Looking for my first flat this year

[jonboat92]

Any ideas where to start this year looking for flats I didn't have any luck last year and am looking to try some new places. Any tips or places would help

[riverbottomnightmare]

The Des Moines metro is allways a good place. Just throw some live bait out.

[hamilton1]

look for deeper water (hard to find this year) when you find that hole don't fish in it but around it, fish the edge of the drop (easer with boat+ depth finder setup that is where i have had the most luck

[Cuda]

You could always hit the Mississippi for a shot at the flatheads there. You will just have to look around for them but they are there. Could be your best shot at a nice one.

[lookin_4_moby]

give it another 2 or 3 weeks bro. They aren't moving here yet.

[Longjohn119]

That's surprising, the water should be warm enough .... 56-57 degrees here at Lock and Dam 15 and they've been catching channels but no flatties yet

I wonder if they key off of high water to move out .... Un;ess we get a month of monsoon rains I don't see anything even remotely resembling a flood this year. You gotta go 50-100 miles over the Canadian border to find snowcover .... last year it was still ***hole deep in most of Minnesota .... That's a pretty radical swing in one year's time

But that's the Midwest, some of the most unpredictable weather in the world

[riverbottomnightmare]

I got my first one april 1st @ 1am. Then flathead steve got hes first 23 1/2 hours later. You just got to be there at the right time. Which is never easy. It seems they bite when your at work or sleeping or when you just cant go fishing.