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panfishman13

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big Flathead catfish (new personal best)
« on: May 24, 2015, 01:14 PM »






this cat was a rollercoaster, he stole an entire rod and reel, which i chased into the water up to my knees -missed- and had to snag the line with another rod, and he ended up breaking  the stringer he was on and got away.

8 lbs 12 oz. more than double my personal best channel cat which was 4 lbs 3 oz. glorious fish, and i would love to do it again, cold and wet and everything.

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Re: big Flathead catfish (new personal best)
« Reply #1 on: May 24, 2015, 06:26 PM »
Nice one..  Congratulations... :clapping: :thumbup_smilie:
Sometimes we live no particular way but our own.....<br />Strangers stopping strangers just to shake there hand...<br />\"Dying is the easy part. Learning how to live is the hard part....\"

waterwolf603

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Re: big Flathead catfish (new personal best)
« Reply #2 on: May 28, 2015, 06:52 AM »
nice cat man
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Re: big Flathead catfish (new personal best)
« Reply #3 on: May 29, 2015, 02:20 PM »
Nice fish, and a heck of a story too!  I've never caught a flathead...I need to add that to me angling life list of species.

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Re: big Flathead catfish (new personal best)
« Reply #4 on: Jun 01, 2015, 11:51 AM »
With that tale that fish will be infamous.... Like Catfish Hunter from the Grumpy old Men movies. Cool

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Re: big Flathead catfish (new personal best)
« Reply #5 on: Jul 15, 2015, 11:35 AM »
Very nice cat you got there PF13, that is quite the story. To bad it got away. I to would go thru that for a channel that size  8)
                                                             

Deercula

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Re: big Flathead catfish (new personal best)
« Reply #6 on: Feb 19, 2016, 11:01 PM »
Here is one that pegged my 30 pound scale. Went out and bought a 50 pound max after this one............                  


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Channel Cat.......




17 pound channel cat on 50 pound scale........



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Re: big Flathead catfish (new personal best)
« Reply #7 on: Feb 20, 2016, 07:45 AM »
GREAT looking bunch of cats,and some real good photos,thanks for sharing
no flatheads here,just channels
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Re: big Flathead catfish (new personal best)
« Reply #8 on: Feb 20, 2016, 08:59 AM »
Welcome to the site Deercula..
Great looking cats...    :thumbup_smilie: :clapping:
Sometimes we live no particular way but our own.....<br />Strangers stopping strangers just to shake there hand...<br />\"Dying is the easy part. Learning how to live is the hard part....\"

Deercula

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Re: big Flathead catfish (new personal best)
« Reply #9 on: Feb 21, 2016, 09:34 AM »
Thanks guys! My brother and i have been fishing together for 50 years. We've caught some nice ones in that time, and we've got pretty good at the photos too. When we tell a fishing story and get the feeling we are not being believed, it's nice to have the proof to back it up. We do get skunked from time to time, but we still enjoy the time out.

  Spring will be here soon, and this year we wont have to wait for miles of ice to clear out of Lake Erie at Buffalo. Should be a good early season for Walleye this year.

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Re: big Flathead catfish (new personal best)
« Reply #10 on: Mar 18, 2016, 12:46 PM »
Awesome fish

chasdc1

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Re: big Flathead catfish (new personal best)
« Reply #11 on: Mar 21, 2016, 05:28 PM »
Here kitty kitty!

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Re: big Flathead catfish (new personal best)
« Reply #12 on: Apr 26, 2016, 06:54 PM »
Nice cat!

 



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