Interestingly, Fisheries research says this ratio doesn't appear to change with body size indicating even very large female duskies remain viable breeders. In NSW, dusky spawning season extends from November to March annually, possibly around the new or full moon periods. When it comes to Patrick Linehan's cm fish, let's conservatively estimate it as weighing 9kg an estimate backed by Patrick and his mate who netted the fish.
Using the eggs per gram ratio, this equates to the production of 6. Still, the record stands to this day as a testament to the immense proportions flatheads are capable of attaining. Georgia - Carl Sawyer The Peachtree flathead record rests in a tie, and it's a whopper. Eighty-three pounds is the mark to beat, thanks to Carl Sawyer and Jim Dieveney. Sawyer struck first, pulling his pounder from the Altamaha River near Jesup on June 22, In doing so, he literally destroyed the old record of 67 pounds, 8 ounces.
He reported that the inch giant offered a to minute battle before surrendering boatside. Georgia - Jim Dieveney Carl Sawyer retained solo claim to the record until Dieveney hooked a nearly identical leviathan July 11, , while fishing the Altamaha in Wayne County.
Interestingly, a mammoth pound flathead was taken on trotline on the Ocmulgee River in August of , leaving little doubt a tiebreaker resides somewhere in Georgia's cat-rich waterways. Baze was a consummate fisherman, with numerous trophy catches to his credit.
As the story goes, he loved devoting Saturdays to fishing a nearby lake, but almost stayed home the day of his big catch due to a foul east wind. When the wind switched late in the day, however, he and his son geared up, headed for Ellis — and made history.
Michigan - Dale Blakely Michigan's state record might not rank among the top 10 fattest flatheads of all time. But it's the newest record-holder we ran across — taken on January 12, — and has an interesting story to boot. For starters, the pound fish was caught through the ice on Cass County's Barron Lake. Dale Blakely was enjoying his second-ever hardwater adventure, fishing a jig and waxworm for crappies. He hadn't had a bite all day when, at 3 p.
The catch trumped the existing record of Officials noted that flatheads do not naturally occur in the lake, and speculated that the fish may have arrived with the illicit assistance of a 'bucket biologist ' at some point in its life. Regardless of its origins, Blakely's record stands. Oklahoma - Richard Williams Richard Williams was fishing for bass in El Reno City Reservoir on May 11, when he hooked into a monstrous fish far bigger than anything he'd expected to hit his Strike King crankbait.
After a pitched battle, he reeled in a inch-long, Sooner state record flathead weighing in at 78 pounds, 8 ounces. Williams' big cat topped the old record of 76 pounds, set on the Poteau River near Wister. Though admittedly not a cat fancier, Williams told the press at the time that he considered his record catch 'pretty cool.
And so do we. Although truth be told, we'd rather hook up with the inch, pound thug C. Clubb caught on a trotline in Wister Lake in That remarkable giant holds the Oklahoma record for 'unrestricted ' tackle. Texas - James Laster At 98 pounds, 8 ounces, James Laster's Lone Star lunker was big enough to topple the previous Texas benchmark, but not the all-tackle world record. Laster pulled the mighty flathead from Lake Palestine on December 2, while bank-fishing for crappies. It measured 53 inches long, with a inch girth.
The previous Texas record, 98 pounds even, had stood for 22 years. The new record flathead — named Taylor after Laster's grandson — was transported to the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center in Athens for display, but was released back into Palestine two years later after it stopped eating. Give a Gift Subscriber Services. See All Special Interest Magazines. All In-Fisherman subscribers now have digital access to their magazine content. This means you have the option to read your magazine on most popular phones and tablets.
To get started, click the link below to visit mymagnow. Get Digital Access. Subscribe To The Magazine. More Articles From Catfish. April 26, By Dr. Hal Schramm with Dr. Andrew Rypel. If Ken Paulie's gargantuan world-record flathead doesn't make your heart skip a beat, you best check your pulse. Georgia - Carl Sawyer. The Peachtree flathead record rests in a tie, and it's a whopper. Georgia - Jim Dieveney.
Carl Sawyer retained solo claim to the record until Dieveney hooked a nearly identical leviathan July 11, , while fishing the Altamaha in Wayne County. Iowa - Joe Baze.
