N. American Flathead Catfish
- Thread starter cenecker
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Their mouths are larger than that of a RTC (although they dont get as heavy as RTCs).
I speak from personal experince I had the chance to catch a few in appalache river in northern florida. Guess what we used for bait? Three pound bullheads we just cut off a few of their barbels and cast them out. The flatheads we caught were just around 24" to 30" (small) and they sucked down the bullheads like candy. Channel catfish and white catfish are also used as bait. Pretty much anything that swims has been used as bait. I kid you not, one guy told me he used a 12" bowfin as bait and caught a 34" flathead.
I speak from personal experince I had the chance to catch a few in appalache river in northern florida. Guess what we used for bait? Three pound bullheads we just cut off a few of their barbels and cast them out. The flatheads we caught were just around 24" to 30" (small) and they sucked down the bullheads like candy. Channel catfish and white catfish are also used as bait. Pretty much anything that swims has been used as bait. I kid you not, one guy told me he used a 12" bowfin as bait and caught a 34" flathead.
cenecker said:
You do know flatheads are not aggressive, right?
The most aggressive NA fish has to be a breeding sunfish. I have snorkeled with every sp of panfish durring the breeding season. and hands down, the sunfish owns all.
I have caught a 18 inch male bass with my hands while he was gaurding his nest. He was calm and let me grab him. The sunfish on the other hand, came after me. They will attack me if i get close to their nest. Their color is extremely nice too. you can see the shimmering freckles from the surface.
The alligator gar is the king of the US waterways...hands down. I would like to have a baby flathead, though. That story about the breeding bluegill is intruiging. I have some bluegill that I'd like to breed someday...maybe I'll throw my cat in there and watch it die.
