Post Spawn Flathead Catfish

Big flatheads are exhausted from the flathead spawning season and dont feel like chasing big baits.

Post spawn flathead catfish. Get out there and get em. You will have the last few females to spawn and males that are thin and beat up from spawning. Flatheads spawn at 66 to 75 degrees.

Post spawn blue catfishing also offers some excellent angling opportunities as well. During the spawn you may have to work through the turtles as the fish are up shallower. Post-spawn yellow perch can also be encountered when fishing below the spawning.

This video is about how to catch flathead catfish durning the spawn or how to fish for spawning catfish. The most dominant males larger often spawn more than once and are extremely thin. Aug 08 2009 There are two very interesting flathead tracking studies that were done at well known universities that provde a wealth of understanding about post-spawn flatheads.

The eggs of channel catfish are large 2430 mm or 01 inches in diameter very adhesive and usually laid in a. He finds many of his best catfish locations in holes roughly 13 to 14 feet deep with sunken timber providing added cover. Aug 05 2015 The post spawn bite seems to have started.

Females start laying their eggs at water temperatures above 21C 70F. Flathead catfish are eaten by alligators water snakes turtles larger fish and humans. It prefers to eat live fish over dead.

Dec 21 2018 Catfish are found in lakes and rivers all over the US. The post spawn bite seems to have started. Through the summer the catfish and Im mostly referring to blue cats but this tactic will catch plenty of bigger channels as well as the occasional flathead too but the blues are in post spawn so theyre going to be dropping back into deeper water and theyll start to get hungry again to build back strength he said.