Flathead catfish 2010

[catmando1]

Just wanted to catch everyone up on how those whisker fish are treating us! Some of you already seen some of these, but I will post them in order of catch.

63 lb.




Then we got a 47 lb. for the next 2 pics.

my boys Russ and Wyatt


me


Then a 23 lb. on a video (just click on it)



Then we got 2, 15lb on a video i"ll have to post a little later. Hope you all enjoyed as much as we do!

[white316]

Thats one giant of a catfish,,,nice

[nightrider]

Holy cow,how big do they get,

[basshunter]

wow 63lb catfish unreal,, is that your biggest fish ,,, What size of hook do you use 9/0, 10/0 or some other size,, Great picture

[catmando1]

Finally I am able to post video of the #2 -15 pounders we got a couple nights ago. We also caught a 37 pound fish last night, which we went and got this morning. Here they are.

This is Wyatt my 10 yr old hoisting in the second of the 15 lb. fish


Here is the 37 lb. fish with my eldest son, Russ ,rebaiting the line, and showing off the fish.


We got flooded out today unfortunately, but we were able to retrieve all our lines just before the water came up so high.

Nightrider- Actually, the state of Kansas holds the world record for Flathead catfish. It stands at 123 lbs. These fish are unlike most other catfish in that they are predators and hunt their food. They are mainly fish eaters and want them alive. Amazing how a fish that big can capture other fish by hunting them down like a bass! It helps that they have huge mouths.


basshunter-- No, this one is one pound off our best, which we caught last year. To us, they don't start looking really big till they hit close to 50 lbs. We use a mustad #16/0 circle hook. The hooks wire dia. is near 3/16 in. We hardly ever loose any fish.

Our best, 64 lbs., caught last year.

[backwoodsman]

Nice fish. Our flatheads are getting ready to come off the beds/holes. Do you like those circle hooks? We still use J-hooks. We had some of those G looking hooks, cant think of the name? Not a circle hook. We had a rough time getting bluegills hooked on them and small carp/creek chubs etc were impossible.

[fuzz269]

Them boys are gettin big Catmando witch is good cause with the size of the fish you fellas are catchin you will need all the help you can get just to haul them over the side. lol.

[basshunter]

Great job,,,, I am waiting for bass season next week in Ontario,, I have caught over 10,000 largemouth bass in 27 years, I have 6 6pound bass, with my biggest 6 1/2lbs,, but I have lost bigger, thats why I made my own jig this year, hopefully I be able to hook a 7,8lb bass cant wait.........