Another Monongahela River monster flathead catifsh

[catchinghogs]

Went out tonight had a very good night 3 flatheads 3,7,30 pounds and caught an eight pound channel, they were hitting bluegills and chubs.

[catchinghogs]

here some more pics

[Cattledogz]

Nice catch Mark! I am looking forward to going tonight and hopefully catching some nice ones.

[catchinghogs]

will be going out again tonight the bite has been good the last week.

[Bigones]

Nice catch brother hope the bite picks up here soon.

[catchinghogs]

In search of another tonight got a cooler fill of gills chubs and suckers let you know how i do.

[catseeman]

I am going flathunting to night I hope to have as good luck as you did. I will post results . Going to white in Indianapolis in, catch ya later

[wishiwasfishin]

looks like somebody was having some fun.

[copycat]

Concrats on the bigun!! and send some my way!

[catchinghogs]

Went out tonight had a so so night three channels 3,4 ,7 pounds and two flatheads 4 , 6 pounds. think the night could of been better there was a tug moving barges around and screwed the water up real bad.

[back channel]

Congrats on the fish. Those are some nice flathead you caught.

[lawnman61]

Nice catch brother
The wife and I are going to go to Joe Pool lake this morning and have a try at some channels and blues.

[Pennsylvaniacatchaser]

Congrats Mark on the nice Flatties! Thanks for posting the photos! I'm finally going to get out on my boat tomorrow evening. I was up the mountains all this weekend at my buddies camp for our annual Trout fishing weekend on Tionesta Ck. We done pretty well but I'm ready for some Flathead fishing!

[catchinghogs]

Went out tonight with a dozen creek chubs caught 3 channels and a nice 17.5 pound flathead. This was a strange flathead i was watching my lines when i noticed the one line slack up a little and took a couple of clicks of the baitrunner this happened for a couple of minutes thought it was a small channel again disengaged the baitrunner and could feel little twitches so i set the hook and this flathead went crazy actually gave up a pretty good fight took longer to bring this one in than a thirty pounder a couple of nights ago.

[tdfishhard]

Mark went out last night also, first went to the locks in Charleroi to find the first gate wide open could not fish. Than went to a nother spot and got chased by a goose with young ones. Finaly went a third spot and got the first one for the year

[back channel]

Nice catches guys. Making me jealous, I have not had the opportunity to go out night fishing yet.

[catchinghogs]

Nice fish Theron feels good to get the first flathead doesn't it. Going to take a day or two off fishing late and waking up early makes for a hard day but the bite has been pretty good the last week.

[catchinghogs]

Caught this nice channel today 9 pounds. Missed a couple of nice fish also had a really nice run on a white bass and a bluegill .

[tdfishhard]

Went out last night had a few nice runs and my buddy Chris landed his first fish over 20lbs. This fish was 36" and 22lbs, Congrats Chris very nice fish

[elphaba7]

Mark and Theron, those are all great fish! Can't wait to come up there next month!

[catchinghogs]

Its raining all day today suppose to be like this for a couple of days dont know what im going to do with myself if the water comes up the fish have been biting fairly good the last week. Theron good to see you guys catching some decent fish. I think the mon is getting better each year hopefully someone will get the record from the mon.

[Pennsylvaniacatchaser]

Mark and Theron, those are all great fish! Can't wait to come up there next month!

Jen - Very happy to see you posting again! We missed you!

[catchinghogs]

Went out tonight and had a another good night 2 channels 6 and 7 pounds and three flatheads 3,7,and 32 pounds.

[Pennsylvaniacatchaser]

Go Mark! You are the man!:worship: :worship: :worship: Congrats on yet another hog!

[back channel]

Excellent catch. I think that in all fairness to the other anglers including myself Catchinhogs should be allowed to post any more big fish lol. Come Pa anglers we need to step it up. He is making us look bad.

