It broke my heart when you let those flat heads go lol one of my favorites to catch, and definitely my favorite to eat! Best eating in the river! Great video!
It's very cool that you read every comment and answer most of them. You're the only youtuber I know that do that. A+ for you man!!! Have a nice weekend, and the best fishing!
I like your accent , i have a friend who lives in Ohio is that far from Chigamunga dam ? I'm origanaly from the centre of london not far from Big Ben , I've been in Australia ( Brisbane ) for 43 years . Love the vids .👍
awesome video! i catch alot of channels, but never a flathead...yet. we dont have much of a population around my area. hoping this year to finally get one. as always, love your videos!
I'd like to see you get some catfish on lures. I get all my catfish on lures, they are so much fun. Oops, I just saw you have a video link at the end, I'll have to check it out. Nice work.
charts cats, may I ask what river you're fishing here? I don't wanna know particular honey holes. just general direction as it were? thank you! tight lines..
I was watching you guys yesterday live on FB! Nice flatheads!! I got to say though, skips aren't giant fish but they are fun. Those things are turbocharged for sure!
The corner rod set-up is pretty nice. It looks sturdy. I'm envious of the skippy catching abilities. I can find catfish out there on the TN River, but those suckers are still a challenge. We rise to the level of our incompetence, and catching skivvies consistently is my incompetence level...LOL!! That looks like an excellent flathead bite, was that in May? Great show as always pal....I enjoy being subscribed.
Thanks, Dieter! Yes this was a couple of weeks ago. Skipjack are plentiful down here. You can catch them on foley spoons, marabou jigs, and sabiki rigs. I appreciate your support. I watch your vids too. Keep up the great work! Hope we can fish together some time soon. Tight lines!
Be sure to keep us updated on how the bite goes through the "spawn lull" and when it starts to pick up. I will do the same on "this side of the hill" and we can compare notes on when the fishing gets good!! With some luck and timing I look forward to fishing with you later this summer!
Mike...this is not poaching. Just because someone else was fishing in this spot does not mean no one else can. The guy I was fishing with in this video has been fishing these waters for the past 5 years or so...so make sure you know the full story before posting such a comment...
Chatt Cats Fishing There aren't any "No trespassing. Steve's property" signs anywhere, right??? That river is public and you can go fishing to any place you like, even if it's your first time or your #1000... No one have "exclusive spots".
hey what's funny is I was the one who put that black bird there I pulled it out of the water and big fan love to go fishing with ya I fish at nickajack all the time
Flatheads bite strange don't they? I was fishing at a Spillway once and i was holding my bait caster with one hand and talking to my dad at the time about the Stripers acting like bluegill just "tap tap tap" set the and pulls 3 feet of line out of you're reel! But What happened was that when i was talking i just sopped in the middle of my sentence because something didn't feel right my line just... dropped i look it was low then started moving away set the hook and did not move, thought i had a snag so pulled trying to break off then IT pulled against me and it was alive and did not like me with only 14 LB Mono it 10-15 minutes to pull this Flathead in mainly because #1 my gear wasn't ready 2# The fish got stuck on the underwater wall in the Spill and wouldn't move 3# when the fish came off the wall it B-Lined straight for the basket in the water! I told my dad to pull the basket out, when he did it rolled all over my 14 LB test coming up the wall. But the fish itself was 18 LB, 34 IN. pushing the limts of my bait caster that i Custom made, But works fine for it being 9 years old.
hey with the Carolina rig in fast current do you let it hit the bottom for skip jack or as soon as it hits the water do you start to real and can you use fresh water drum for bait or comely know as sheep head up north in Illinois the reason why I am asking is because I fish the Illinois river a lot and the biggest cat I got so far is a 10 lbs channel I'm trying for big flat head any advice you can give me
Hey Colton! I let the sinker hit the bottom. I'm not sure if you can use drum for bait. Check your state's regulations on that. If you are going for flatheads use live bait (i.e. bluegill, sunfish, shad) or fresh cut bait. Fish near downed trees, bridges, and creek mouths. Good luck and tight lines!
