@@robertlucas2420 I am from Harriman, Tn, fished that river as a kid, we would keep the fish and have a fish fry at the local park on Friday to raise money for the park. A lot of people developed some type of cancer. 70's, lot of people ate fish from that river. Justin has caught cats with sores, deformed tails and discoloration. Runoff, untreated water from corporations, TVA plants with coal ash and, arsenic had settled in the bottom of the river, making fish unsafe to eat, arsenic, pcb's, chlordane, mercury are just a few of the chemicals that affect the river. There are warning signs up and down the river about eating the fish.
Yes sir that caught my attention also. It’s so cool to see a guy find so much joy fishing andt passionate about it. I’m am so grateful to all have fishing as a stress relief for me😎
I know right,then you have those whacko people out there that complain your hurting the fish,they have feelings. To me,you made those monsters day especially putting them back for someone else to have fun
I love that part. As a kid I always got excited and messed up a lot of fish. To this day I wake up in a cold sweat thinking about them. This guy is great at what he does.
Oh Justin what a beautiful Flathead I love it when a hard-working man or a woman's plan comes together another epic fish brother thanks for sharing the moment with us. Tight lines and Big Cats my brother and much peace and love from northeast Texas 🤠
Love how you use your hands to land these awesome fish! I have friends that use those mechanical grabbers and I feel like it takes the real interaction between man and fish out of the picture. Great fish brother!!
Genuinely enjoy these videos man. Thanks for putting in the extra work to bring us along. Fished bass tournaments as a younger man. Had all my tackle stolen about 10 years ago and I think I've maybe fished 5 times in the period. Having 5 or 6k in tackle stolen really discouraged me. You're giving me ideas.
I am a kayak fisherman. I will retire in June and will be doing a lot of catfish in and carp fishing. My bucket list is a 20 lb cat and carp. Thanks for all your tips
Thank you Justin that was one big flat head and also some nice blue's I can tell the excitement in your voice when you hooked that big boy congratulations to you. Keep on fishing and sharing your videos.
Back in the day, my stepdad and I would have loved to catch some of those throwbacks of yours. They would have been awesome to fry up for dinner. But that flat head...you caught grampa!!! Beautiful catch!
Cut bait typically puts scent of blood in water and attracts them. Cut dried outside of beef blood works well as well because slowly puts blood scent in water. Chicken liver wrapped in cheese cloth also works well but usually for smaller cats.
Just subscribed. Realized quickly you have the same exact country accent everyone spoke where I grew up (North Alabama). I shed my accent after moving to a bigger City, but it always makes me happy to hear it still alive and well! Awesome channel my friend!
I was wondering about not using level line reels. Then I noticed how you guide the line with your thumb. Neat. 85 year old catfish chaser. Health now curtails me getting out much. 🐻
I know you don't use bluegill all that much but that stretch of the river all we use is bluegill and do fantastic and some quality fish up to 60lb. Can catch all the bluegill you want off of that rock wall . 1 to 2 foot deep as close as can get to the wall with beemoth and small crawlers. All the bait you want to catch ! Good luck and keep em coming!👍
Mannnnn what a GREAT FLATHEAD YESSSS WE LOVE OUR FLATHEADS ! DONT KNOW WHAT IT IS BUT THE CATCH A MONSTER WITH BIG MOUTH IS THE ATTRACTION ! GREAT JOB DUDE
As always, another Catfish Kayak (mostly) of Justin doing what he does best...making folks jealous, and then...BAM a dang ol' Golley Whopper. Yeeeaa Haaawww!!!!!!! Hold on Justin. Don't let it get the better of ya.🎣🎣🎣🎣🎣
Another beautiful flathead man. I love the color on them in that area. Ive always been a die hard live bait guy. Been fishing with some cut these last several weeks and doing real good! I just never really realized how much flatheads eat cut bait. Not sure if it will continue once the water warms up, but cut has definitely been out fishing live for me lately.
