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Post by GordonsOwner on Jul 26, 2007 9:03:06 GMT -5
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Post by flathead on Jul 26, 2007 10:18:06 GMT -5
Nice catch! Am I looking at 2 flatheads and 1 Channel? Use a live bait rig?We have been night fishing on a local lake and doing very well with the channel cats. Seems the later the better.
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Post by bradmhendrickson on Jul 26, 2007 14:25:47 GMT -5
very nice! I hope to get out this weekend. What were the weights of those fish?
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Post by GordonsOwner on Jul 26, 2007 15:38:19 GMT -5
Yea its 2 flatties and one of the biggest river channels I've gotten yet. All 3 on live gills. Didnt have a scale (smack me I know, at least we had a camera this time!!!!) so I cant say. The small flattie 10-12 maybe and the bigger I dont know, high 20's at least.
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Post by jfisher on Jul 29, 2007 10:03:12 GMT -5
Where was the spot?  |
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Post by bradmhendrickson on Jul 29, 2007 11:32:06 GMT -5
got a few little 5 lb channels last night. I was gonna go to struble but ended up going to the over fished 113 ramp on the schullykill.  |
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Post by Fisherman on Jul 29, 2007 16:21:13 GMT -5
When you use live gills for bait, you obviously catch them on the spot and use them for bait?  By the way, nice cats. |
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Post by bradmhendrickson on Jul 29, 2007 17:03:37 GMT -5
not too many around in the river. I catch about a dozen and keep them in a bucket with a little 5 dollar battery powered bubbler. I just stop by a pond on the way.
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Post by jfisher on Jul 30, 2007 10:57:10 GMT -5
"River Gills" are the best. They are bigger, stronger, and more lively than any pond bluegill. Not to mention they smell alot more natural because they came from the same body of water. When the river is low and clear, BLUEGILLS(not redbreasts, or green sunfish) are your best bet. When the river is muddy. Use ANYTHING lively. Legal size bass are good. So are these..  In all seriousness, I am about to only flathead fish when the water is muddy(until the fall feast). When the water is low and clear, we are lucky to get runs, let alone fish. When the water is muddy..well here is an average haul..Outside fish are 28 and 26, inside are high teens.  99, if my opinion matters. I would say the bigger fish you got is around 23/24lbs maybe alittle more. Def. a male coming off nest duty. |
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Post by bradmhendrickson on Jul 30, 2007 17:28:52 GMT -5
thats good point about the gills being stronger. but its just so easy to throw a piece of bread in and watch hundreds of them swarm at the pond I go to. One or two scoops with the net and your set for the night. That goldfish would be killer. Seen quite a few around.
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Post by Hawgcatcher on Jul 31, 2007 21:45:42 GMT -5
Just curious what is that orange looking fish your useing as bait.
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Post by GordonsOwner on Aug 1, 2007 7:37:53 GMT -5
That night, the only thing we got decsent fish on was a creek chub, or fall fish, whichever it was...and the bigger one in the pic was on a small perch. Channels were hitting the plain old bluegills better than the flatheads were. We usually do pretty good with the green sunfish though. Don't know why but they always seem to work better than regular bluegills.
jfisher, you tell your spot ill tell mine lol.
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Post by bradmhendrickson on Aug 1, 2007 18:34:48 GMT -5
Just curious what is that orange looking fish your useing as bait. its a goldfish. They get real big when they get released in streams and lakes. |
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Post by Hawgcatcher on Aug 1, 2007 22:01:51 GMT -5
Thats what I thought it was. Reading the post it sounded like they use them as bait.
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Post by GordonsOwner on Aug 2, 2007 7:35:49 GMT -5
That is bait!
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