Whats your biggest Catfish - That came from Pennsylvania

[Rockjumper]

My biggest Cat was a flathead that came from the allegheny. 23lbs. 9 ounces. :eek: :eek: :eek:

[dinkbuster1]

36lb flat, on a shad head in a local river.

[blackwaterkatz]

It's embarassing, living in Santee Cooper country with lots of big cats being caught all the time, but my largest on tackle came recently at an estimated 30# plus. I didn't have a scale with me, and I released the fish. My prior best was about 25#, so at least I'm making progress, thanks to advice from some to the best catters on earth here at the BOC. :) I have caught some up to 40# on trotlines before, just not on tackle.

[shania]

A 21 pound Channel on (Belive it not) "Dip-Bait". :eek:

Take It Easy,
Bert :cool:

[flathunter]

50-lb flathead on a whole 8 inch frozen shad.

[Pennsylvaniacatchaser]

I've hit the 33" mark several times this past year. I plan on catching some bigger one's in 2006.

[back channel]

My biggest was a 31.25" but this year they will hopefully come bigger.

[Believer]

Not that big unfortunately. Only a 15 lb flat head.

Eric

[jtrew]

65# blue on the Arkansas River between Dardanelle and Morrilton.

[Big Country01]

my wife had one about 15#S that cat was fat, it was a calico i think it ran away...

[kaleigh]

a 10 pounder from the Delaware River,near Easton,Pa

[kaleigh]

Anyone catching anything in the cold?????????? or fishing in the cold!

[Pennsylvaniacatchaser]

Kaleigh - I hav'nt been out. We may get a second ice fishing season the way the weather has been for the past week.

[cat daddy 791]

Flathead - 72 Lbs. On Lines - 28 Lbs. On Rod/reel
Channel - 19 Lbs. Lines - 13 Lbs. On Rod/reel
Blue - Only Caught 1 (no Scales, Appx. 10lbs.)
Only Been Out 2 Times This Year, So Far Nothing To Brag About.

[85Dave]

80# on the Mississippi River north of Memphis.

[The J-Man!]

40 # flathead, Cottonwood River in SE Minnesota. Caught on an 8 inch live sucker from the bank around midnight last labor day weekend.

[JRS]

38# flat in Sam Rayburn on pond pearch:)

[alleghenymudcats82]

caught a 15 pounder one night when i wasnt even catfishing on 6 pound line using a sorry nub of nightcrawler trying to catch some white bass that schooled around the dock

[alleghenymudcats82]

know of alot of 30 pounders around freeport on the allegheny

[Pennsylvaniacatchaser]

alleghenymudcats82 - Welcome to the B.O.C.!:0a25: Hey, we are almost neighbors. I live in Sarver and travel through Freeport all the time. 30#ers in Freeport! :eek: Wow bro, let's go fishin'!!!

[Rockjumper]

caught a 15 pounder one night when i wasnt even catfishing on 6 pound line using a sorry nub of nightcrawler trying to catch some white bass that schooled around the dock

White bass in the allegheny?

[Pennsylvaniacatchaser]

Rockjumper - I catch White Bass all the time on the Allegheny River in pool #7. They make great Flathead bait also!

[Rockjumper]

No kiddin!? I have heard of stripers in the river down at pittsburg also, are these the same thing? Are these fished stocked? Maybe it is the locks that keep them from coming up here. :confused: I never heard of anyone catching them around here. Sounds neat. I have heard of people catching gars at lock 9. Around 10" long. And the old timers tell me stories about the spoonbill that used to be here. I guess the fish comm. is stocking the gar and the spoonbill. I learned that by taking a trip to pymatuning hatchery. They have an aquirium with all of the fishes of pennsylvania swimming around. Pretty neat to see. Learn something new everyday. I have striper fished out at Moraine, and love the fight of that fish. Be awesome to catchem out of the river.:thumbsup:

[Pennsylvaniacatchaser]

Rockjumper - White Bass and Striped Bass are not the same thing. White Bass are more of a panfish, I believe the state record is around the 19" mark. The ones I catch on pool #7 range in size from about 6" up to 13" is the largest I've caught. The Striped Bass are those big hogs you catch up Moraine.

[Rockjumper]

Sound like catfish bait!!LOL:) Thanks for the info

[Pennsylvaniacatchaser]

Rockjumper - I've added an attachment showing the fish. This is from page 14 of the 2006 Pa. Fishing Summary that comes with your fishing license.