I gave you a thumbs down because. We on the Missouri river never throw back a blue or flathead that large. we eat what we catch. Geez a mid 30's flathead my wife would be making me sleep on the floor for releaseing a fish that large.
There's nothing wrong with releasing a fish to fight another day. I think it's best to release all catfish over 10-15 lbs; that way, it protects the trophy catfishing and preserves the gene pool in our rivers. The state of TN requires only one catfish over 34" to be harvested per day for that specific purpose. If you want to take catfish home to eat, I think it's best to get catfish under 10 lbs. Thanks for watching!
awesome video Joe I never knew flathead's go for cut bait every time I watch your video's I learn something new thanks for the info fish on
Hey Dale. Flatheads will eat cut bait as long as it is FRESH. Thanks for watching! Tight lines!
OH DAD....Awesome y'all...I will be looking for part 2 for sure.....
OH DAD!
Another great video. Makes my river look like a creek.
Thanks!
Ty has a new rod holder configuration? Nice! OHH DAD!!
Yeah it's a nice setup!
I'm so damn envious I can't wait til the CF Conference....ITS ON !!!
I'm looking forward to it!
Chatt Cats Fishing Me too
Skipjacks and cats!! Nice video and action!!
Thanks!
Very nice upload man. That huge skipjack started it all off for you. Couple of hawg flatheads to boot. Nice action thanks for sharing.
It was a fun day!
finally a fish i like to see.
It broke my heart when you let those flat heads go lol one of my favorites to catch, and definitely my favorite to eat! Best eating in the river! Great video!
Thanks!
another great video and those were some nice flatheads joe tight lines
Thanks, James! Hope all is well your way!
Breaks my heart lettin a big ole flatty go awesome eatin great video man i enjoy your channel
The big ones always get released. Thanks for watching!
I'd loving catching them skipjacks too
It never gets old.
Seems more fun catching bait than the actual fish you're looking... But fishing bait and cats the same day? Wow! I really would like that!
It is fun!
It's very cool that you read every comment and answer most of them. You're the only youtuber I know that do that. A+ for you man!!! Have a nice weekend, and the best fishing!
Thanks for the support! Tight lines!
Love your videos I never miss one🤙
Thanks, Derek!
wow i like those Flathead ,awesome video 🎣🐟🐋👍
Thanks, Peter!
I like your accent , i have a friend who lives in Ohio is that far from Chigamunga dam ? I'm origanaly from the centre of london not far from Big Ben , I've been in Australia ( Brisbane ) for 43 years . Love the vids .👍
great vids man, keep up the amazing work
Thanks for the support, Cameron!
2:00 fish on
FISH ON!
awesome video! i catch alot of channels, but never a flathead...yet. we dont have much of a population around my area. hoping this year to finally get one. as always, love your videos!
Hope you get one soon. They are a blast to catch. Tight lines and FISH ON!
I'd like to see you get some catfish on lures. I get all my catfish on lures, they are so much fun. Oops, I just saw you have a video link at the end, I'll have to check it out. Nice work.
Andy's Fishing thats possible?
It sure is! I have caught them on hard boddies, spinner baits, flies, soft plastics and even gummy worms fished as soft plastics (in my last video).
Andy's Fishing awesome
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charts cats, may I ask what river you're fishing here? I don't wanna know particular honey holes. just general direction as it were? thank you! tight lines..
You earned a new subcriber!
Nice! Keep up the good work.
Thanks, Ida!
I was watching you guys yesterday live on FB! Nice flatheads!! I got to say though, skips aren't giant fish but they are fun. Those things are turbocharged for sure!
I agree! That's why we call them "Tennessee Tarpon"
Chatt Cats Fishing They really look like tarpon.
Nice video keep up the good work!
heck I could stay there catching them all day catching them lol
They are a fun fish to catch!
Joe congrats on 20k I am proud to say that I was hear wheb you were at 1k.
