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I don't know. Personally I'd let it go back where it can thrive ... But being in captivity this whole time might make it a good Bass Pro Fish ..I always lean towards letting them go and grow

Haha!! It's still doing fine. I'd probably use a new carpet if I could do it again but, it works... Didn't go too light on the staples or glue 😆

Thanks!! I'm not completely sure where the fish are biting at Olathe right now. If I was there, I'd try at the dam. Maybe even at the bottom of the hill by the fence where you can cast into deeper waters to the left and cast into a little More shallow water on the right. You could try both deep and shallow and see what works.

I was in the moment and thought it was perfect 😂😆.. Thanks. Hope you have some fun fixing it and get back on the water soon!!

​@@CatfishKCthank you!

I probably could have changed the foam as well but, I wasn't sure how long I'd use the boat and it wasn't necessary for me anyway. I like the fact that once you start taking the boat apart you can start converting the space inside to how you want it. Good luck!!

@CatfishKC Thanks! We will post a video when ours is finished if you're interested

Yeah that'd be awesome!! Just subscribed

Also, do you still put salt into the water?

Unfortunately using rainwater alone won't eliminate the nitrates. You can use sand in the bottom of your bio filter and it will help to eliminate the nitrates. Plants in the tank as well. I rarely do a water change anymore. If I do it's usually 2+ months in between and it usually has more to do with smell and cleanliness since my tank is in my basement.

If you used rainwater I believe you'd be just fine with the quality of course. I would still check with just a test strip or two to make sure you're good. All we really use is an RV water filter to get the chlorine out of our tap and when I add water if it's just a bucket or two I leave it sitting out for 24 hours or so that way the chlorine and other things can evaporate out.

I have not used salt in my tank in a long time. It's a pretty drastic measure if you're seeing a lot of ick or that type of sickness going around to your other fish. I've seen salt work on fish that were sick but, I don't add it anymore. I have a netting in my water that holds a lot of my roots in, but some of the roots do grow through the net and the fish tend to leave those alone as long as I'm feeding them a little bit every couple of days. With using rainwater, the quality is going to probably be just perfect. The issue of water quality after that depends on your filter, you're good bacteria and media in your filter and also really just depends on your ammonia levels being taken care of as well. Rainwater can go bad with fish dying or being left in the tank or a filter not doing its job. So it's just good to always test the water quality and make decisions from that.

@CatfishKC thank you again for all of your help. For some reason, I will get one fish that looks like it has some sores for lack of better terminology. Eventually, it will die. I remove it as soon as I can after it dies. Within a few days, I notice a new fish getting the same type of sores. Just trying to figure out what is going on. Again, thank you.

I think I was in shock lol😂

😂😂

Man I think I knew what it was when it happened.... I was in denial lol

Depends how you catch it and if it's in the length limit. On top of that, this one was caught from a private pond and been in my bait tank for about a year

@@CatfishKC yeah try telling a game warden that. I'm 99.9 percent sure you can't use a game fish for bait no matter where you get it.

Actually a game warden and the KS Dept of Wildlife told me that when they went through my channel with me.

Well they must have change the laws then

Yeah I looked it up, it said you can use game fish as bait as long as you catch him on a Line & Hook.

It was pretty sweet. Coolest Pole holder I've ever used 😂

I'm over here literally dyin' laughing! I can't believe that this actually made the Ole TH-cam!!! Hey now, don't be hatin' all you haters! I've got a picture of it as well as a cat that was pulled using it! There was a purpose for it! If you look straight out at the corner of the building, you'll notice a triangular dead hole of water. Well you could cast a line over there but once your line settled and drooped down it would get into that fast wash water. In turn that would suck your line right out of that honey hole. So I put this little pole holder together to get our rods way up in the air so that when the line drooped, it did not get into that wash! And low and behold, it did work!!! It does look like a tweaker job, but hey, you use what resources you have laying around you!!! And.then leave it for others to try out or possibly even learn from LOL!!! Awesome video my friend! Have to hook up with you and take you out on the river in my boat and see what we can do!

