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At the MDC link below, the far right column is the estimated flathead catfish weight per given length. For a 26"-28" Flathead in MO, estimated weight given is 7.65 lb- 9.65 lb. https://huntfish.mdc.mo.gov/fishing/species/catfish/catfish-tips-fishing/catfish-weight-chart
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This is my first Spring here also. You're doing well! Congrats on your bass! I tell you what, the last couple weekends have been a struggle. I fished most recently on Sunday. I flyfished 5 bodies of water, scattered around the area...I'm sure I drove well over 100 miles. Some waters are ones you mentioned. I got skunked at 3 of them, picked up @8 small crappies from one, and the last one I fished produced @ 10 nice bluegills, @ 15 nice crappies, a bass, and a nice redear/hybrid sunfish.
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Its certainly possible. Others have done it. I caught a number of them on lures, back before I got into flyfishing. Once I started flyfishing, I stopped fishing those places that had flatheads. 🙄
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Keep sharing your pictures, I luv 'em and they are an inspiration! 😊👍
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Guess who has two thumbs and has never caught a Blue Cat?
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That's awesome! You're living my dream!
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Coprolite? 💩
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This marked my 30th fly rod species in Missouri since moving last mid-July. 9 months. Not bad, especially considering this period included the Winter months! In ~15 years of flyfishing in Iowa, to the best of my recollection, I managed 38 species in-state. Without going Micro, my list of possibilities is growing shorter. Fish still on the "would love to catch on a fly here" list include: Longnose Gar Rock Bass Blue Catfish Hybrid Striped Bass Bowfin Warmouth Redspotted Sunfish Chain Pickerel Flier Brown Trout I'm sure there ar
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(FND14) Black Bullhead: Went out for an hour last night in the drizzle, caught 4 bullheads by sightfishing muddy water with a fly rod. Big wide head on this one:
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https://flylordsmag.com/chunky-goldfish-on-fly/?utm_source=The+Flylords&utm_campaign=a41c62634f-Newsletter+4%2F5%2F21&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_985ec1d746-a41c62634f-81647055 Biggie!
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I didn't see the fish until I set the hook. But I could see a boulder that it was apparently next to. The microjig was suspended about 3' below the indicator. I looked away for a moment...when I looked back, the indicator was going down, I set the hook and then saw the big fish dive over the side of the boulder for the deeper water. I had been casting across the creek, and the end of the retrieve brought it next to that boulder for many casts with nothing. Persistence paid off. Or luck. Earlier I had fished along the bottom without an indicator, trying a couple weedless black bugger/scu
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When I caught the goldfish, I was actually hoping for one of these: Bullhead. But none were visible that day. Went back the next day without a rod, and saw a dozen or so...including the one above.
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I've already caught Goldfish this year...just showing this one as it is my new MO PB Goldfish. Still caught bigger ones in Iowa, but this one was a really nice fish at 11":
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(FND13) Freshwater Drum 21"....my new fly rod PB.
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(FND12) Grass Carp Caught 2. Both were tiny trout-sized Grass Carp. I'm sure I'll get bigger ones yet this year.
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That's a great-looking crappie, Jim! Congrats!
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Here's a nice little key with photographs from North Carolina, but many of the Missouri species are the same. https://ncfishes.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/NC-Suckers-and-Identification-Key.pdf
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Here's a Golden Redhorse I caught. Good-sized scales. I think you ID'd yours correctly. And here's two presumed White Suckers I caught, for your comparison...I'd buy that you caught at least one of these:
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I think they are better earlier in the season. Later on they get a bit fuzzy...like giving a cat a bath.
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As we've lived and learned, we have a lot more stuff to remember. But I'm working with 1960's vintage memory equipment here! The manufacturer stopped supporting my software and hardware versions decades ago!
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"Somewhere in the contiguous U.S." is usually fair game? 😜 If it can be reached by passenger jet, train, bus, cab, car, or boat? The further I go, the more fishing spots I'm passing by to get there. 😬
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I got a really good look at one that was looking over something floating on the surface. It had black chin whiskers, so probably a Black Bullhead. I can't imagine there would be any Brown Bullhead around here. I'll let you know if I catch one. 👍
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Its big to some of us (me)! I haven't caught one over 7 lbs in over 20 years! You've seen some of my fish posted around here....I have no problems showing small fish...obviously. 😬