It's about that time! Been building some new lines. As soon as the bluegills are plentiful it on!
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It's about that time! Been building some new lines. As soon as the bluegills are plentiful it on!
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Looks like the flatheads are in trouble
Slackline
You act like you know how to fish!
I like a mess of flatheads. Belly pieces, yummmm.
Nice cleaning table too.
Only fish I like catchin and eatin better than Crappie.:HandsClapping
fancy lines ,,,,,
Look like you been hard at work
Them are are some good looking lines!
Those trot or drop lines?
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Trot lines. Must hide them very very good. Folks will take your SS hooks!Quote:
Originally Posted by muzzy125acc
Good limb lines don't last long on Conway!
I bought one from a man one day just like these. He was retired Air Force and had the cord. He charged $25 a line.Quote:
Originally Posted by RLS
I have $40 just in the hooks!
Oh I catch one every now and then... And I'm not looking for babies... I bait with live bluegills most folks would fillet!Quote:
Originally Posted by peterbiltwillie
I have people see my bait before and remark '' you got a good mess off fish!'' lol I like to use big Riceslicks as some call Green Sunfish. What size hooks you using?Quote:
Originally Posted by JigginPoleJoe
These are 10/0 Mustad. I prefer 8/0 or 9/0. This was all the had. Just need enough to hold the bream.
The last I had was Gamagatsu "Did I spell it right"? They were 8 or 9/0 with 1/2 the shank of these, but were not stainless steel. They had a coating on them, when you would sharpen your hooks they would rust. But I loved how they were made!
If Bates gets some smaller ones in this morning I will try to do some swapping!
I can never find slicks unless I go pay $8 a pound! I never have been able to find them in the water. Bluegills will be a dime a dozen soon!
Most creeks and Fouche la Fave River are full of Slicks around here. I use mostly 5/0 or 6/0 Eagle claw hooks in stainless on limblines and noodles. Those hooks are very costly . I had a guy give me a an tangled old snag line full of 9/0 hooks. Have not tried them.Quote:
Originally Posted by JigginPoleJoe
I have caught several 30 to 42 lbers on the smaller hooks. How big has your biggest been over there?
About 56 poundsQuote:
Originally Posted by NIMROD
I use 9/0 coated eagle claw wide gap circle hook, not for trotlines though. I jig log piles behind the dikes on Mississipi river with the biggest bream I can get. Last year I had a lot of trips messed because spent half the day looking for bait, so I started using a cast net. That helped alot, but now I've started trapping. I libe right on the Missouri/Arkansas border so i have to be careful, Missouri allows 5in bream, Arkansas only 4". In the process of building a tank to store 100
or so for a buffer.
This one came from Cane Creek Lake in November off of trotline. Weighed around 36 lbs using perch.
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We can use any size bream if taken with rod and reel.Quote:
Originally Posted by Semo
Those are some good ones!
No size limit on Bream caught on hook and line, but 4'' limit applies to nets and traps. Remember over 4'' on hook and line state limit of 50 applies.Quote:
Originally Posted by Semo
Slabjammer my buddies caught some big ones out of Cane Creek.
My biggest Flathead years ago. These are all caught on rod and reel , lots more photos I could post caught with nets and lines.
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Huuuuuuuuuum Dingers there!Quote:
Originally Posted by NIMROD
Yes sir!
Who's that skinny guy holdin them fishes?
C.J.
Was me but added lots of years as well as pounds.:yikesQuote:
Originally Posted by Cmj
Those are some dang good fish Nimrod! I have always wanted to catch some on a pole but never have! Gonna have to put that on the list for this summer!
First came from Arkansas River in late 1970's. The next two photos were Lake Conway. Man last time Conway was drawn down we killed them. Guess it was about 1998 and we used bass rods baited with shiners in a flatbottom in Greens Lake. The Flatheads stacked up in the deeper holes with Conway so shallow.Quote:
Originally Posted by 501mooney87
This summer fish live Green Sunfish called Rice Slicks at night below Nimrod Dam. Best fishing is after years with lots of high water releases.
I like to limb line Petit Jean River in early summer with high water. Used to run Noodles on Nimrod too. Nothing better than feeling the familar tug and thumping of a big Flathead at the end of a line.
I've had some good catfish meals out of Conway. No monsters like Nimrod's pics, but good 4-5 lb eaters. I've only gotten channel cats, though. Mostly fishing the old channel off of Pierce (had a feller tell me about that channel one day last summer, and them channel cats run it pretty good).
Those are some great pictures and memories for you Nimrod. I have never targeted flatheads, most of mine have been caught while fishing for other fish. My best was a 23# caught in a bass tournament on Catherine on a 1/2 oz jig.Slackline
That 23 lber was a good one!Quote:
Originally Posted by slackline
My biggest in photos was 60, I've caught several in the 30's on Bass Tackle. That one string of 15 totaled over 200 lbs. Unsure of the exact weight as no good scales. Funny story on the stringer. We pulled up to a log yard and asked to weigh our fish . The folks thought we were nuts . They said the scales only weighed in 20 increments. Sure were shocked when we drug the stringer out onto drive on scales. LMAO
I would rather have a 5 to 10 lb Flathead to cook than anything that swims here.
We have caught lots of good Flatheads in gill nets . I've took Xring running limb lines and caught a 42 lber. My son helped land a 41 lber on a noodle. Fishing for big Flatheads can be very exciting.
I do all of my flathead fishing on the Cache River. I run limb lines and trot lines. Gonna have to rig up a couple of poles and set up river from some log jams with a slick and 2oz weight this summer.Quote:
Originally Posted by NIMROD