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Well my dad and I have been trotlinin ever since I was like 10 years old.Its all my ol' man can think about now in his retirement! He is a retired machinist so every trotline and limbline is unique and heavy duty and has to be perfect.We live in Topeka, Kansas and fish Clinton lake religously.We use to fish Perry Lake a lot but our old spot has filled in over the years.We think Clinton is one of the cleanist lakes to fish around here.We caught the 80 pound flathead on the upper left in 5 feet of water on the 3rd hook on a 10 hook trotline using a 9/0 stainless steel hook.We have been using green perch for bait. My five children are our bait catchin team!hehehe. When we brought the fish home and put it in the horse tank it coughed up 3 hand size crappie! It must of been feeding on crappie up close to the bank when we caught it. It took our little 14ft. v-bottom for a side to side ride! It was fun! Last year my dad pulled in a 76 pounder and the year before that we had a pair 70 and 74 pounder.Clinton lake outside of Lawrence, Kansas is over looked for flatheads.We always catch more flatheads than channel there, but thats what we are targeting too. Hope this helps and we love your site, we just got online 4 months ago, gee, we been missin a lot of good stuff and pictures! SEE YA The Moores! Pic on the upper right is of the 70 and 74 pounder too.

These two fellow BOC "catfish1.com" members proudly display their catches! The big Bluecat on the left was taken by Steve Adams (coach) The fish bottomed out Steve's 55 pound scales so the actual weight is a mistery.....Steve caught this brute on cut Skipjack on the Mississippi River! The big Bluecat on the right was taken by Jackie Kennedy (Joatflash) The fish weighed in at 32.5 pounds and was taken on a 4 inch perch, photographed and released at Cedar Creek Texas! These two BOC members can be proud of these catches!!!! Drop by CATFISH1.COM and see what the largest catfishing site on the net is all about!!!!!!!!

This is the new rod-n-reel record Blue for lake Lavon...It was caught by Jerry Hancock on March 4th 2002. The brute weighed 55 pounds and was 47 inches long. He was caught on Shad in 3 feet of water. Jerry is co-owner of Lake Lavon Guide Service, You can reach him or his partner at: Lake Lavon Guide Service
Jerry Hancock 214-544-3678
Tracy Mounger 903-482-6551
Or check out their website Lake Lavon Guide Service THESE FISH WERE CAUGHT ON 3-HOOK THROW LINES IN THE TRINITY RIVER USING LIVE PERCH FOR BAIT. PICTURED FROM LEFT TO RIGHT ARE JESSIE TIPPITT, ROCKY HALL, TREY HACKER(me), BRAD ALLEN, AND KAYLA HALL. NOT PICTURED IS STAN SMITH AND KELLY HALL (they are taking the pictures). OF THE 8-FISH IN THE PICTURE 1-65lb 1-55lb 4-- 40-45lb 2-- 30-35lb Enjoyed your site. Thought you might like to see the fish my son caught. The two blues weighed 94 and 78 lbs. and the flathead I caught weighed 55.8 lbs. Caught on the TN River in AL on 30 LB line and cut bait. All fish released. My son's name is Zak Bailey, my name is Sammy 55.8 Pound Flathead

How much do you think it weighed? I did manage to weigh it on my Uncles bathroom scales two hours after I caught it. His scales showed 60 pounds but he didn't think they were very accurate. I think it was closer to 75 pounds when first caught. It was caught last year by myself and my son in law on a trot line in the Marais des Cygnes river in Bates county, Missouri. We used 200 pound test and number eight hooks. The crazy thing about the whole deal is that we caught it at noon. I rarely catch cats during the day. It was caught on a two inch long crawdad in water about twenty feet deep right next to the bank. I also have a photo of a 35 pound Bluecat that we caught a few weeks. My name is Dale Castle and my son in law is Freddie Clopton.