My new personal best x2 at Bartlett Arizona

[AZflats]

I did it!
I leap frogged my largest catfish by almost 20 lbs last night.

* I boated over 100lbs of flathead last night at Bartlet.

~ Attached are a few photos.
39.5lb flathead~ CUT CARP
32lb flathead~ Small live carp
15lb flathead~ CUT CARP
10lb flathead~ Larg live carp
> 10lb flathead~ Cut carp.. (not in photos)

Equals~ A whole crap load of fun!!!!!!!

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[Itch2Scratch]

Congrats on your new PB Andy!:big_smile:

[Redd]

Awesome flats and congratulations on your personal best!

-Red

[tdpasser]

Andy, outragous on such such a big moon too. A couple of questions if I may.
1 Were you fishing gils also?
2 Were you fishing the area you like across from the marina and is it by those little islands there?
3 How big of a chunk of carp?
4 What were the times of the catches?
Thanks in advance for the info. I'm going Monday night. Congrats on such an excellent stringer or should I say anchor rope of fish. Also I think I remember you using the large kahles with heavy main. Great job!!!!!!!!!!

[Matthew Cook]

nice fish Andy, congratulations. i couldn't get out this weekend but might go one day next week. those are some great fish. where did u catch them?

[riverbud55]

great job bro, man them big flats are a blast , sounds like AZ is about ready to break wide open , anybody here how they all did out on rosey last nite

[FishMan]

wow...wow...I mean WOW.

[azcatman]

Nice job azflats!! good going. Were headed down 2 rosey right now for the night and can only hope to do half as good as you. I was a little leery of the moon but doesnt seem to have hurt you any. Once again brother great night on the water and now you can go after a new PB next trip out. Good luck and keep us posted.

[Cactus Cat]

very great my question

[AZflats]

I started early Saturday morning. I fished all day, I mean all day catching carp. The fishing was tuff, but I managed to land somewhere between 20-30 of them, several in the 4-6 inch range... (Nice)..

* My fishing buddy showed up around 6pm and he caught about a dozen gills to add to the mix.

After about 1 1/2 hours of fishing my old spots with no runs, we moved up closer to the dam area on the north side of the lake. Most of my carps had died..
Terry,
I have never used cut carp before.
~ After reading several of you posts on landing cats on cut carp, I gave it a try. I cut my first slice, (nice jucy piece) about 1 inch by 3 in on a 5/0 Kale hook. Now I was searisouly expecting a channel. But 20 minutes later the lightest cat rig on my boat doubled over. Man what a fight! 15 minutes of give and take, and a couple of close calls with some rock piles. The fish breached. Saw the net, and was off again. By this time, I was shaking and heart was pounding about a mile a minute. Once this fish found net, I was the happiest guy on the lake. (Just under 40lbs.) I think everyone within a miles of me knew that too. :) ~ And I was trying to beat 20lbs for the last couple of years, but, i'll take that.

~ Same spot, next cast with cut bait~ 4 lb largemouth bass~ WHAT?? Gut hooked him. But it was deffinently interesting.
~ Same spot, about 30 minutes later, my EcoLogic bait runner starts slowly spinning. I was thinking~ " Gotta tighted that bait run drag, or that little carp is going to get me around some rocks".. Then it did not stop. In fact, it got faster and faster. I jumped up on the back rest of my toon and crossed that cats eyes! Another monster, less intense of a fight as this rig has 100lb power pro, but still phenominal.
* Mike, My good friend is green with envy by now.. I told him, "If you would have come and busted your @ss off in the heat all day catching bait, the catfish gods would have smiled at you too.
~ TWO FISH now! 73 POUNDS!

~ Filled in the rest of the night and the fish progressivly got smaller.
* My good bud got skunked. Not one run on gills, all were carp, and cut carp. Slept for half an hour before the sun came up found my camera and now here I am.

~ Terry,
CUT CARP is my new favorite bait~ Thanks Dude. I caught the first two giants, before 11pm. Exact times, maybe about 9 and 10 pm.