Good things happen to good people. What a great video. Justin I thank you for getting this old man on the river. The prettiest fish in the river. From the couch in Ohio
Enjoy the video mr. Justin man that is one nice flat head really enjoyed watching you catch that fish my friend I would be excited too I'm glad for you take care of yourself your friend Billy Simmons
Unpopular opinion: I liked it better back in the day when you did your videos from the front camera only. Seeing your reaction when you have a big fish on the line is awesome
It was certainly a lot easier on me to film and edit back in those days too. The numbers don’t lie though. My views and watch time spiked when I switched to the chest cam so it is here to stay.
To un-stink your vehicle use lots of Baking Soda. Put it down liberally, and let it sit as long as possible. You can put some half-cut boxes of baking soda under the seats. Vacuum up and replace as needed.
"just a small blue cat" (pulls out a 10 pounder) 😂 this video was great! i just caught a 10 pound channel cat on a hot dog today and it was an awesome catch
Get a pool noodle and a mesh laundry bag. make a circle with the noodle and connect it Zip tie the bag to the noodle and instant live well. Just drop it off your kayak and the top floats with the noodle and you can put all the bait you want in it. I used this for mullet in FL all the time and works perfiect.
Skipjack are not a hardy fish. Fragile at best. A sizeable bait tank with very good aeration is a must to support them. Plus some bait saver chemical helps also.
I thought for sure that live skipjack was gonna be the one that that TANK of a flathead hit. What a fish Justin! Great video as usual and congrats on that gorgeous fish.
I am sitting in Bullhead City, Arizona and found this video. This dude is fishing where I grew up. He is off the point of 7-mile Island on the Tennessee River that runs between Sheffield and Florence, Alabama. Wow. How weird to see it on a video and know it right away. That islands was actually a mound surrounded by two streams before the TVA Dam system. Lots of old River and Cave dwelling Natives lived there centuries ago. It is the Singing River.
LOL - I live near Chickamauga lake and I would have sworn he was just upstream from the mouth of the Hiwassee River across from Eagle Bluff! After looking at his phone while he was checking the weather, I suspect he was fishing downstream of Ft Loudon dam on the head waters of Watts Bar lake. That area is known for monster Blues and Flat heads. The shore lines of the Tennessee River are pretty consistent from Knoxville all the way down to Pickwick dam. Rock bluffs and sloughs feeding into the main channel are common sights. Unless the guy lets us know, it will be tough to tell where he actually was.
Monster.... congrats on that. Unfortunately we don't have fish like that here in Sacramento anymore. So many people take any and everything they catch. Awesome fish all day. Would give anything to fish like that. Keep it up man.
I thought I knew where you were fishing at the beginning of the video, but then when you swung the camera around to the main channel it was not where I thought. I hooked a huge Flathead about that size on a jug while in a kayak a few years ago. I clipped the jug line on a cleat and was paddling back to shore for a picture; that fish banged and fought until he straighted our a 4/0 circle hook and swam off.
I live in PA and I use 5 to 9 inch live Bluegill on the Susquehanna river and just the other day I was using live 10 inch golden shiners and caught a 48.12LB flathead
He was sitting there staring at you taking in the moment because you are the biggest youtuber he ever caught.
Hahaha!!!
That, or thanking Justin for letting him go!
@@OhioCatfishChasers yeah I always hear people will eat flatheads all the time
Isn't the water contaminated there and with what
@@robertlucas2420 I am from Harriman, Tn, fished that river as a kid, we would keep the fish and have a fish fry at the local park on Friday to raise money for the park. A lot of people developed some type of cancer. 70's, lot of people ate fish from that river. Justin has caught cats with sores, deformed tails and discoloration. Runoff, untreated water from corporations, TVA plants with coal ash and, arsenic had settled in the bottom of the river, making fish unsafe to eat, arsenic, pcb's, chlordane, mercury are just a few of the chemicals that affect the river. There are warning signs up and down the river about eating the fish.
He said “today is a good day to have a good day”. Love it lol.
Yes sir that caught my attention also. It’s so cool to see a guy find so much joy fishing andt passionate about it. I’m am so grateful to all have fishing as a stress relief for me😎
I know right,then you have those whacko people out there that complain your hurting the fish,they have feelings. To me,you made those monsters day especially putting them back for someone else to have fun
Finally someone who knows how to release a trophy fish. Tired of seeing them get thrown back in after a huge fight. Congratulations JJ. Bruiser 💪🏼
I love that part. As a kid I always got excited and messed up a lot of fish. To this day I wake up in a cold sweat thinking about them. This guy is great at what he does.
