over. They are not going to change their diet or loose their appetite. Appetite is not voluntary, it is involuntary need and to a predator, it is what drives them.
What #test for that 20’ shock leader? Would it transition well tied to 60# braid mainline? That’s what i run..but just been swiveling that directly to about 20” of slider rig like yours. Would 30-40’ of shock leader be overkill? Thanks guys, awesome vid...beautiful spot there!!
+Ricky “Strawhatfisherman” Hendricks I could see it stripers are super opportunistic. I've caught em as a kid as big as 10 lbs on chicken liver. now as an adult I catch em in fresh water rivers with huge live shad. 40 inch fish aren't uncommon. that's in Kentucky. I live just north in Ohio and fish big cats in my spare time and there are plenty of striper and hybrid striper on our rivers just not over 20lbs at least that I've encountered
yo man great vid, this is the first year im gonna really try and target flatheads due largely and wit alot of help from ur vids haha but ive been google mapping some good looking spots around philly but was wondering weather ur not u preferred tidal, non tidal or if it just doesnt matter at all
I landed a 16lbs channel cat on my ultralight uglystik with 10lbs fireline and a Pfleuger President size 30 it was fun and I thought I would not get him turned around.
Awesome video on catching these beauties on cut flapper bait, I have never caught a flathead on dead bait but I will try my best on my next fishing trip. Great job guys.....My biggest flathead was almost 62lbs on a live bull head. Wow what a fight.Want to share a annimated story I made up for my grand kids, it's about a flathead cat that gets really mad at all the fisherman for trashing our rivers and streams. you can check it out on RU-vid under tulare8 -A fishermans grin.God bless Good fishingMarty Henry
How do you like using the Mojo Musky rod for catfish? Which model are you using? Ive been thinking about trying a musky rod and a lot of the die hard cat guys turn their nose at them
Awesome video, however I don't understand why you would use a gaf hook on a fish you intend to release. Normally, catch and release is about releasing the fish with minimal damage.
zach Clemens near birdsboro? I'm struggling with time to hunt around for new spots. I have a special needs child which consumes most of my schedule. I do fish near the black rock boat launch in my kayak and had gotten a few. any spots you are willing to share would be greatly appreciated. and I'm always looking for people who kayak or bank fish to have some fun.
Nice fish. The only problem is that in the state I live in we cannot use game fish for bait. Yeah, if the state catches you having any fun at all, they shoot on sight.
great video but words of advice.Even though theses fish are very resilient fish never hold a big fish vertical very longl.All their entrails fall down and stress the fish out along with damaging them.I hold lots of catfish tourneys and we learned the hard way.Anyway great video and detail to instruction.Good fishing and good luck.
nice! I have a crew I fish with, a lot like your group of guys. we land some badass blue cats. but haven't had as much luck with the flathead. where are you guys fishing??
+zach Clemens could you tell me where it is? I've been looking for flathead spots all around the schuykill in collegeville but I haven't found any with open spots to cast
+Billy Ray it's near the Dump in oaks park in the Parking lot and walk down a trail. It will bring you to it. It's better at night I've pulled a 34 pounder out of here.
I have a plentiful bait source for sunnies, but no bluegills - would you know if redbreasts and green sunnies will work as well as the bluegills do? Enjoy your vids!