Thanks for the support.
Myles C
Chatt Cats Fishing.
Nice cats brother. I wish we had cats that big in California. but I'll settle for the 30lbs to 300lbs white sturgeon we got out here. keep on fishing.
Thanks, Jose! I need to catch a sturgeon...awesome fighters from what I hear.
Chatt Cats Fishing Yes they are great fighters and the big ones can spool you out too.
nice video Joe , tight lines brother.
Thanks! Tight lines, bro!
The corner rod set-up is pretty nice. It looks sturdy. I'm envious of the skippy catching abilities. I can find catfish out there on the TN River, but those suckers are still a challenge. We rise to the level of our incompetence, and catching skivvies consistently is my incompetence level...LOL!! That looks like an excellent flathead bite, was that in May? Great show as always pal....I enjoy being subscribed.
Thanks, Dieter! Yes this was a couple of weeks ago. Skipjack are plentiful down here. You can catch them on foley spoons, marabou jigs, and sabiki rigs. I appreciate your support. I watch your vids too. Keep up the great work! Hope we can fish together some time soon. Tight lines!
Be sure to keep us updated on how the bite goes through the "spawn lull" and when it starts to pick up. I will do the same on "this side of the hill" and we can compare notes on when the fishing gets good!! With some luck and timing I look forward to fishing with you later this summer!
Steve Douglas was fishing in that exact same spot a couple of days ago.
Lucky 530 they are poaching steves spot.
Lucky 530 seriously? this is my home water.
Mike...this is not poaching. Just because someone else was fishing in this spot does not mean no one else can. The guy I was fishing with in this video has been fishing these waters for the past 5 years or so...so make sure you know the full story before posting such a comment...
Chatt Cats Fishing There aren't any "No trespassing. Steve's property" signs anywhere, right??? That river is public and you can go fishing to any place you like, even if it's your first time or your #1000... No one have "exclusive spots".
Chatt Cats Fishing.... even looks like the same flathead in Steve video.
great flatheads man, kinda looked like burns island or the mouth of sequatchie
Thanks for watching. Tight lines!
fish on brutha!
Fish on!
Nice boat
Should let the big skip go even if they're for bait and there are so many of them its just the best thing to do in my opinion.
I was fishing on the other side of that dam last weekend
Awesome! It's an awesome fishery.
nice video!!👍😉
Thanks, Miguel!
Has anyone thought, what if those gates opened 🙈
freakin awesome
Nice vid
Good job man
hey what's funny is I was the one who put that black bird there I pulled it out of the water and big fan love to go fishing with ya I fish at nickajack all the time
It's a great place to fish! Very beautiful out there too.
yay
yes it would be
that fish u caught was actually a bull shark! watch the video again.
Oh they did not see that part
nICE CATS
Thanks man!
Fish on
FISH ON!!
thumbnail looked like ol catfish had a bag of cocaine in his mouth there for a second, jokes aside noce video manee
LOL!
but was there a fish on
the best cutbait for catfish are ribbon fish
skipjack shad or tuna?
Flatheads bite strange don't they?
I was fishing at a Spillway once and i was holding my bait caster with one hand and talking to my dad at the time about the Stripers acting like bluegill just "tap tap tap" set the and pulls 3 feet of line out of you're reel!
But What happened was that when i was talking i just sopped in the middle of my sentence because something didn't feel right my line just... dropped i look it was low then started moving away set the hook and did not move, thought i had a snag so pulled trying to break off then IT pulled against me and it was alive and did not like me with only 14 LB Mono it 10-15 minutes to pull this Flathead in mainly because #1 my gear wasn't ready 2# The fish got stuck on the underwater wall in the Spill and wouldn't move 3# when the fish came off the wall it B-Lined straight for the basket in the water!
I told my dad to pull the basket out, when he did it rolled all over my 14 LB test coming up the wall.
But the fish itself was 18 LB, 34 IN. pushing the limts of my bait caster that i Custom made, But works fine for it being 9 years old.