Just goes to show everyone, the bigguns bite in the later morning too! It's always fun to see your excitement Justin, keep 'em coming!
The joy you still have catching these fish is awesome!
Boy it never gets old watching these old videos how's the big flat heads
Oh Justin what a beautiful Flathead I love it when a hard-working man or a woman's plan comes together another epic fish brother thanks for sharing the moment with us. Tight lines and Big Cats my brother and much peace and love from northeast Texas 🤠
Fist pump + “YES!” = beast of a flathead
As a bass fisher man, and a new viewer, I was genuinely supprised when you called that first blue cat 'small' haha.
Yep. I was thinking the same thing
@@michaelschneider5654 same as me literally thanking The same thing
Well, blues are known to get upwards of 100lbs, same with flatheads.
That said, I'd love to get a 10-20 lbs cat.
I love early mornings where everything’s cooking....something about high pressure makes all game/fish really active 👍🏻
You’ve turned an avid bass fisherman into an active catfish content viewer
🤣 same!
Happened to me too
Thank gosh, I am not fond of bass fishing 😆. Just top water fishing
Same here 😆
Cat fishing is just like bass fishing, except for men 🤣🤣🤣 j/k
SO COOL that you catch these big boys and then release them back!!
Thanks for your videos, Justin. Though I'll never fish from a kayak, I get to live the thrill of catching those big cats through you!
Love how you use your hands to land these awesome fish! I have friends that use those mechanical grabbers and I feel like it takes the real interaction between man and fish out of the picture. Great fish brother!!
There's nothing like your chuckle when you land a big one! Congrats man
Did that flathead get the old 👊🏼action!!! Yes sir!!! Just going back and watching older videos!!! Keep dropping lines bud!!!
Genuinely enjoy these videos man. Thanks for putting in the extra work to bring us along. Fished bass tournaments as a younger man. Had all my tackle stolen about 10 years ago and I think I've maybe fished 5 times in the period. Having 5 or 6k in tackle stolen really discouraged me. You're giving me ideas.
you know what really gets to me about your vids, don't get me wrong i love the vids, it's the fish jumping behind you as you do your intros
Liking that volunteers hat man. Nothing better than that big orange pride
I am a kayak fisherman. I will retire in June and will be doing a lot of catfish in and carp fishing. My bucket list is a 20 lb cat and carp. Thanks for all your tips
It good to see you land a genuine Golley Whopper!!!! Great job that’s why I watch your videos to see action like that!!!!
Huge flathead catfish. Definetly a trophy. 🏆
FLATHEAD!!!!!! Man what a fish. Nothing like seeing someone get so excited doing what they love! I get just as excited watching lol 👍
Congrats! I'm from Minnesota and we love fishing too.
Thank you Justin that was one big flat head and also some nice blue's I can tell the excitement in your voice when you hooked that big boy congratulations to you. Keep on fishing and sharing your videos.
3:17 AM ,im Chicago...and i find this video...algorithm is working OT,love it
I love your videos. Just the right ratio of action to commentary. Good luck on your tourney!!
Oh my lord. That flat head was brilliant. What a fighter. You were chuffed to bits you could tell. Well done Justin.
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Back in the day, my stepdad and I would have loved to catch some of those throwbacks of yours. They would have been awesome to fry up for dinner. But that flat head...you caught grampa!!! Beautiful catch!
Leave the bigguns for breeding. They clearly have the strong genetics.
It was so exciting seeing you getting so excited !
justin watching your videos is the next best thing as being out on the water doing it yourself keep doin what you do thanks i am a big fan
Cut bait typically puts scent of blood in water and attracts them. Cut dried outside of beef blood works well as well because slowly puts blood scent in water. Chicken liver wrapped in cheese cloth also works well but usually for smaller cats.
Nothing better than a catfish landed !
Now that was a Niiiice fish, great job brother, Blessings to you and your family.
My goodness that is a beautiful fish I was on my toes with excitement waiting to see it great catch
Just subscribed. Realized quickly you have the same exact country accent everyone spoke where I grew up (North Alabama). I shed my accent after moving to a bigger City, but it always makes me happy to hear it still alive and well! Awesome channel my friend!
