Re: Nighttime cats
Wow that's insane if even near that age. For a fish to survive angling pressure in and of itself not to mention natural threats that's pretty unbelievable. Fish was very clean as well, not marked up at all. She was lip hooked, no damage there, and was in a pool of water while waiting for her photo op! So she swam away in great shape. Hope one day she reaches 20 lbs. and provides someone else the same thrill I had catching her Tuesday night. Can only imagine the size channels and flatheads roaming that river, big cat time of year! What's absolutely great about flathead fishing is at any time you can have a run off and it could be a 40 / 50 lb fish! In addition, you have the chance to catch some nice channels as well while you wait for the right bite! I love this fishery! I fished the Schylkill a few weeks ago and the area I fished the water level was relatively shallow. Was getting run offs from channels but again was missing them all with the larger live baits. Ended up rigging up a slip bobber rig, drilled two holes in the top and insert (2) 1 1/2 inch light sticks for visibility, dropped down to a smaller hook size and put on cut bait. The area I was fishing had some current so fished the slip bobber down the seam of the current break. Set the slip knot at 3 ft. I had a channel hit every cast for the better part of five hours while waiting for flatheads to hit the stationery live baits. Don't even know how many channels I hooked and how many more I lost before refining the presentation. Great night of fishing, non-stop action with some very respectable channels and some real nice flatheads as well. Have to love this time of year and for those who have overlooked this fishery you have no idea what your missing!
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10-07-2016, 01:15 PM
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