10/10/15 First Flathead Catfish!

[MudCat08]

Finally found one! After many failed Delaware trips this year to various locations I managed to hook into a Flathead Catfish for the first time!

The wildest thing about the catch was how lucky i was to land it on a tiny hook! I thought that I hooked it with the circle hook but nope - size 8 baitholder to the rescue. One of the photos shows just how small the hook is. This is a sort of "hair rig" for sunfish that I made (still needs work. maybe shorten the distance between the hooks.)

This fish instantly became the biggest catfish i have caught yet, and most likely the biggest fish so far for me in general.
The catfish was 31" long and weighed 13 pounds.
Caught on a live baitfish.

This was the second fish caught in that trip. the first was a small eel on a worm. Caught no other fish and had no other bites. If it weren't for the flathead, this would have been another usual Delaware trip for me (I always catch an eel in this river haha..)