[catchinghogs]

:lol: :lol: That is to funny trying to ban me for catching fish going out again tonight Iv'e fished more the last week and a half than i have been able to sleep.

[bigpapa15206]

Ok ive had enough! time for me to put away the spinning 6'6" spinning rods and bust out the heavy artillary! Ive waited long enough. I am offically going into big cat mode! Nice fish mark!

[tbartek]

Beautiful cat Mark. What did you catch him on?

[catfishkatmando]

I am coming to the PA gathering and I want some of that magic stuff you guys are using for bait.



SEE YOU ON THE FISH BANK SOME TIME

[catchinghogs]

caught him on live gill

[pacathunter]

send some of them to eastern pa would ya

nice catch

[Pennsylvaniacatchaser]

send some of them to eastern pa would ya

nice catch



You have the Flatties over in eastern Pa. Seems they slice their bellies and let them to die from what I been reading on here!:angry:

[suddawg]

Great job guys. You really got a tremendous spot there. I envy you. Can't wait to get back to hit up mine and TA2D's spot. Later

SudDawg

[tdfishhard]

All of this happended within 1 hour, Started fishing at 7:30 and the plan was to quit at 10:00. Well 10:00 came with out any runs so we started to cleen up our stuff and take it to the truck. As soon as we made the first trip to the truck my clicker goes off (strike 1), I toss the bait back out, 5 min pass Chris has a run on a small chub (strike 2), another 5 min Chris has another run on a big gill (fish on) get her in about 75% of the way and it get off. His bait was beat up but still living, 2 min after his bait hit the water (we got a ripper) he picks his rod up and sets the hook (snap/strike 3) the line was all torn up from the previous battle. As we all talk to try to figure out what happend, I gave my real about 3 cranks (here we go again) fight her about 75% of the way in (strike 4) I thought 3 strikes and your out. Well this bait has been tasted 2 times now but it was still kicking, toss him out onh more time and say 5 more min, now all our stuff is at the truck. Fish on this time I walked up the bank so I did not get hung up on that ledge that cut Chris's line, get her to the bank and her gills flare and out come a chub, get her out of the water and look and there is Chris's second hook in her mouth. This fish must have been very hungry.

[catchinghogs]

Great fish Theron man those flatheads can be real aggresive sometimes.I havent been out much the last week but going out tonight hope i get one like that. How big was it ?

[Pennsylvaniacatchaser]

Awesome Flathead Theron! Great story about how it was caught! Keep up the good work!

[catchinghogs]

Going out tonight rain or no rain .Got some good bait tonight think i will get a nice one tonight let you know how I do.

[Tree Man]

nice fish mark went out sat night ourselves caught 4 flatties all small 6to 11 lbs all on gills might actually try some bank fishing this weekend

[Pennsylvaniacatchaser]

Tree Man - Welcome to the B.O.C.!:0a25:

[catchinghogs]

Went out last night what a miserable night dam rain. Went to my hot spot and the current was unbelievable but managed one 5 pound channel packed up my stuff and went to the site of the gathering and got skunked but two other guys were pounding the channels on chicken livers.Tree man you fish the emsworth lock and dam i fished there a couple of times and we caught some nice fish there with the biggest being a 15 pound flathead and a 11 pound channel.

[Whiskers4U]

What's the water level like on the Mon these days? I haven't fished the MON in a while and have been meaning to get back down there.

[catchinghogs]

The water on the mon is real nice right now.And the river produces some of the biggest flatheads in PA the last couple of years.

[CATRIPPER]

Nice fish Mark,me and my fishing buddies haven't had much luck so far but I have 5 days off to try and change that.

[Gone fishin 4 kittys]

Where do you guys bank fish there?? The Neville Island side or the 65 side?

[catchinghogs]

Fished tonight and got one little channel 3 white bass 2 sauger and one smallmouth going to give it a break for a couple of days and try again this weekend.

[jobiechillin]

Mark , is it just me or is the flathead bite slowed down over the past week. Have you been catching any? I havent been getting very many runs lately. Do you think they are spawning or what?

