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My old fishing buddy called me and said he wanted to finally get him a big catfish so I said lets go.
I told him I was just going to use one rod and let him do all the fishing. First spot BAM! A monster Flathead with in 10 min of setting up, well unfortunately he was not ready for what the fish had to offer, he put to much pressure on the fish letting it brake the leader.
10 minutes later BAM!! Another monster Flathead! Took all of 30 seconds to strip several yards of drag from his reel taking him right into the fallen trees. Fish gone...A third fish broke the rod before it could be taken from the holder. In less then a month I have had two rods broken before they could be removed from the rod holders. Time for upgrades
After about 2 hours of this spot and 3 small flatheads under 12lbs we headed north to another favorite spot of mine. Took all of 10 minutes and BAM!! Big flathead! This time its on my rod, after a good battle she hit the deck. 26.6lbs not a giant but a good fish, after a few pictures we turned it loose. This spot only gave us one more small flathead then we moved on.
We ran all the way north until we got back on to Escambia and started fishing the fork where nice blues lurk and some decant flatheads. About 20 minutes went by before we got our first flathead another dink, then another dink, then BAM!! my buddy's rod about rips from the holder and line sizzles down river "ITS A BLUE" I yell! And sure enough its his new PB catfish 33.4lb Bluecat to end the night with. All in all he had a blast with a night of none stop catfish action and a mess of fish to take back to his family.
Normally I would have sent this big blue back but it was his new PB catfish ever and I think he deserved that fish after his night.
I told him I was just going to use one rod and let him do all the fishing. First spot BAM! A monster Flathead with in 10 min of setting up, well unfortunately he was not ready for what the fish had to offer, he put to much pressure on the fish letting it brake the leader.
10 minutes later BAM!! Another monster Flathead! Took all of 30 seconds to strip several yards of drag from his reel taking him right into the fallen trees. Fish gone...A third fish broke the rod before it could be taken from the holder. In less then a month I have had two rods broken before they could be removed from the rod holders. Time for upgrades
After about 2 hours of this spot and 3 small flatheads under 12lbs we headed north to another favorite spot of mine. Took all of 10 minutes and BAM!! Big flathead! This time its on my rod, after a good battle she hit the deck. 26.6lbs not a giant but a good fish, after a few pictures we turned it loose. This spot only gave us one more small flathead then we moved on.
We ran all the way north until we got back on to Escambia and started fishing the fork where nice blues lurk and some decant flatheads. About 20 minutes went by before we got our first flathead another dink, then another dink, then BAM!! my buddy's rod about rips from the holder and line sizzles down river "ITS A BLUE" I yell! And sure enough its his new PB catfish 33.4lb Bluecat to end the night with. All in all he had a blast with a night of none stop catfish action and a mess of fish to take back to his family.
Normally I would have sent this big blue back but it was his new PB catfish ever and I think he deserved that fish after his night.


