subject: Flathead Catfish - Learn Some Tips And Info To Help You Catch More [print this page] Flathead Catfish as their name implies have a very large and flat shaped head, their upper bodies are often chalky yellow, colored or light shades of brown, but like bullheads and other catfish, they can be different shades of color depending upon their habitat and other water conditions. Blue Catfish, like Flathead Catfish, can grow to be quite huge, in fact over 100 pounds.
Flathead Catfish are not at all like Channel Catfish or Blue Catfish when it comes to eating habits, channel cats and blues have been caught on stink baits, such as blood baits and other non living baits, such as chicken livers. Flathead Catfish almost always prefer live food for their meals.
They can be caught on live nightcrawlers or worms, and even crayfish, but they seem to love live bluegills, sunfish, suckers, carps and other fish, ranging any where's from 4 to 8 inches in length.
Depending upon where you live and water temperature, Flathead Catfish usually spawn from June-July, they tend to build their nests in or around areas of shelters such as large fallen trees, or large rocks and other debris.
Flathead Catfish live in lakes, reservoirs, large streams and rivers. In lakes or reservoirs they tend to hang around the deep areas near fallen trees and other such cover, in rivers and streams they like staying in deep channels or areas where the current is slow and not turbulant.
Flathead Catfish like hanging around shelter, so if you see a large fallen tree in a deep area of a river or other body of water where they live, try heading your boat in that direction, or casting near it. They also like bridge piers, large brush piles, submerged logs and other debris, to use as shelters.
There is a website that describes Flathead Catfish and numerous other fish caught throughout the USA. Learn about habitat, the best baits and lures, best time of day to fish for them, and much more great info, this website is called: Fishing Stringer - and it may be found at this url: http://www.fishingstringer.com
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