Nice fish!
the only reason I clicked this video is because I thought the fish was laying on legos in the thumpnail
LOL!
do you guys use a fish finder when u go out on the water? I go catfish and never catch squat!
Yes! Fish finders help, especially knowing depth, geography, etc. Keep fishing and you'll get one soon. Tight lines!
thanks, one day I'll be able to yell " fish oonnn. fish on!!" nice video .
Does water temp change what I should use for bait? Like using live or cut bait
It really depends. Experiment with both. Cut bait works better in high current. Live bait works better in low current.
You should try to catch a cat fish by fly fishing
That would be awesome!
What's the little white thing your using to catch the shad???
foley spoon
hey with the Carolina rig in fast current do you let it hit the bottom for skip jack or as soon as it hits the water do you start to real and can you use fresh water drum for bait or comely know as sheep head up north in Illinois the reason why I am asking is because I fish the Illinois river a lot and the biggest cat I got so far is a 10 lbs channel I'm trying for big flat head any advice you can give me
Hey Colton! I let the sinker hit the bottom. I'm not sure if you can use drum for bait. Check your state's regulations on that. If you are going for flatheads use live bait (i.e. bluegill, sunfish, shad) or fresh cut bait. Fish near downed trees, bridges, and creek mouths. Good luck and tight lines!
Thanks for the info much appreciated
Colton Jordan sheephead work well for catfish. You need a really sharp knife tho. They are really bony and it makes them tough to cut up.
Are those the silver cat magnum rods by BnM?
Yes.
I thought so, I have three of them right now and I love them, will definitely be adding a few more soon.
"FISH ON"
FISH ON!
Hey man what type of hook do you recommend for catching big blue catfish?
I use Team Catfish circle hooks
@@ChattCats thanks really appreciate it man. Your channel is awesome!!
remember me
I live in kville where should I go fishing for catfish near here?
Try one of the TVA dams (i.e. Watts Bar, Fort Loudoun)
Chatt Cats Fishing thank you keep up the good work
where did you catch that flat head
Guntersville Lake
when are you going to do a giveaway.
Soon! :-)
try fishing in Arizona at night it's were I caught my 45 pound catfish
That's a nice fish!
lindsay tillema what lake were you at I live here in az
what is that fish i like it
It's a flathead catfish. Thanks for watching.
a big catfish
Indeed.
Why do you let them go
I typically catch, photo, release the bigger catfish. Too much heavy meatls and PCB's in some of those fish.
looks like 29 pounds. that first flatty
What reels are you guys using?
Okuma Classic XT CLX 300L
Brother
I caught a 20 pound catfish
Awesome. Nice catch!
💯💪👊
use live skipjack
I'll have to try that.
What reels do you use
Okuma Classic XT 300L
Catches fish at 7:59 or 8:03
Buy a scale and quit guessing the weight!
Nice fish, but why go through all the work and throw em back? I'd be putting them in the freezer!!
I typically release the bigger ones back.
first to comment and like
Nice!
good video, please stop with the fish on
Thanks for watching, Mark!
its inhuman to let a fish suffocate. kill the bait fish first before you put it in the white box
What's ur instagrahn
ChattCatsFishing
I gave you a thumbs down because. We on the Missouri river never throw back a blue or flathead that large. we eat what we catch. Geez a mid 30's flathead my wife would be making me sleep on the floor for releaseing a fish that large.
There's nothing wrong with releasing a fish to fight another day. I think it's best to release all catfish over 10-15 lbs; that way, it protects the trophy catfishing and preserves the gene pool in our rivers. The state of TN requires only one catfish over 34" to be harvested per day for that specific purpose. If you want to take catfish home to eat, I think it's best to get catfish under 10 lbs. Thanks for watching!
mannnn!!! mannnn!!! please work on ur vocabulary stop saying the same thing. But u are a decent fisherman.
That was a good day of fishing!
Nice vid
Thanks, Jesse!