I was wondering about not using level line reels. Then I noticed how you guide the line with your thumb. Neat. 85 year old catfish chaser. Health now curtails me getting out much. 🐻
I know you don't use bluegill all that much but that stretch of the river all we use is bluegill and do fantastic and some quality fish up to 60lb. Can catch all the bluegill you want off of that rock wall . 1 to 2 foot deep as close as can get to the wall with beemoth and small crawlers. All the bait you want to catch ! Good luck and keep em coming!👍
My favorite moment was when you released him. Thank you for that.
Mine too. Thank you.
Mannnnn what a GREAT FLATHEAD YESSSS WE LOVE OUR FLATHEADS ! DONT KNOW WHAT IT IS BUT THE CATCH A MONSTER WITH BIG MOUTH IS THE ATTRACTION ! GREAT JOB DUDE
That's the biggest, prettiest catfish I have ever seen. Congrats. :-)
Fish were loving the bluegills today! Small fish but a bunch of them!
Are we just gonna ignore the fact that a fish surfaced right behind him during the intro 1:04
Yep he lied!!
Justin, The skipjack does it yet again. Nice WHOPPER of a fish!!!! Keep it up!! I enjoy your videos.
As always, another Catfish Kayak (mostly) of Justin doing what he does best...making folks jealous, and then...BAM a dang ol' Golley Whopper. Yeeeaa Haaawww!!!!!!!
Hold on Justin. Don't let it get the better of ya.🎣🎣🎣🎣🎣
Gotta love them flatheads so prehistoric monster looking
Most Cat fishermen would love to catch the “small” Blues you are getting.
for reals...his small blues are PB for me.
No doubt! After the last 2 years I've had.
Hell...ive never caught a blue or a flathead. Id take his dinks. Id have a heart attack if I caught some of his "fun sizers" and "gollywhoppers"
Yeah average size fir ne is 2 to 3 pounds. there are bigger in the lakes but no boat, an shore access is bad
I agree lol
Beautiful flat head, keep up the videos
That Flathead was a pure beauty.
All muscle 💪.
Nice job landing 'er
Another beautiful flathead man. I love the color on them in that area. Ive always been a die hard live bait guy. Been fishing with some cut these last several weeks and doing real good!
I just never really realized how much flatheads eat cut bait. Not sure if it will continue once the water warms up, but cut has definitely been out fishing live for me lately.
Justin, I'm a huge fan!! I watch every video!! Glad to see you catch a beast like that!! Keep up the good work, and thanks for the quality content!!
That was one heck of a fish brother had fun watching you well done glad to see him swim off thanx
One of my favorite fishing channels for sure.
Good things happen to good people. What a great video. Justin I thank you for getting this old man on the river. The prettiest fish in the river. From the couch in Ohio
Enjoy the video mr. Justin man that is one nice flat head really enjoyed watching you catch that fish my friend I would be excited too I'm glad for you take care of yourself your friend Billy Simmons
Unpopular opinion: I liked it better back in the day when you did your videos from the front camera only. Seeing your reaction when you have a big fish on the line is awesome
It was certainly a lot easier on me to film and edit back in those days too. The numbers don’t lie though. My views and watch time spiked when I switched to the chest cam so it is here to stay.
Wow! What a BEAST! Worth the wait! Whoo hoo!!!
Thank you for another great time
To un-stink your vehicle use lots of Baking Soda. Put it down liberally, and let it sit as long as possible. You can put some half-cut boxes of baking soda under the seats. Vacuum up and replace as needed.
That fish deserves to live for being so big. He must be the Grandaddy of all catfish..
Congrats Justin that was sure a beast. Totally awesome. Thanks for showing.
Beautiful big flathead! Way to go Justin!!!
"just a small blue cat" (pulls out a 10 pounder) 😂 this video was great! i just caught a 10 pound channel cat on a hot dog today and it was an awesome catch
10 lb channel is nice! 12 lb is my pb
Now that’s a huge flathead catfish! Congratulations!
Congratulations on another giant Flathead!!! I hope you catch many more!!!
