delaware river flathead catfish
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Don't know where home is but good luck in the Delaware. I fished for a ton of years and still do on that river. Nothin! LOL!
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good luck to you to big george...i fish the florence area since thats where im from. ive caught some big cats here in the past but havent been after them in awhile.. getting back into it and thought id try for a flathead but i think it may be a shot in the dark lol
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If you want to pay for a PA license then you will have better luck crossing the bridge to Philly and fish the Schuylkill River
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Cold hard fact rite there. LOL!
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LOL! and that's the reason I haven't gone over there yet. The price for uut of state license over there are unreal!
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Yes there are flatheads in the Delaware. Not as big a population as in the Skuke. I havent heard of many folks targeting them in the D from this message board.
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Really. So whats the secret?
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A flathead was caught all the way up in Easton last week. Sounds like they are moving and reproducing just fine to me. Only matter of time
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I'd like to help ya out but I don't fish the delaware for them. All I know is there are more of them in the tidal portion. Probabaly near structure and use shad, herring, or sunnies. A lot of guys catch them fishing for stripers.
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I found the article on the Easton flathead.....Ric Mutchler of Wilson Borough hooks into rare, invasive flathead catfish in Delaware River - lehighvalleylive.com
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I ve heard that biologists think that flatheads are well established in the delaware but no one is targeting them.
what kind of structure riverhark? hard cover like wood, pilings or rock? or main river structure like holes and channel bends etc.
id like to give it a try and think i have a few spots but who knows
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Well Jim, Sounds like you just gave yourself some good suggestions on spots. The more you fish your river for them the more you'll learn. Some of my favorite spots are shallower feeding areas at night near deep snaggy holes. Under cirtain river conditions do I consider either the inside or outside bends for my river. I would hit some of those bridge pilings and scan with a fish finder for starters. If fishing is slow keep one rod out for flats and one for something that might be hungrier to pass the time untill the big one bites.
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Hey Jim was wondering if you had a chance to make it out? I havent been out in over a week for Flats. Got some real bad poison oak on my arm last time out. Those Skuke banks can be a jungle. We did manage 11 flats up to 25lbs and one 11lb channel that night.
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I did! no flats but a lot of nice channel cats... including a 24.13 lber! my biggest ever. i was using big live bluegill. i think i found my new favorite bait lol. ill post pics as soon as i find a way to make them bigger ( i used my cell phone to take them)
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thanks wayne.. theres gotta be bigger ones out there. the state record is 33lbs from lake hopatcong, but i think the river holds bigger fish than that. the rivers got good numbers of double digit fish and i think it could have the record somewhere
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well Jim i think u found an avatar pic for ya,,,, anyway i seen ur question about the cover for flats,, down here logjams are the best, they should be on the nest right now and u gotta land a bait right in front of thier nose to catch em,, again im speaking from what we catch here, but mid august is prime time
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