Hello, I'm a new member: I fish the upper Mississippi river next to downtown mpls, get alot of small mouth bass, channel cats but I'm after flat heads, kind of hard to find, Ive caught...

Bangtwister Loc: Minneapolis,Mn

I fish the upper Mississippi river next to downtown mpls, get alot of small mouth bass, channel cats but I'm after flat heads, kind of hard to find, Ive caught a 18 lb years back so I know they are here, the state record channel was caught here (40 lb) anyway hello to all and I'm sure I'll learn something on this site!

Gordon Loc: Charleston South Carolina

Welcome Bang. Think you will like the forum.

hemihappy Loc: pawleys island s.c.

Flatheads love live bait and they really love small blue gills. Like most catfish they will hit a lot of
different bait but the big ones like live bait. Flatheads are getting hard to find I don't know why
I'll get a couple a year that's it. Nothing better than the meat off of a flatheads belly it's the consistency of
a very tender pork chop Love it.

Robert J Samples Loc: Round Rock, Texas

Bangtwister: Welcome to the Stages. Good advice here, and a lot of jokes, too. For Catfishermen, fish at night, with a lot of patience and live bait, if you can get it, but check and see if the perch, or sun fish are legal to use for bait in your state. Some states outlaw their use as bait. Just Sayin...RJS

flyguy Loc: Lake Onalaska, Sunfish Capitol of the World!

Bangtwister wrote:

I fish the upper Mississippi river next to downtown mpls, get alot of small mouth bass, channel cats but I'm after flat heads, kind of hard to find, Ive caught a 18 lb years back so I know they are here, the state record channel was caught here (40 lb) anyway hello to all and I'm sure I'll learn something on this site!

Welcome to the Forum, Bang. I believe you are the first member from Mpls., MN. That seems strange doesn't it? Not a lot of Gophers on the Forum.

EasternOZ Loc: Kansas City Metro

Bangtwister wrote:

I fish the upper Mississippi river next to downtown mpls, get alot of small mouth bass, channel cats but I'm after flat heads, kind of hard to find, Ive caught a 18 lb years back so I know they are here, the state record channel was caught here (40 lb) anyway hello to all and I'm sure I'll learn something on this site!

Bt hello welcome to the forum.

Able Man Loc: North Coast (Cleveland, Ohio)

Welcome, Bt

FishfulThinking Loc: Venetia, Pa. 25 miles S. Of Pgh.

Welcome BT. You live in the city of my birth. Left town before memory kicked in but visited my grandmother up there most years. Fished at Spirit Lake up around Aiken. Good memories about those trips. Sure miss Grandmas cooking too. You betcha!

Fredfish Loc: Prospect CT.

Bangtwister wrote:

I fish the upper Mississippi river next to downtown mpls, get alot of small mouth bass, channel cats but I'm after flat heads, kind of hard to find, Ive caught a 18 lb years back so I know they are here, the state record channel was caught here (40 lb) anyway hello to all and I'm sure I'll learn something on this site!

Welcome Bangtwister, to the stage.

RuffplayOR57 Loc: Klamath Falls, OR

Welcome BT, glad to have you aboard. Lots of info here and some fun things to learn as well.

Paul britton Loc: Carlsbad nm

Bangtwister wrote:

I fish the upper Mississippi river next to downtown mpls, get alot of small mouth bass, channel cats but I'm after flat heads, kind of hard to find, Ive caught a 18 lb years back so I know they are here, the state record channel was caught here (40 lb) anyway hello to all and I'm sure I'll learn something on this site!

Welcome your best time for cat hige like that is early and I do mean early like 3 in morning or late at night that's when I got big ones in Georgia same way here on nm

Paul britton Loc: Carlsbad nm

[quote=Bangtwister]I fish the upper Mississippi river next to downtown mpls, get alot of small mouth bass, channel cats but I'm after flat heads, kind of hard to find, Ive caught a 18 lb years back so I know they are here, the state record channel was caught

here (40 lb) anyway hello to all and I'm sure I'll learn something on this site![/quote
This one was at three

Iteachflyfishing Loc: Rockaway Beach Missouri

welcome i lived in MPLS for 3 years Fly-fished the lakes around there caught a lot of bluegill, crappie and bass gave away a lot of fish away to the orientals.

Bangtwister Loc: Minneapolis,Mn

Bangtwister wrote:

I fish the upper Mississippi river next to downtown mpls, get alot of small mouth bass, channel cats but I'm after flat heads, kind of hard to find, Ive caught a 18 lb years back so I know they are here, the state record channel was caught here (40 lb) anyway hello to all and I'm sure I'll learn something on this site!

Thanks to everyone for the warm welcome! yes I wish I could use bluegills but not in this state, I can use bullheads and they are a strong bait but then I gotta go fishing before I go fishing, and them things like to get gut hooked, little pigs I tell you, so I use live decoy suckers if the bait store has them,(I have to arm wrestle them to get them on the hook....Big) that's what I caught the 18 lb on, and that was at night behind a bridge pillar just south of the 35w bridge, but they closed the locks at the upper st Anthony falls due to Asian carp,(no more Barges, hope the river stays deep enough) so I'm hunting the river up above. nice pic of that channel cat, what did it weigh ? thanks again to all the reply's

Paul britton Loc: Carlsbad nm

Bangtwister wrote:

Thanks to everyone for the warm welcome! yes I wi... (show quote)

We didnt way him but took one netting and one reeling in