[catchinghogs]

Joe something fishy is going on.I have been fishing my holes that produce big flatheads and just a couple of small channels and thats it ihavent really changed anything either same bait same spots but no flatheads.I think it could be something with the moon phase or maybe they are spawning.Going to give it a shot this weekend again.

[jobiechillin]

I' ve got some gills,chubs and suckers . i m going to give it a go tonight. If nothing is happening , I'm going to assume they are spawning and fish for something else the next week or so. I 'll let you know what happens.

[tbartek]

Hey mark, have the cats started to bite again? I was up above lock 6 om fathers day and I think all the fish were on vacation LOL:big_smile:

[da-cajun-angla]

That's A Good Night!!!

[HuntinforCats]

Went to the Mon last night for my first time going after these big cats I caught a small fish 8lbs, was nice to break in one of my new rods I have lived next to the Mon all my life and never fished for these cats. I can tell I will be doing a lot of this it is totally different than what I am used to using powerpro and baitfeeder reels is a new world for me.

[Pennsylvaniacatchaser]

Went to the Mon last night for my first time going after these big cats I caught a small fish 8lbs, was nice to break in one of my new rods I have lived next to the Mon all my life and never fished for these cats. I can tell I will be doing a lot of this it is totally different than what I am used to using powerpro and baitfeeder reels is a new world for me.

Congrats Brian on catching the 8 lber! You'll have the "fever" bad once you hook a big 'un! Keep up the good work! The fishing should start getting better soon!

[HuntinforCats]

Thanks Scott, Glad to hear you and Mark had a good night on the Allegheny.

[keith]

Nice fish, Iam going fishing to day around noon, just got off work around seven oclock, going to the ohio river around manchester ohio. wish me luck.

[Pennsylvaniacatchaser]

[QUOTE=HuntinforCats]Thanks Scott, Glad to hear you and Mark had a good night on the Allegheny.[/QUOTE

Brian - Yeah, Mark & I had a good night! Did you take a photo of the 8# Flathead you caught the other day? If so it could be used for your avatar picture on here so everyone can see who you are! If you need help posting a photo just say the word and someone will give you a hand.

[tdfishhard]

The cats are eating good now on the Monongahela, 7/15/07 started fishing around 9:00, it was slow at first but picked up around 1:30am. First landed a 8lb flat than a 12lb flat next was a 9lb channel than a 15lb flat. Just want to tell people that fish the lock 4 area that the fish comm. is out in full force. Make sure you have your fishing licences and if you are on a boat make sure your paper work is up to date and you have all of the safety equipment required.

[billcatfish]

nice catch hope the bites pick up here soon

[catchinghogs]

The bite is back on. Went out tonight caught 2 flatheads an 8 pounder and a 15 pounder both caught on dead suckers. Missed a couple of nice runs on white bass also.

[Pennsylvaniacatchaser]

Go Mark! Nice Flatties! I was gonna go tonight after work but my Tracker is in the shop getting some work done and inspected (getting it ready for the National Gathering road trip). The wife don't allow me to "slime" her car up, LOL:roll_eyes: ! So I'm sitting here reading about you catching fish and wishing I was on the river bank!:angry:

[catchinghogs]

Scott I dont know if you can get out this weekend you are more than welcome to come saturday night.I need an excuse not to go to work on Sunday so think i will fish sat night instead. :lol: :lol:

[tbartek]

Nice work Mark,

[tbartek]

Nice work Mark, I was on the Allegheny last night around Roston and caught 8 all between 8" and 11". The little ones were biting hard but nothing of any size. I had a lonely bluegill out there swimming from 8:30 PM to 2:30 AM without so much as a nibble.:sad2:

[Gone fishin 4 kittys]

Nice fish Mark!!!

The mon seems to hold some big ones!!

I need to try that river some time. Allgheny is just so convient!

Josh