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Unfortunately, I think I've created a monster. My son is now a catfish man. The flathead weighed 14lbs 10 oz. A good depth finder makes catfishing easy enough I even look good at it. LOL Cut skipjack for bait.
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Next thing you know he'll be sticking his hands in holes
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Ain’t nothing wrong with a little catfishing. I either like the really small ones or the really big ones to eat though no in between. The smaller ones don’t have that taste and the larger ones you can cut all the stuff off that gives the meat that taste and still have plenty of meat left. Nice catch! I might have to put my noodles out and try some cats because I sure have not been able to catch any crappie lately.
Great job ! Glad you got to get u and jr out for some fun fishing ! Next time you go get those shad get me 8-10 lol ! they are a lot of bait that you can catch a few cats on but they are a few baits that you can catch lots of cats on and shad is the best! I know others work but None like shad! And yes those Helix mega units makes it so easy to find the cats! Went out yesterday and scanned for a few mins then set up and started fishing after locating em had fish on in less that 10 mins!
Mitch, that skipjack was hard to come by. I went a couple weeks ago, just to catch skipjack. It took me an hour to catch ONE. They were everywhere, but I couldn't get a hook up on one for nothing.
Used to love cat fishing. All I ever did till about three years ago when I felt the thump a few times. Still like it at times.
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Nice cats. When I was his age I chased the cats a lot and I usually take a few days in April and May to fish for flatheads now day. Congratulations on a God day!
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Nice report. Enjoyed the pics
Just baked some of the flathead. Seasoned it with Old Bay and salt. That is some fine eating. The belly meat has a very firm texture. I like it.
One of my nephews from FL is up here for the week. He went fishing with us yesterday. He was also out there yesterday when we were cleaning fish. I think he was sort of shocked by the whole fish cleaning thing. He didn't eat supper tonight. Said he wasn't hungry. City kids don't get exposed to all the things country kids do. It's good that he saw where food comes from, maybe he'll remember that when he grows up. I think he's 12. I hope I didn't scar him for life. LOL
Great looking fish. Awesome your son is enjoying the great sport of fishing!
Blues eat pretty good. Never had a flat head. We go to wheeler dam and get a few blues for eating in the summer. Nice fish for sure brad.
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The flatheads are very flaky like a lot of salt water fish. I like them but you have to cut out the red line. Also it's good to bleed them to
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I agree. My wife and I both thought the texture was very similar to salt water fish.Quote:
Originally Posted by lowe175
Take that belly meat off of Flathead cut it up into 1-inch cubes and drop it in a pot of boiling water with one cup of sugar and 1 Lemon and it'll taste like crab meat. Very cheap Seafood
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I'll definitely try that. I loves me some crab legs.
Tried the belly meat off my 1st one several years back! Just cut up and fried tastes as good as any fish I ever head!
Do you have a depth finder picture of catfish on the screen? Obviously they appear on or near the bottom but our lakes are very rocky and I am not sure how they would look on DI where there are known rock and rubble piles. Maybe I am missing something or just not sure of what I am seeing on my unit. The reason I ask is during the first Bluegill spawn on our lakes I catch a lot of whisker fish, just not sure of how they look versus what I look for when searching for gill beds. I do not have SI and maybe that is part of the problem. ThanksQuote:
Originally Posted by FurFlyin
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When they float they're done. Make sure to have some butterQuote:
Originally Posted by FurFlyin
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Stan, I do not have any pictures of them. They are easier to distinguish on Sonar to me than they are on DI. I just found arches on the bottom and stopped and fished those spots. I fished spots where the were multiple arches together, right on the bottom. I did not stop and try to fish the spots showing one or two. When I found the multiple fish, I would go upstream of them, drop lines and drift over the top of them.
Nice job Brad.
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