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High Rock’s summer flathead bite is on
While North Carolina’s High Rock Lake is noted for its bass fishing, its flathead catfish population flourishes without much fanfare. […]
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Flathead catfish out of Tuckertown Lake
For 30 years, guide Stanley Correll has been making the long trek from his home in Lenoir, N.C., to catch flathead catfish out of Tuckertown Lake, and one thing he’s learned to count on is the big, yellow-brown cats turning on once October arrives. […]
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Cat Man Do – Big flathead catfish live in the narrow section of the upper Neuse River near Kinston in numbers that are worth noticing.
The first thing you notice when you board Clinton Bardner’s 18-foot flat-bottom aluminum boat — besides a cinder block tied to a sturdy rope — is a landing net large enough to hold a a 9- or 10-year-old kid. […]
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Try the Neuse River for huge flathead catfish
Want to beat the heat this summer and have a chance to catch a potential record fish? First, load a skiff with plenty of lighting equipment for after-dark fishing, a couple of cinder-block anchors, eight or nine heavy baitcasting outfits spooled with 50-pound monofilmament, some Carolina and Santee rigs and about 30 eating-sized bluegills in the livewell, plus insect repellant. […]
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Just cattin’ around – Best flathead catfish action of year is just around the bend at Tuckertown Lake
For years, a trip to Tuckertown Lake was a busman’s holiday for Stanley Correll. Now it’s just pure pleasure. […]
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Cooper River flathead will share state catfish record
A fisherman from Anderson landed a 79-pound, 9.6-ounce flathead catfish last Wednesday in the Cooper River that has earned a share of the state record. […]
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It’s time for big flathead catfish at High Rock Lake
Most Americans love anything that’s big: movies, cars, motors, meals and events – and fishermen are no different. […]
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The Flathead Falls – Blewett Falls might be best lake on the Yadkin/Pee Dee system for flathead catfish
A day of fishing begins early for Robbie Burr of Lilesville. A catfish guide who operates Pee Dee Fishing Adventures, Burr often meets his clients somewhere around daylight, and in order to make that appointment, he typically has to be on the water several hours earlier, launch his boat and catch bait for the day’s fishing, then trailer the boat and drive to pick up his clients. […]
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Thermocline positions summer flathead catfish
Flathead catfish migrate into the Dan and Staunton rivers from April to June to spawn, then return to the main lake in July and August. […]
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Scenic Cats – Flatheads and blues have made South Carolina’s ‘Wild and scenic’ Pee Dee River a great catfish destination
Flowing out of North Carolina down to Winyah Bay, the Pee Dee River is a mystery to all but the locals who fish it. Some 30 years ago, flathead catfish stocked in North Carolina impoundments upstream escaped and were flushed down the river. […]