Get a pool noodle and a mesh laundry bag. make a circle with the noodle and connect it Zip tie the bag to the noodle and instant live well. Just drop it off your kayak and the top floats with the noodle and you can put all the bait you want in it. I used this for mullet in FL all the time and works perfiect.
Skipjack are not a hardy fish. Fragile at best. A sizeable bait tank with very good aeration is a must to support them. Plus some bait saver chemical helps also.
What a beast Justin that flathead was awesome keep them coming
@Kayak Catfish Are you not able to take an image from the video to validate the fish size vs having to take photos separately?
Outstanding Flathead! Congrats!
Wow! A monster from the deep! Congratulations.
Heck yeah!! Keep it up Justin🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾
I love when start one of your videos and see the bump board out!
I thought for sure that live skipjack was gonna be the one that that TANK of a flathead hit. What a fish Justin! Great video as usual and congrats on that gorgeous fish.
I use live whole bluegill for flathead works every time small rainbow trout work awesome too
Go Vols! Love catching catfish. And trout.
That's one gorgeous flathead.
I am sitting in Bullhead City, Arizona and found this video. This dude is fishing where I grew up. He is off the point of 7-mile Island on the Tennessee River that runs between Sheffield and Florence, Alabama. Wow. How weird to see it on a video and know it right away. That islands was actually a mound surrounded by two streams before the TVA Dam system. Lots of old River and Cave dwelling Natives lived there centuries ago. It is the Singing River.
LOL - I live near Chickamauga lake and I would have sworn he was just upstream from the mouth of the Hiwassee River across from Eagle Bluff! After looking at his phone while he was checking the weather, I suspect he was fishing downstream of Ft Loudon dam on the head waters of Watts Bar lake. That area is known for monster Blues and Flat heads. The shore lines of the Tennessee River are pretty consistent from Knoxville all the way down to Pickwick dam. Rock bluffs and sloughs feeding into the main channel are common sights. Unless the guy lets us know, it will be tough to tell where he actually was.
Should be at 100k subscribers this month. Congratulations!
Nice catch man. Love watching and learning brother!
I could feel your excitement
Whooooo Hooooo!!! Nice Justin. I'm heading out this mornin. Local pond 1,2,3 pounders. But I'm OUT and that's all that matters!
You ever think... you're catching the same catfish? Love your channel by the way.
The rivers up here in MA are filled with Bullhead and Blue Cats that size - you've inspired me to try and find some!
That beautiful beast beats my PB 39" & is probably twice the weight. What a specimen.
Another nice flathead. My neighbor here caught a 37 pounder out of lake wylie. I didn't know we grew them like that
Monster.... congrats on that. Unfortunately we don't have fish like that here in Sacramento anymore. So many people take any and everything they catch. Awesome fish all day. Would give anything to fish like that. Keep it up man.
"Skip jack" here in Texas is a saltwater species. Is that more of a shad, shiner maybe?🤷♂️
Another fantastic day
Try using Sky Vector for best weather coming in. It is for aviators so it has to be accurate.
Too bad JJ can’t just call up and get a real deal flight weather report! Aviators are spoiled 😁
Happy catching any fish
You never know.....say that every time I go out...sometimes it happens but not always.....🏆this time a trophy fish👍
That's a hell of a Flathead. Congrats!
Nice flathead Justin way to go man be safe
How cool would it be if Justin got together with Spencer from river certified and went flathead fishing
Possibly the best fishing video on TH-cam!
They have a video together already. Sometime last year I believe
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I thought I knew where you were fishing at the beginning of the video, but then when you swung the camera around to the main channel it was not where I thought. I hooked a huge Flathead about that size on a jug while in a kayak a few years ago. I clipped the jug line on a cleat and was paddling back to shore for a picture; that fish banged and fought until he straighted our a 4/0 circle hook and swam off.
In Pa. You can have two poles in water only per person. Four can get pretty busy I would imagine
You crack me up. Just another small one. Those are nice fish to me. Wow.
Where do you get the mount that your fishfinder is on? The one going across the kayak
That's another top quality Flathead. Awesome catch. Bro keep em coming.
I live in PA and I use 5 to 9 inch live Bluegill on the Susquehanna river and just the other day I was using live 10 inch golden shiners and caught a 48.12LB flathead