Had a buddy show me a pic on phone of a flathead cat they say will be new state record - caught in Cooper river this week. I think it was 79#. Anybody got the pic or link?
J Ford
Tied the record…79 and change.
Congrats to your friend…
79 lb. 9.6 oz. DNR record keeping rules say you have to beat the old record by more than 8oz to set a new record (for fish greater than 25 lbs). Older fish weighed 79 4oz. Probably a bigger one out there putting on some more weight while we speak…eating American shad and blueback herring.
Awesome fish, thanks for the picture.
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Really nice fish! Brings back memories of a fish that a friend and I caught in 1999 in the Wateree River. It weighed 70 lbs. on a set of deer scales and, accurate or not, it was a big fish.
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That is a real pig, Bowhunter. I’ve tried the lower part of the Wateree for flatheads but all I seem to catch are bluecats(not complaining). Are flatheads found in the same areas(submerged timber and snags) as blues? I catch smaller flatheads in the Congaree but haven’t hooked a brute yet. I know they prefer live bait but I’ve caught mine on cut shad.
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Originally posted by rivermanThat is a real pig, Bowhunter. I’ve tried the lower part of the Wateree for flatheads but all I seem to catch are bluecats(not complaining). Are flatheads found in the same areas(submerged timber and snags) as blues? I catch smaller flatheads in the Congaree but haven’t hooked a brute yet. I know they prefer live bait but I’ve caught mine on cut shad.
My fish was caught about halfway between hwy. 378 and hwy. 1. It was caught on live bait near a logjam in a river bend. In past years, I’ve caught many but much smaller than this one. We used to run bush hooks in the Edisto River and would regularly catch flatheads in the 45-50 lb. range. We would catch 3 or 4 a night that size along with numerous smaller fish (10-25 lbs.) doing this, but when the DNR issued a consumption advisory for catfish in the Edisto, we quit going. I hear that there are many giants still being caught there but I would be scared to eat them. At one time, the DNR was encouraging people to go and catch the flatheads in the Edisto even to the extent of relaxing some of the rules just for that river. They are not native to the Edisto and are feasting on the Redbreast which is what that river is known for.
Molon Labe!
Until you have loved a dog, part of your soul remains unawakened. - Anatole France (paraphrased)
RIP my “Puppy Dog” 10/15/2004 - 1/14/2013
That’s too bad about that consumption advisory. Flatheads are the best eating of any catfish IMO.
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Originally posted by rivermanThat’s too bad about that consumption advisory. Flatheads are the best eating of any catfish IMO.
Absolutely the best eating catfish. I couldn’t agree more.
Molon Labe!
Until you have loved a dog, part of your soul remains unawakened. - Anatole France (paraphrased)
RIP my “Puppy Dog” 10/15/2004 - 1/14/2013
Even the belly meat is good or even better than the back strap. Funny everyone is tuned into blues over here, while over in Alabama flatheads brought a premium price at the fish market…way back when I was in school over there…way back when Bo was running around on the football & baseball field and Sir Charles was punishing the hardwood floor…anyway, I digress and my age is showing.