Actually that is genius. I have wanted something that would hold my line up out of that rushing water because it drags it out of the hole and there you had it and I didn't even use it like that.. Awesome Craftsmanship man!!

Thanks for watching!! Ive just used the boat ramps in Lawrence, DeSoto and Edwardsville and they are good boat ramps. It depends on your boat if it's a heavy boat that hangs down far in the water you might have a hard time dropping in but, if you have a smaller boat or one that doesn't hang down in the water a couple of feet, you should be fine dropping in. I have dropped in at Kaw Point which is also a good ramp if you want to fish either during the day or over the night on the Kansas closer to the Missouri River. The gate does close at that ramp at 10:00 p.m. Turner Diagonal boat ramp is one that I would say is not safe because there's a lot of interesting things that go on there as well as people's cars that get broken into and things stolen. I have gone to Turner many times but I wouldn't suggest it to people because I know a lot of people that have gotten their windows broken and things stolen. Hope you find this helpful!

I have a 20ft flat bottom can go on 1foot 6 inches of water sometimes shallower. Hard to fish some of the rivers here in Iowa. Do you know the cfm volumes of river I should look for? Thank you

Thanks! We had one of the best trips!! Perfect weather and to have my son with me was the best part.

Thanks Bryan!! We had a lot of fun out there and learned a lot too!!

Olen is great at what he does!! And we had the best day and made some really cool memories!! Thanks Eric!

We had so much fun that day! Made so many good memories with my son and had that fun fight at the end. Thanks for commenting and watching!!!

@@CatfishKC great to see ya out there with him! That’s what it’s all about. Putting in as much quality time, preferably outdoors, hands on, will help develop a better man. In my humble opinion.

I couldn't have said it better and I completely agree!! And he got started young and I'm glad he is so in love with the outdoors and mainly fishing!! Thanks

Such a fun day. The weather was perfect and just everything went great. Awesome memories

@@CatfishKCno doubt, what a fish. Youngster dosnt realize what he just helped catch. I’m sure he will soon enough.

He might have been a little tired from seeing all the other fish and that big one was the last thing we did. But he's been talking about it for sure 😂

Jingle Bells Baby!!! But, this is Matt, was it me using the bells? I used to use them years ago. That might have been Nick that was using them.. That's also a very noisy damn where you can't hear yourself think, so we usually wouldn't Rock The bells because I know they're so uncool nowadays, but I can see maybe Nick had a bell or two on because of the rushing Water and it's hard to hear. don't worry we're up to speed on what's cool and the bait clickers are what's in baby!! 💯

I haven't fished Longview very much but, Olen with KC Rodbenders who I went with has really found some of those spots on Longview that produce some big fish. Like you were saying, there are some big flatheads in there and actually he just did a guide there the other night and got a really nice size flathead. I've realized when fishing this area, you can always learn from those around you and that's why I stay humble and actually enjoy listening to people's experiences and learning new things. I appreciate the comment!!

Very true. I used to have glow sticks in my bag but, I really didn't plan on floating any baits haha.. It was a last minute decision but, it definitely would've been nice to get that take down on camera with glow sticks

Man!!! Killer year man. Congrats!! I appreciate the sub and hope you continue to still have an awesome year

Yeah they are a lot easier to catch. This was one of my first times using it as my "main" bait for the night. It seemed to work well or it was a good night they were biting.

Thanks sir!! Much appreciated 👍

I don't get too crazy with specific rigs and I try a couple different ones while I'm fishing. I generally would stick with the Carolina rig with maybe an 8 oz no roll or a 8 oz Bank sinker on a sinker slide. Then a swivel and then a 50 lb+ or more leader. I have started putting on a float just to get bait off the bottom a little bit if possible. I guess that would classify as a Santee Cooper. The 3 way rig is helpful and has helped save me a few times with the weight breaking off instead of the fish, but sometimes in high current the three-way rig seems to get tangled a little bit. so it just depends on what current and also I test out a couple while I'm there. I also like using mono as my main line but I do have braid on one. I use 40 lb mono mainly on my main line. 30 lb is perfect. The other night I was using a Carolina rig with the Gatorade float bottles 😂.. Which I would change if I did it again. Probably would have had the bank sinker not on a slide so it forces the bait to stay at a certain level.. Especially with the larger live baits. Good luck!! I didn't realize how long this message is 😂...

