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great stuff right there !!

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The flathead and linesider whisperer strikes again!

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adda boy Eddie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! great fish

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Cats, stripes and browns...sounds like an American River slam to me! Nice dude! There are definitely some flatties around who are interested in eating, even during the spawn!

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Rockies & gills seem the way to go & all my reading has underscored live bait for flatheads, rather than chicken livers & such for channels. But years ago, we came for night stripers, lots of big eels & surf rods. One of these eels died on the way, and just before sunset, as I had to rig other rods, I said what the heck and baited up with the dead one. Let it sit on bottom--not long. Line peeled off & I dug into a nine-pound flathead. Towards midnight, I did get to fight a nice striper, but once it got near us--with lantern blazing--it took off on such a terrific run the hook pulled. Told this story to a night striper vet, and he knowingly told me whenever they hook up, the fire gets put out, the lanterns turned off.

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Very true Bruce! Lights out even for the net job or beach landing! They are tough as nails in the river! Sitting deep in current makes them pretty tough fish!

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nice mix bag!!