[Rockjumper]

Looks like a big crappie!LOL I heard some guys catching "white bass" or "white perch" from the piney dam on the clarion river. I never caught one of those. Did you ever eat any? Are you telling me that maybe if I open my fishing digest that I may learn something..LOL:) Thanks Pacatchaser for the info.

I was just down at the mighty allegheny. It has alot of pan ice floating your way!!!! No walleye fishing anytime soon for me......:sad:

[Pennsylvaniacatchaser]

Rockjumper - I've never tried eating the White Bass but I'm sure they are probably good. One evening last Aug. the wife and I were out on the boat fishing, we had caught a few Channels, a few Walleyes and about a half hour before dark I caught a pair of White Bass around 7" each. I tossed them in the minnow bucket and rigged up a pair of my big cat rods and used the White Bass for bait. My wife laughed at me and said "I can't believe your using them for bait." Well within 5 minutes I reeled in a 28" Flathead and 10 minutes later the other rod brought in a 26" Flathead. She was amazed! I plan on using them for bait often this year when I can catch them.

[Rockjumper]

I caught a pair of White Bass around 7" each. I tossed them in the minnow bucket and rigged up a pair of my big cat rods and used the White Bass for bait. My wife laughed at me and said "I can't believe your using them for bait." Well within 5 minutes I reeled in a 28" Flathead and 10 minutes later the other rod brought in a 26" Flathead. She was amazed! I plan on using them for bait often this year when I can catch them.

I think you might have found a great bait! :)

[Scott Daw]

My largest was a 36 1/2" channel cat taken on a night crawler in 1990/91. I had my picture with it on the pennsylvania outdoor tv show on Wnep-16.

[Pennsylvaniacatchaser]

Scott Daw - That's a real large Channel Cat at 36 1/2". How much did it weigh? Do you have a photo you can post? I would love to see it!

[zeboman]

My biggest channel was 19 1/2 pounds 33inches and my biggest flathead was 25 pounds 42 inches both were caught on the Mon.

[mrguffy]

My biggest was 31" Channel out of Pymatuming Res. using raw whole shrimp.

[catchinghogs]

Biggest flathead was 42 inches and weighed 40 pounds and the same night got a smaller 35 pounder. Largest channel cat 17 and a half pounds.

[PhillyCatcatcher4]

I would have to say 11lb flathead. I've caught alot of channels, but didn't bother to weigh or measure them.:smile2:

[Blacky]

33lb flathead catfish from the Mighty Skuke!

[kenlaw76]

My biggest of "07" was 41" cought on the Skuke. using a live sunny.

[BIG-G]

I would have to say 11lb flathead. I've caught alot of channels, but didn't bother to weigh or measure them.:smile2:



The lowly channel cat. Like Rodny Dangerfield they get no respect. LOL! We'll change that this year.:wink:

[Mizzbigcat]

To date, my best is a 24 pound flathead, caught on a big bluegill I stomped on.

It came out of a good sized farm pond in SW Ohio I intend to get a 30 pounder this year, or bigger!

[PhillyCatcatcher4]

The lowly channel cat. Like Rodny Dangerfield they get no respect. LOL! We'll change that this year.:wink:
I indeed do have respect for channels. My largest catfish to date was a channel caught in Delaware(18lbs).
I hope to have a new PB from Pa. waters.:wink:

[PhillyCatcatcher4]

I now also keep my scale & tape measure on hand for every outing. :cool2:

[riv56]

Biggest catfish was a flathead came from the ohio river monaca area. 40lbs. caught it on a penn bait caster 220 gto an 40 lb big game solar, used a big blue gill for bait on a 9/0 kahle hook. I know there is state records in this area

good fishin

[catfish chaser]

I'm hoping my biggest will be caught this year. Time to hit the 30# range

[bw69r]

my biggest landed was 23 pounds. had three on last year that were in the mid 40 pound range and one that was probably close to 50, they all got off. two bigger ones broke line and other two just came unglued. oh well live and learn. i will be hittting the river hard this year. if it warms up a little more i will be going out in a couple weeks.

[FLATHEAD LBER]

i caught this one last year that came from the mon river on a creek chub and it errored out my 40lb digital scale before i could get the whole fish off the ground. check out the picture.

