Down here some spearfish blues and flatheads in lake maurepas.
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Anyone keeping flathead or blue cats?
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On the fishing forums i use, i read of anglers catching flatheads more commonly in southeast michigan in rivers such as the st. joe and the grand river than any other part of the state. Also i hear anglers catch them once in awhile throwing rapalas and large live bait in the saginaw river. flatheads are one fish i definitely want to see b4 im gone from this earth
Flatheads are too lazy for my liking - but what about Blues ? Do they behave like Channels - prowling?
If I have a fish that will basically be the only fish in a huge tank, it has to at least have a presence, and a personality.
If I have a fish that will basically be the only fish in a huge tank, it has to at least have a presence, and a personality.
Rob (chixculub) said his behaved more like a pangasius, swimming a lot (especially against current) and very inquistive. Albeit I believe his was in pretty warm water, could be that they behave differently in cooler temperatures
Thanks for the replies, guys!
Seems even over in NA hardly anyone keeps these fish, narrows down the chances of getting one here even more
Oddball, why didn't you keep one of the fry you hatched?
BTW, mine have nearly all been pretty active. I provide a strong current over some current breaks and they regularly cruise against the currents. I just maintain shadowed/muted lighting so they're more comfortable in getting up and roaming around.
Oddball - With so many hatchlings - did you ever come across any albinos or other mutations? I bet feeding them was the most fun! There's nothing quite like a catfish swarm.
Pardon my ignorance - but is the main purpose of noodling, to eat them? Or is it more for fun, where the fish are released? (I see it on TV, etc, but they never talk about what happens once the fish is caught.)
Pardon my ignorance - but is the main purpose of noodling, to eat them? Or is it more for fun, where the fish are released? (I see it on TV, etc, but they never talk about what happens once the fish is caught.)
Never found any albino flatheads or blues in the fry. There were culls that consisted of mainly spinal curvatures. Those went to my AST.
Most competitions are catch and release (after weighing). My group keeps medium sized cats in the 20-30lb range (for cooking). Monsters and minis are released. Occassionally, a really big one is wrestled from a barrel in the 100lb+ range and winds up at the taxidermist's. I found out that some folks were catching big blues this year by running them down in their trucks and jumping on them to catch them. The river height reached flooding levels and overflowed into corn and cotton fields. The cats came up in the shallow flood plains where they were 'rodeo'd' with lifted 4x4s.
Most competitions are catch and release (after weighing). My group keeps medium sized cats in the 20-30lb range (for cooking). Monsters and minis are released. Occassionally, a really big one is wrestled from a barrel in the 100lb+ range and winds up at the taxidermist's. I found out that some folks were catching big blues this year by running them down in their trucks and jumping on them to catch them. The river height reached flooding levels and overflowed into corn and cotton fields. The cats came up in the shallow flood plains where they were 'rodeo'd' with lifted 4x4s.
