Cape Fair 4/13 - what did it weigh?

[cheesemaster]

I got out for a while today. Pretty good fishing - had 4 keepers that all were just at or over 15”. Total caught was around 18 fish. I only threw the lure you see in the pictures the whole time. I caught a 12” black crappie, spots, largemouth and catfish. I am guessing that the flathead went about #6 but I didn’t have a scale that was working. I guess the channel cat was around #2.5 lbs.  I am being a little conservative I think but I am not sure. Any guesses?

[Brian Jones]

Can you give us the length of the flathead??

[Quillback]

I don't know the weight, but I'd call it eating sized.  😃

[cheesemaster]

1 hour ago, Brian Jones said:

Can you give us the length of the flathead??

I didn’t measure it.  When I get time I can measure my net that it is laying on.

[cheesemaster]

6 hours ago, Brian Jones said:

Can you give us the length of the flathead??

Here is a picture of the net - I am guessing the nose of the fish was at the 20” mark on the net. So maybe it was 26 to 28” total.  Any ideas?

[FishnDave]

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

[cheesemaster]

43 minutes ago, FishnDave said:

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

Great - thank you!!