JimInCanton wrote:
A couple of years back my cousin and I each caught a very large catfish. They were ugly old muddy cats caught in the deep channel. We were trying for saugeye and was using #6 tru turn hooks tipped with half a crawler. We were shocked to boat those huge cats on those small hooks. Those hooks are brittle and snap off easy if you use needle nose to remove from deep hooked vish.
You'd be surprised the amount and size of the flathead in there, my buddy has caught a few this year but I didn't even get a bite the few times I went this season. Maybe I'll give it a go next week.