* I think that the reason I was able to get my first real trophy was becouse I never gave a spot more than 1 hour of no bites. If we did not get a run in an hour we were off.

~ Give it a try, Oh yeah by the way.. All the cats were successfuly released. Fat dumb and happy, well maybe a little pissed.
Take care!

[AZflats]

Check out the yellow colored flatty I got, last fish in picture 3.

~ Must of been a cruser, not hiding under rocks.

[Cactus Cat]

Just a question did you keep all of those fish?

[anakin]

Great catch ! i cant wait to be blessed with a nite like that by the catfish gods.

Maybe were onto something , alot of nice az cats being caught on carp. I have a few questions.

My biggest & only flathead also came on a 5-6 in carp at Rosevelt. Was curious about how you caught the carp for bait & what type structure did you catch em around. Mine were all caught with a casting net near weeds.

[AZflats]

Corn. with the smallest treble hook Wally world sells one split shot, ultra light rod. Almost as fun to fish as catfish.
* Look for warm shallow flats and throw out a handful of corn evey hour to keep the carp in the area.

* It's fun when a 20lb carp bits~ Make sure the drag is set and the rod is secured, becouse if it is not, it will go sailing.

Cactus<
All those fish were released lively for you and I to catch another day.

Take care!

[AllenM]

Awesome catches, brother!! Congradulations! Can't wait til I break the 20 pound mark myself! Wish me luck on it!

[explayer]

Way to go on your pb Did you leave any fish for the rest of us

[Cactus Cat]

good man as you know fish that nice are not easy to come by on Bartlett congrats and congrats.

[Matthew Cook]

way to go man, we have had luck using cut carp for flatheads too. sometimes when other baits don't work, the most peculiar baits produce great success.

[Flatheadhunter33]

Nice work Andy! You all are killin em up there!

[ka_c4_boom]

great catch andy now you have some work to do beaten your pb good luck

[bluehunter]

Good job on your catch. Nice going.

[Tym2Fish]

Congrats on your PB. It is awsome to see someone have one of those special nights. They are few and far between.

So East side or west side and how near to the dam were you? Did you beach your toon or anchor out in open water?

Next trip to Bartlett I will make a special effort to try the lower end as I usually spend my time in the river or upper portion of the lake.

[hoosier angler]

Yee Haa for you.We call that runnin and gunnin in the midwest. I am glad it worked out for you. I am a proponent of pro-active fishing. Sometimes you just have to go for it. Great Job. I hope you have many more nights like that.

[fishergirl420]

Congrats Andy, looks like you had a whole lotta fun. The corn tip was good, never even thought about doin that (thanks). Ima be fishen this weekend so I hope to blessed with a monster myself.

[AZflats]

Mike,
I was all over the marina side of the lake. Across from the Marina. The catfish are in those rock piles on the sandy beaches. And there are a lot of them, (rock piles). Try moving. Ancor near them. Fish them, them move. Even if you do catch one. Chances are there are only a few large cats in one given area. If you spent one hour at each piling throughout the night. You would not run out of places to fish...

* Hope my advise helps. If I were catching fish to feed my family, then I guess I would be a little hesitant to share all that I know. But with the things I have learned from you folks, It is all worth it. And besides, seeing my B.O.C brothers hooking up with trophies like AZ cat man, and River bud.. It realy gets me fired up to go out and do it all over again, then share my expirences.

Take care!

[Tym2Fish]

* Hope my advise helps. If I were catching fish to feed my family, then I guess I would be a little hesitant to share all that I know. But with the things I have learned from you folks, It is all worth it. And besides, seeing my B.O.C brothers hooking up with trophies like AZ cat man, and River bud.. It realy gets me fired up to go out and do it all over again, then share my expirences.

Take care![/quote]

Thats one of my favorite things about this site is that there is no "snobbery" about sharing info with other members. We are all after the same thing and I am as happy for you when you have a great trip as I would be for myself. Now if I could just get my 18 year old daughter into a big fish or TopJimmy's youngster into a big one, that would be priceless. I know it will happen its just a matter of time. Thanks for your tips. With any luck my next trip will be in three weeks just before the 4th.