@@CatfishKC i appreciate all the info I read all of it 🤣🤣 I normally fish nice size ponds and big lakes but Im about start going to the Mississippi river I might try the Santee Cooper rig

You should get an award just for reading all that lol. Good luck and yes the Santee Cooper rig is great!! I hear good things about the Mississippi

@@CatfishKC lol I'll take a thick Latina and a sugar cookie for my reward 🤣🤣 and thank you brotha tight lines

@JayTheLipSnatcher 😂 I'm on it haha

Thanks. He was a fun one to reel in for sure

Hey Oklahoma!! I believe the water was around 77 or so. I was so glad when I saw it was a flat!!

Finally the walk to the truck wasn't so sad this time lol. It was a really fun time and thanks... First flatty of 2024

It was a good night from how it has been. We didn't catch a crazy amount of fish but they all bit pretty quick. I know Nick left around 4:00 but we didn't get there until 2:00 in the morning. we were running really late that night. Keep it going, and I hope you get on some fish real soon!!!

@CatfishKC my is still valid. If you ever need or want someone to go fishing with you, I'm available. By the thanks again for your help with my bait tank. It's up and running.

Yeah man! It actually helped going back through some things and remembering in case I need to fix anything. But, that style of bait tank has really worked well for me anyway and glad to hear it helped. Life is so crazy right now I can barely get down to the water myself but hopefully in the next couple weeks things will be a little easier. Where have you been Fishing mainly this year?

Mainly olathe and waterworks. Fished a couple of times at shawnee.

I used to fish Water Works and Lake Olathe a lot. I'll let you know when things calm down and see if we can link up

Haha That's what I was saying. I've been waiting for a flathead to bite and finally. But, the first one of the year I can't complain a little over 54 lb and it was kind of a fun way to catch it watching those bottles disappear. I wish I had that on film. Thanks man!

I like meeting people and fishing. My parents are going through a rough time and it's been hard on my year in general and I've barely been able to get out to fish. Hopefully life can slow down in the next couple weeks!!

It was fun and just no pressure. just poles in the water and us talking. Didn't have a lot of fish but they were nice ones

@@CatfishKC can’t beat it!

They pile up in any little corner there. I was keeping them in my bait tank, but any longer than a week in my bait tank, the other fish start having signs of either a stress related disease or something else so I don't want them in my tank anymore. it is infested over there at Cedar

Thanks for watching!! I used to use plastic bottles like that when I was younger. I really wanted it off all the logs.. They make pool noodle floats haha. I pick up trash and put it to use.

I like your guess better lol. It was about 54.50... You have a good eye

Thanks!! For watching..Means a lot.

A 72lb blue so far?

Thanks man. We had fun but plan to get out on the MO to get something a little bigger. Nice just reeling in fish for a change!!

It was fun!! Thanks bro!! Hope you're having a good season!!

It was fun because even though we were going to be going after some monsters, the weather didn't agree and I'm glad because I needed a trip where we had consistent bites and fish being pulled in. He's a great guy and fun to get along with

He really was knowledgeable and fun to go out with. He didn't tell me to say all those nice things about him haha.. But, it's nice sometimes just get out especially when your boat's down and have a good time!

Thanks!

Some guy was nice enough to upload the videos from VHS to TH-cam and I went over those. They were over 45 years old but still worked. It's very detailed and definitely what I needed. I appreciate him putting them up haha!!

Hope you're having a good year!!

Thanks!! I appreciate it!

I understand where you are coming from, but flathead catfish and blue catfish love eating bass, crappie, bluegill, sunfish, carp, Asian carp. Asian carp is actually one of the most popular baits on the river right now to use. I know that some people don't understand or think it might be clickbait, but the reality is, that all of those fish I mentioned are getting eaten by large catfish every single day whether they're on my hook or in the water that they live in. Thanks for the comment and I hope you have a great year of fishing!!

THANKS man!!

Thanks man!