Time To Catch Some Flathead

[bfishn]

Tis the season

To be greasin'

Up the fryer

And the fire.

Filet de Oppa

Fried up proppa

Heed the call

It must be fall.

[LittleRedFisherman]

I'll eat blues, as long as there's no flathead available.... When we would give away those blues I was talking about, we'd probably have 200 pounds of flathead in the boat. I've cleaned blues before, and yes cutting out the red helps, it's not bad, but for my taste, nothing tastes as good as a St Francis river flathead!! The water is ugly in it down here, but for some reason fish taste really good in it.

If you've never trotlined the Mississippi, and are into that, do yourself a favor and do it. It's an unreal catfish factory.

[LittleRedFisherman]

Added a few more this morning before work. River came up 6 foot overnight. Added a nice channel to. Don't turn them back either!

[LittleRedFisherman]

Typical night on the Mississippi...

[Fish24/7]

great catches !

[Terrierman]

I'll eat blues, as long as there's no flathead available.... When we would give away those blues I was talking about, we'd probably have 200 pounds of flathead in the boat. I've cleaned blues before, and yes cutting out the red helps, it's not bad, but for my taste, nothing tastes as good as a St Francis river flathead!! The water is ugly in it down here, but for some reason fish taste really good in it.

If you've never trotlined the Mississippi, and are into that, do yourself a favor and do it. It's an unreal catfish factory.

I used to live in Jefferson City. Did a lot of throw lines on the Missouri. Throwline is about 30' of main line with five 18" droppers set about four feet apart. Window weight on the bottom, top tied to something solid - tree limb best. Used a piece of innertube between line and anything that wasn't springy on it's own. Saves a lot of fish from getting off. Set parallel to current in flathead habitat - wood or big rip rap. We used bigger bait than what you are using in the post - bought carp from the hatchery in Taberville or caught perch from farm ponds when we could. Also used big circle hooks exclusively. We killed a lot of catfish, flatheads and blues both that way. Dark of the moon in June was one peak, a good fall rise was another, and really anytime in October/early November.

[Terrierman]

Typical night on the Mississippi...

Nice!

[LittleRedFisherman]

I used to live in Jefferson City. Did a lot of throw lines on the Missouri. Throwline is about 30' of main line with five 18" droppers set about four feet apart. Window weight on the bottom, top tied to something solid - tree limb best. Used a piece of innertube between line and anything that wasn't springy on it's own. Saves a lot of fish from getting off. Set parallel to current in flathead habitat - wood or big rip rap. We used bigger bait than what you are using in the post - bought carp from the hatchery in Taberville or caught perch from farm ponds when we could. Also used big circle hooks exclusively. We killed a lot of catfish, flatheads and blues both that way. Dark of the moon in June was one peak, a good fall rise was another, and really anytime in October/early November.

Yep, sounds about right, that's how I do my lines as well usually. Depending on the structure around there. In certain spots i'll do what the old timers called "set hooks", might just be on hook in a tight but good looking spot.

[Kayser]

Do flatheads in the larger reservoirs feed into November as well? I've got a spot that has a decent number of them, just haven't had time to go this year. I've never fished them in the fall, so I don't even know what depth to look at, either.