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What is the best bait for flatheads...i know live bait works but what kind and what size hooks...on my rig i have a 5.0 kahle hook with a steel leader and 2 oz disk sinker.
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Bluegills or chubs work for the big ones Don't know about Khale but 4/0-8/0 circle hooks will treat yah well inline of course preferably gamakatsu.
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Thanks for all the info
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I used to fish from them years ago in the upper Allegheny river in NW Pa. used 3/0 and 4/0 wide gap Kahle hooks. I'd use the biggest chubs that I could catch in the river or the biggest shiners or other minnows that I could buy. I always did better using bait from the same water that I was fishing. The most productive area that I fished was a fair amount of current with a bottom covered with various size boulders and gravel and always did best at night in summer.
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Pshh u got it all wrong man. u want a 1/0 treble with doughbait for flatheads
. Just kidding sean. I cant wait to get out and catch sum flatheads channels and carp too. But on a more serious note u no my go to: 7/0 Khale with a live gill= zzzzzzz theres one boyzz. Im ready:fighting:
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me too...im ready to spub em up...and i want to try fishing in more current this year
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Yea i no. we always use to walk past all the mspots with structure and current. Remember we always use to think cuz there was current there their wouldnt be cats. Fools. Haha lol.
Fools. Haha lol.
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Really thats cool. I heard cut bait works but never night crawlers for flatheads. For channels and bullheads i have caught them on um but.. I no live bait works the best for flatheads bud cut bait works okay too. U could have caught um on Night Crawlers idk anythings possible. Are u sure they werent channels?
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I have heard stories about people catchin smaller fish under 15 pounds on globs of crawlers but it's not the best bait especially if you want a biggun.
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Oh yea I understand. I was just thinking maybe he got the flathead mixed up with a bullhead, which is actually pretty common. Or maybe a channel. I bet you can catch flats on nightys but, I think you would have more success with live gill. Im gonna target catties real hard this year. And carp too. Im going to catch a decent amount of flatheads. I hope i can catch atleast a couple. :thumbsup:
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flatheads at elk neck st. park? probably channels cats.. just sayin
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Yeah he could have got them mixed up too I mean as mentioned above.
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Yea not sayin hes a liar or naything. But it sounds like a bullhead and or channel.
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Cool sounds good. Yea i think gills/sunnies work best. Or bullheads. Thanks for the reply.:thumbsup:
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