I dont think its a matter of numbers, Matt. Unlike blues and channels, flathead dont travel in schools. They are predominently solitary fish and very nomadic. My dad supplimented his inclome rather well selling river run cats. We had over 1000 hooks in the water at all times, crossing the river on trotlines up and down the Calcasieu River. We'd follow the schools up and down, and hardly ever caught a flathead, primarily I think because they dont haunt the same areas.

Flats prefer stiller water, with less current. If my dad wanted to catch a flathead, he'd set special line for them in the backs of bays and bait strictly with live bait, usually, BH or BG.

The reasoning is sound that you dont catch near as many flatheads is because they just aren't there in the same numbers as BC or CC.

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