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Offline bigben

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three weeks three new catfishin personal bests
« on: August 06, 2011, 01:01:01 PM »
the last three weeks we have been out catfishin atleast one night during the weekend.  three weeks ago I took out my lil brother and his girlfriend and she ended up catching a 16lb flathead.  it was her first time out catfishing.  last weekend I took my cousin jason and his wife and he ended up landing a 11.5lb spawned out channel.  if it was full and healthy I bet he woulda went 14lbs.  Then last night I took my father and a family friend out and dad caught a new PB 18lb flathead.  the bite was off last night compared to the past few times out but we ended up with constant action except for the last hour.

we caught all three of these fish on points that lead from deep water to shallower water. 
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Re: three weeks three new catfishin personal bests
« Reply #1 on: August 06, 2011, 01:02:06 PM »
here is dads 18lb flat from last night. 
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Re: three weeks three new catfishin personal bests
« Reply #2 on: August 06, 2011, 03:55:17 PM »
Thanks for sharing Ben..Cograts to lucky anglers...how much do you charge for this guide service??? lol  ;D
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Re: three weeks three new catfishin personal bests
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Re: three weeks three new catfishin personal bests
« Reply #4 on: August 06, 2011, 09:26:11 PM »
What kind of bait are u having the best luck with? Thanks
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Re: three weeks three new catfishin personal bests
« Reply #5 on: August 08, 2011, 10:47:04 AM »
cutbait.  if it swims in the water your fishing it will work for cut bait.  the biggest thing is having enough of bait and change it out every 20 mins no matter what.  the third guy in the boat friday night found out that using old water logged bait will only catch a few fish.  thats what he gets for being stubborn though.
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Re: three weeks three new catfishin personal bests
« Reply #6 on: August 08, 2011, 02:52:19 PM »
what kind of cut bait actually is it?
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Re: three weeks three new catfishin personal bests
« Reply #7 on: August 08, 2011, 03:04:44 PM »
Don't really want to speak for him but when I fished with him he used sun fish.
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Re: three weeks three new catfishin personal bests
« Reply #8 on: August 08, 2011, 09:09:02 PM »
O ok gotcha cool never used anything other than worms minnows and liver but you have a lot more success than I do so I think I'm going to try some of that
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Re: three weeks three new catfishin personal bests
« Reply #9 on: August 09, 2011, 10:13:31 AM »
trout, bluegills, fallfish, chubs, suckers, carp, if ti swims in the water your fishing you can use it for cutbait.  I fillet the fish.  then cut the head off then cut the tail off.  this gives 5 pieces of bait.  if it is a smaller bluegill I will only cut them into 4.  you will be surprised what a 5.b channel can eat.  I had a 4lb channel smash and eat a live whole rock bass that was 6-7" long.  the flathead dad caught I could stick my whole fist in his mouth easy.
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Re: three weeks three new catfishin personal bests
« Reply #10 on: August 10, 2011, 03:53:37 PM »
Quote from: jaspr1 on August 06, 2011, 03:55:17 PM
Thanks for sharing Ben..Cograts to lucky anglers...how much do you charge for this guide service??? lol  ;D

actually I typically provide everything.  I have taken a couple people out from the association over the past few weeks.  I took frank and danielle (they were at the d2/d4 campout) out a few weeks ago and they caught the catfish bug.  they have been out fishing pretty much every weekend since then.  my cousin is a member as well.  we might have to get a ppha catfishin night/day together sometime.  if your looking for big fish jaspr call or pm me in october and i'll try to put ya on some 10-15lb fish. 
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Re: three weeks three new catfishin personal bests
« Reply #11 on: August 15, 2011, 12:46:16 PM »
I ended up sticking another new personal best.  this time it was mine though.  21 lb flathead. 
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Re: three weeks three new catfishin personal bests
« Reply #12 on: August 15, 2011, 01:21:09 PM »
Nice fish Ben.  Congrats!
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Re: three weeks three new catfishin personal bests
« Reply #13 on: August 15, 2011, 02:47:25 PM »
Awesome!!
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Re: three weeks three new catfishin personal bests
« Reply #14 on: August 16, 2011, 04:27:44 PM »
Watch the carp,im pretty sure you can not use them for bait.Although i cant imainge why.You can use legal size walley and bass but not carp ,go figure.Congrats on your pb ben nice fish.
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