baby flathead cats

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i posted awhile ago about this with no luck.

does anyone know where i can get a baby flathead catfish, about 2-6"?

i live near the colorado river (california, arizona border), but have no idea were to look for hatchlings. so ill prolly end up ordering one...but where?
 
I catch flatheads locally. However, I won't be able to find any babies until early spring. The last 4 I caught went to huge display tanks since they weighed in at 10lbs for the smallest and 27lbs for the largest.
 
ill just have to get one from you then. if your willing to ship it to me in cali. ill pay of coarse.

whats the smallest you can get, im looking for 1-4 inchers, prefreably around 3inches. im upgrading my tank @ X-mas, so spring isnt a huge problem, i was prolly gunna order just b-4 summer, or mid spring. also where you get them from, what do they eat naturally? i want to try an all natural aproach to raising it. also can you sex then at that size?

maybe you could give me tips on how to catch flatties on rod and reel since im prone to an empty stringer everytime i try for them.
thanx 4 the quick reply oddball
 
I have never tried to catch little ones.
 
i guess six inches would be cool, then i wouldnt have to seperate it from my oscar and bluegill.

Guppy- you mean you've never thought about keeping one? its like a big brown s.american rtc.

and what should i stock up on, food wise? baby bg's i guess? maybe rosy reds? will they eat night crawlers or earth worms?

i was thinking of setting the tank up bare with just an old coffee can with both sides cut out, in the corner and some floating plants. is this ok, or should i have lots of dec'or? theres will be a tremendous amount of current also.
 
most of the babies from this year are prob about 6 inches by now try catching them anywhere you would catch the big ones for the fry pan just use a small hook and an earthworm close to the bottom. i catch my local catfish here in a drainage stream by the house that flows several miles to the river. also contact your local bait and tackle because they sometimes get them in shipments of baitfish we get them here from the ghostshripm bags
 
my catfish eat anything they love worms live fish they usualy pin in they cornes and gulp down at night any pellets of anything anything
use some kind of small gravel because mine like to sift it
 
When I was fishing for flatheads we used 1 ought treble hooks and half chickens for bait. When we talked about catching an 8 inch cat it weighed 40-50lbs because we measured them BETWEEN THE EYES!
 
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