Flathead catfish Archives - Page 4 of 5

Paul Daniels poses with the new South Carolina state record flathead catfish he caught in the Cooper River on Feb. 11, 2018.

Hanahan angler shatters SC flathead catfish state record

Paul Daniels and his wife Janet, of Hanahan, S.C. decided to catch a few blue catfish for dinner after church on Feb. 11 in the Cooper River. But 30 minutes into the fishing trip, Daniels’ task for the day quickly changed into searching for a certified scale after his wife helped him lift a big flathead catfish — the new South Carolina state record — into his boat. […]

High Rock’s summer flathead bite is on

Tony Garitta

While North Carolina’s High Rock Lake is noted for its bass fishing, its flathead catfish population flourishes without much fanfare. […]

Tuckertown Lake is filled with healthy flathead catfish, and they don’t bite any better than they do in October.

Flathead catfish out of Tuckertown Lake

Dan Kibler

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. […]

This flathead catfish has a mouth big enough swallow most any other fish in the Neuse River, maybe even angler Michael Paxinos.

Cat Man Do – Big flathead catfish live in the narrow section of the upper Neuse River near Kinston in numbers that are worth noticing.

Craig Holt

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. […]

Wildlife officer Michael Paxinos spends plenty of his off-duty time targeting flathead catfish in the Neuse River. This is his biggest, at 57 1/2-pounder.

Try the Neuse River for huge flathead catfish

Craig Holt

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. […]

Former guide Stanley Correll gets excited about Tuckertown Lake flathead catfish, even when they’re only 25-pounders like this one. His biggest from the Yadkin River reservoir weighed 58.

Just cattin’ around – Best flathead catfish action of year is just around the bend at Tuckertown Lake

Dan Kibler

For years, a trip to Tuckertown Lake was a busman’s holiday for Stanley Correll. Now it’s just pure pleasure. […]

Danny Aderhold (left) and Dean Brown (right) struggle to hold the flathead catfish that Aderhold caught from the Cooper River last Wednesday.

Cooper River flathead will share state catfish record

Phillip Gentry

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. […]

Steven Cutting, Tyler Mayhew and Kolt Whitley display three big High Rock Lake catfish.

It’s time for big flathead catfish at High Rock Lake

Tony Garitta

Most Americans love anything that’s big: movies, cars, motors, meals and events – and fishermen are no different. […]

From his specialized bait rig to his custo-built boat, guide Robbie Burr is ready when he heads to Blewett Falls Lake to tangle with big flathead catfish.

The Flathead Falls – Blewett Falls might be best lake on the Yadkin/Pee Dee system for flathead catfish

Phillip Gentry

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. […]