[kenlaw76]

My biggest Pa. cat was a 42 inch flathead cought on a bluegill out of the Skuke.

[ste6168]

Mine hasn't been that big, but I only recently started fishing for cats. Mine was about a 12lb flathead caught on a small, dead, bluegill... I am hoping to get it up over 20lbs this year

[delawareriver]

9lb channel out of the delaware, also a 19 inch close to 4lb bullhead that almost broke the state record. plan on taking a trip to the skuke next weekend hopefully i wont have a problem breaking 10#

[Naack]

Well i guess i need to change mine from 36lb to 38 lb 12oz i got a few weeks back :cool2:

[zeboman]

Mine hasn't been that big, but I only recently started fishing for cats. Mine was about a 12lb flathead caught on a small, dead, bluegill... I am hoping to get it up over 20lbs this year
The key to catching the big fish is putting in time on the water, if you do that you will be rewarded.

[darklight825]

23 pound flathead out of the mon. I plan on breaking that this year.

[flatheadfanatic]

9lb channel out of the delaware, also a 19 inch close to 4lb bullhead that almost broke the state record. plan on taking a trip to the skuke next weekend hopefully i wont have a problem breaking 10#

hi louis! i'd like to ask a question.........where did you catch this big bullhead?? if it was in the delaware, then most likely what you caught is a white catfish. there's tons of them in the big D, and they get much, much larger than bullheads, yet look remarkably close.

[flatheadfanatic]

my biggest pa cat is a 32 lb flathead from the ohio river 2 summers ago. would love to beat that this year with one from the skuke...........we'll see...........

[kenlaw76]

Mine would be the 44.58 lbr I got this weekend from the Skuke. It would have been 45.5 lbr if it wasn't my buddies birthday:big_smile:.

[WhiskerWacker]

Mine is 40# 6oz 45" flathead caught last year at the emsworth back channel dam on the ohio, he ate a 17" drum snell double hook rig. Hope to shatter it this year, off to a good start.

[SEANEGNATZ0789]

MINE WAS A 35 POUND FLATHEAD FROM THE MON.

[bw69r]

mine was a #25.8 i caught this past weekend. going to try and get photos tomorrow and get them on here and on the east- west thread so the west can get the point.

[Fishing Addict]

A 33.14# 40.25" Flathead from the Allegheny this past saturday, Caught on a live bluegill.

[Naack]

Just noticed my last post says 38.12 well my PB as of about 3 weeks ago is 46lb 03oz :big_smile: keep creeping closer to that record !!

[WhiskerWacker]

How many inches was the 46lber? That is awsome!I caught one 40# 6oz and he was 45" last year and caught one 40# even that was 44" this year, a 46# fish gotta be close to 50"?:crazy:

[Naack]

Well not sure on how long it was or girth i dont carry a tape measure :embarassed: but here is a link to a few of the Pic's

http://www.catfish1.com/forums/showthread.php?t=78663&page=22

[SEANEGNATZ0789]

HEY SHAWN, WHERE DID U CATCH THAT 46LBER??

[Naack]

HEY SHAWN, WHERE DID U CATCH THAT 46LBER??

Down the Point Ask Zebo he knows :big_smile:

[SEANEGNATZ0789]

Are you going out this sunday shawn? If so where do you think you will go?

[Naack]

Are you going out this sunday shawn? If so where do you think you will go?

Well im not sure, my father is not doing so well atm going through chemo and rad theorpy he has been in and out of the hosptial for the past 2 weeks between him work and my children ive been to busy physicaly and mentaly to even catch bait i am hoping to get my boat registered tommorow so i can get it on the Mon for the weekends but thats a hope and a dream atm it is realy day to day how he is doing but if i do make it out il let you guys know .... its kinda working out ok fishing wise since the Flats are in spawn right now or i would prob be pushing myself to do to many things at once.

[SEANEGNATZ0789]

I am so sorry to hear about your father. I kept reading bits and pieces in other post but I never really knew what was going on. Just know that I'm here if you need someone to talk to. That is a very hard thing to go through. All you can do is pray to your higher power and ask him to watch over your dad and help him through it. Hopefully all goes well and you can get on the river and at least leave your mind at ease on the weekends. That would be cool for me, you, and dan to get together and go fishing. I'd really like to meet you. I wish the best for you brother and I will keep you and your family in my prayers!!