Stick+ Extended reach= None of the foul bait close to me minimizing chances of contact.how does a steel leader help you do that?
Stick+ Extended reach= None of the foul bait close to me minimizing chances of contact.how does a steel leader help you do that?
I can't stand sand in the vagina lol but seriously some nice cats...You guys seem to have a great flathead fishery in your regionand my friend's personal best 34"L, 20"G, 16 1/2lbs. He said it was too big to grab it by the mouth, so I told him he was a SISSY!!!! hahaaaa He gets sand in his vagina very easily
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I still don't understand how you hook stinkbait with a stick and a steel leader.Stick+ Extended reach= None of the foul bait close to me minimizing chances of contact.
It starts to slow down in August and Sept. but late May to July its great. We're focused on Smallmouth right now, but we will go back to Flatheads in October again when the giants starts fattening up for Winter. We have only scratchedthe surface of Flatheads and my biggest is still only a 1/3 their potential sizeI can't stand sand in the vagina lol but seriously some nice cats...You guys seem to have a great flathead fishery in your region
Definitely will Frank Castlelooks DEEEE-licious.....how about some captions, a recipe w/ ingredients and how to prepare it?
I see, so you're swabbing it on lures instead of making dip-bombs and putting it on a hook for still-fishing.......we fish for cattys a little different in my neck of the woods lol Once I realized most catfish are predators, we started using live shiners for Channels back in the early 90's, which eventually gravitated to creek chubs and suckers in the early 2000's and were getting larger and more Channels like this, and that was when I accidentally caught my 1st Flathead and found out the story of how they came to be in SE PA. From there we added live sunfish to the menu and the Channels generally avoid the rougher-scaled fish, but we still get them on creek chubs. They also seem to fancy the scent of Hellgrammites as well, but I know people who use Salmon fillets, Chicken liver, and various cut-bait w/ some success.Stink bait comes in what basically is a peanut butter jar that you add water to to make the bait thinner. So I use a slip sinker above a leader to make sure the weight isn't sitting on the plug and when I bait up the plug gets pushed into the bait with the stick so I don't have to pull it out of the jar with my hand.
Somehow I missed this post....we're good, you never need to thank me for fishing advice - seeing you younger guys learn catch-and-release and learn-and-teach others safe fishing practice is more than I could ask for. Encourage harvest for stocked and invasive species, and "Catch-and-release" native species that have to fight to survive.I could crack out my float pole again, i used it to catch small fish in England.
A tried and tested rig here is a running ledger rig, just a sinker, swivel then leader and these cats eat anything, chicken liver, fish and even bread.
ATM i only have 2 rods, a 6ft bass rod (catch everything on this) and a 10ft light rod as well as a float pole. I might ask my dad if we can go stream fishing with floats at somepoint when he isnt working. Or carp fishing, my best is only around 7lbs so i need to break that.
For the tigerfish most fishing is done with soft plastics SUPERGLUED to the hook or hard lures, i could use live or dead bait for the sharptooth if i go east for tigerfish.
Thanks for all the info frank!