Michigan - Dale Blakely. Michigan's state record might not rank among the top 10 fattest flatheads of all time. Essentially getting big flatheads by the lower jaw is often the best way to land them, no matter the technique. This practice could lead to a way to land your record game fish. Often other anglers near you may record and keep a record of fishing at night and even often winter time.
Continue to read; below are a few tips that you can follow while fishing for flatheads. Thinking of fishing for flatheads, you can use a hand line, a fishing pole. We know this might sound like overkill; the gear is a little much for freshwater fishing. But flathead cats are giants with big mouths, and your equipment, line, baits, and tackle should be large too.
If you plan to keep one of these fish, you should focus on the smaller ones under 10 pounds as they are more common and easier to catch. The daily and possession limit is The first thing to do while fishing for flatheads is to get a grasp of the bushwhackers. They may hide behind driftwood piles, submerged logs, snags, toppled trees, and riverbank cavities to ambush their passing prey carefully. They roam very little and during the night.
Knowing these will improve your chances of catching flatheads. Make sure you fish during day time and focus your efforts on shady near-shore and dense cover. Extracting them from their spots is not that easy. Nevertheless, if you fish using a heavy on tough tackle, it is possible. The large flatheads are aggressive fish. They tend to be aggressive towards their kind. Thus, a primary piece of flathead habitat hardly has more than a single heavyweight adult.
Hence, it might be useless to keep fishing around the same spot after you have already caught one. So, grab one in one location and then move over to some other place. A common practice to see more flatheads when fishing. Several anglers think that large flatheads can eat almost anything.
Flathead catfish usually scavenge and are not picky when it comes to their bait or food. However, this is only applicable to small flatheads when fishing. However, if you seek heavyweight flathead fish, remember, these baits will not work or for all species of fish. The bait for a giant flathead is another live fish. Consequently, it would be best if you used that to entice them. Some of the right choices are suckers, chubs, goldfish, carp, sunfish, and bullheads.
Know this could be different when fishing a lake versus a channel versus a river. Flathead catfish are a favored freshwater fish among amateur anglers and even professional anglers alike. Flatheads, Channel Cat, Blue cat, and Bullhead cats are excellent table food. Many hardcore catfish fishermen believe a young flathead has a delightful flavor that is preferable to the other cat species.
Another question has been asked, where does the aged deceased fish go. I mean, being this big, you think you would notice these things floating everywhere? Flathead catfish can taste and smell specific compounds in water even if they are present in smaller quantities. It can be a good thing as it will help in zeroing in on the bait when fishing. However, make sure that you observe how you handle items like sunscreen, gasoline, insect repellant, and tobacco. It can send them scurrying away from the most attractive big fish catching baits.
The flathead catfish are the toughest ones to catch of all catfish around. They are solitary and difficult species to find and catch. Once you hook flatheads, they put up a great fight day or night. Even the most experienced anglers are happy when they get one large catfish in a single trip. The channel catfish is the most famous pound for pound catfish family member. Channel cats are often stocked in ponds, providing fish to easy hook for novice anglers, unlike the flathead. Freshly killed baitfish may be your best bet, try shad or suckers both make excellent fishing bait.
They use baits like chicken, cheese, blood, and fish parts, allowing it to mashed together before smearing it on the line and hook. Also can be solely used as a dip channel for cats with their superior senses. Overwhelmingly most are caught on the bottom of the lake. In cleaner water, channel cats can suspend, providing the opportunity to land them on a hook, line, and tackle with a float.
To succeed in any fishing or any species, it helps to understand their movements, habitat preferences, and seasonal choices. Channel cats are unique and have different habitats in bodies of water. In creeks and rivers, including small streams, their movements find them going upstream in the spring. In these cases, you can locate them by locks and dams. Because of the changing of current and depth of water, tributary mouths can be hot spots. Look for places where smaller creeks enter larger rivers.
In summer, giant channel cats are in holes of streams and rivers and mid-depth runs. The river that stretches with the wood cover bottom is often are the ideal place. In the larger rivers, look for channel catfish living near dams and other structures like bridges.
Even barge mooring areas that break up current and create habitat diversity. In the Southeastern regions and Eastern side of the U. Not picky about their diet, as they will eat live baitfish or dead bait off the bottom. These big blue catfish are more likely to be caught suspended in open water when they are feeding, mostly when shad or other baitfish are nearby.
Again, this is uncommon for flatheads. Favorite foods for blue cats include skipjack and shad.
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