My Favorite Rig for BIG Flathead Catfish at Night 

I'm just curious with this setup, wouldn't a three-way swivel work instead of tying both lines to the same swivel loop?

Great idea! A lot of times I'll put on a fresh gill, throw it out and it just sits there. Been thinking about leader length too. 36 in. leader seams like a lot but it would give the bait more room to roam. Great advice on the creek chubs too! Me and my little girl went to a local creek and caught a bunch. The temp dropped and they caught more fish than the gills! Keep up the good work man! Well at least keep teaching this old dog new tricks! Lol Go Cubbies!

Thanks for doing this video. I'll have to try this sometime.

Nice looking rig . Does look like it will cause a mess every so often but that's fishing .going to try it this coming spring and see what it will do on these Arizona flatheads .Thanks

Ty again for tips and tricks! You da man!

Could you just use a 3 way swivel for a drop shot rig and throw a clip-on bobber above the swivel a foot or so if you don't have any big fancy slip bobbers like that?

Great video Spencer

Thanks! That cleared up a lot of some of my questions! Now I know! Kool!

I will probably be using this one come June!

i use broke foam bobbers that i find while fishing, drill out the center, and re-rig them for suspending baits for catfish, free bobbers and doing your part for the environment!

I'm glad you cleand your lens

Love it. Now I have to go fishing tonight

Rod looks outstanding with the valiant eagle baitcaster on it. So far so good with this rod. Caught a 4.5 pounder the other day and an extremely mean pike as well.

Thanks for sharing

I use the whisker seeker lighted bobber but it always tangles, any suggestions?

So I’m a little new to fishing for catfish and I bank fish mostly. How much line do you have between your bobber stop and the hook? I know some of the places I fish are around 60 feet deep and a good ways away from the bank. And I’m not sure I could cast a rig like this that far. I’ll keep watching your videos but if you have a little more info on this set up I would appreciate it.

Have you tried the Muddy River bobber? For what you do I think it would be perfect for you.

Do you have any videos of you fishing with that whisker Seeker slip bobber setup

I use the same bobber for alligator gar love it

Well I am hooked on flathead fishing. But am a dumbass when it comes to rod and real fishing for flathead. Thank you for just being a regular guy talking strieght and showing the good and bad.

What if you don't know the depth your fishing in how do you know where to put the bobber stop

Very good

I got one for ya I fish a lot at the dam near me I finally caught a 11lber lol not much but I did what u said lmao what’s the best way if there’s a lot of rocks like ten time what u just thought when I said a lot lmk thanks man love the videos

I'm confused..... Does the bobber come all the way up to the surface? And if so, wouldn't that be a pain to reel in with the bobber stop on there? I really want to try this, but I'm just REALLY confused.....

I like it!!!👍👍👍

Great minds think alike. Ever just use a dropper loop and slip the hook on?

Really this is the only setup I know and was taught for Catfishing besides bottom fishing besides bottom fishing and then only thing I do differently is take the floater off but I use egg sinkers

I've always bottom fished a carolina rig for cats. I'll try the bobber thing

That’s a good idea just use a three way. It’s for super heavy current.

great tip. I think I would try a 3 way crane swivel but I love the rig.

Let me get this straight, your bobber will be submerged under water? So, you don't use the float so much as a strike indicator, but more for keeping the baitfish off the bottom?

I appreciate the "how-to" tips.

I want to see a video showing me how you tie all your different knots. If you could do that for me on King of the River Rat's 🐀 . That would be greatly appreciated Spenser.

Yeah, your inner teacher is coming out on this video haha!!

How do you use a weigh float?

Go cards((: love the videos man

Do you have any videos out their for beginners to river fishing? I've always been told it's very difficult so I've never tried

nice video bro.

how do you adjust depth?

@Rivercertified could u just use a 3 way on this rig

So your main line and your leader line are tied to the top hole of your swivel and your sinker tied on the bottom hole of the swivel am I seeing that right?

Do you fish the cedar river I'm in Waterloo an I in get channels

Going to try this tonight actually at Center street. How deep do you set the bobber stop usually? thanks

This is my rip rap rig on my home lake. A weedless sinker is my best friend..

Why not use a 3-way swivel to avoid the tangle?

Hey man I'm in iowa what part are you in?

I have a go pro but night videos are tuff alone. I have endless pics of big girls. Took a buddy the other night. Put him on a 47 pounder. He was a happy man. Nothing against the float, just I've never needed anything more than a standard rig.

Little did he know how long and cold winter would be.

What knot you use for your drop lead?

If you have to go ice fishing in the winter, you're way too far North! We go trout fishing in the winter here in Texas. Between November and March they stock the Guadalupe River every week with rainbow and brown trout. Last year over the winter they stocked 70,000 trout into about 3 or 4 miles of river below Canyon Lake Dam.

Ok I've been fishing cats for years. I just found the Sandy coper rig I guess it's called but weirdly I've used that before long before but been a while so I'm using again and I like it better now. Mines little different maybe but works. But this your doing I've never used big weight to hit bottom bait above then a big bobber on top. So I want to see if you got more videos fishing this way. Do you need to no the exact deepth so your bobber floating on top and not understand water. Do you have the bobber alot deeper than the water so it's pulling some yea ide live tiesrn more. Thanks and have a great week. O yea I hit sub a d hit the bell want to learn more. God bless

Great rig i always ty my bank sinker on the bottom and use a drop loop for my hook set and i also ty and over hand not 3inchs up from the sinker if its a rocky bottom when the fish hit it no hang ups thanks

My casting distance is cut by two thirds with this method. Any tips?

Have you ever tried tying an ACTUAL drop shot rig? Then it would be impossible to tangle! Unless you need that bait to swim that leader length of line in a circle? PS: I am researching catfish bobbers and keep running into your videos haha...

Why not use a 3 way barrel swivel?

Why not use a 3 way swivel?

Wouldn't the bobber sink?

O’Doyle rules

That’s just a santee cooper rig. And yes it works great

Ever fished at red rock dam?

Show us how to cast this BEAST

No need, I have them dialed in already.

Why could you not have your sinker on a another swivel between your bobber and the swivel that has your hook your weight will be still on the bottom and your lead and hook will be suspended like your rig in your video I run this rig a lot caught a lot of blues and flatheads on this rig without the bobber

What river is this?

what about a three way

Just add a 3 way swivel problem solved

No need for the bobber lol. And that's not much weight. I use up to 12 ounces. And my average flathead is 35 pounds. More caught one 40 than under 30 lol

What size slip float should i use

what's the biggest cat u cought

A catfish vedio

I like turtles.

Hahahah u got a thumbs down already lol. Seems like a three way swivel would be better? Never used them before but have wanted to. I've also never weighted the bobber like that and should. Seems like when I fish a big bobber I get a hit and it goes under but I loose a lot of fish not sure why.

Santee rig works better

You don't use tails with ur bobbers

I usually do not tell people this but going to help you out here young Man. Your Leader should ALWAYS be heavier then your mainline! Most stress when fighting fish is the last 12 to 18 inches of line. That is what will break easier then the rest of the line so why are you guys putting 85 pound mainline and 30 to 40 pound leaders? Come on. Switch it the other way. I catch 40 to 60 pound Flatheads with 40 pound mainline and 50 pound leader. Also, you have more line to fight the fish with if your Mainline is lighter. Good Luck!

its called a pal o mar knot pronounce it correctly

You need to explain better I’m confused. Grrrr

stopped watching because of your intro