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Does any body know a fish farm or fisherie that will sell flathead catfish? I live in cetral Texas please shoot me a Email-jasondeemiller@yahoo.com
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broncofan:
There are current no suppliers ANY WHERE that sale Flatheads. I sould know first hand because when I started this hobby, I NEVER found any any where. The alternitive for a large forocious preditor the blue cat....Or, if you just HAVE to have flatheads you have to catch them wild...
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Blue cats are the only ones you can buy.
Fight'n Texas aggie class of 09!
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Blues are Great for Alternative "Large Fierce Predetor"
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"Born to fish, Forced to work!"
2.3 acre, 1.5 acre, 1 acre , .5acre (bgill only)
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That Noodeling is some crazy sh*t!
I simply do not have the stones to even try that sport.
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Yes I have bought all the Videos on this...the funnest is the Mississippi Hand grabers....I wish they would come out with another video...
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yeah those fools are nuts~..
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Around here it's called grabbling. I honestly don't know if it's legal.
Grabbling snapping turtles is popular here. I helped my brother clean 40+ snappers one friday night that were taken by grabbling! Had turtle stew, soup, & fried turtle at a wild game cookout the next eve.
Turtles are awfully good to eat!
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Yea what made these guy so funny was the fact that they really could not act very well....
How do you grappel for Snapping turtles?? without getting bit.
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Channel Cat & Flathead & Buffalo
Description: Mississippi river fish available live or whole and must be picked up in Illinois near the Iowa line ..will be ready on late Feb as soon as the ice opens up..Bigfish3147@yahoo.com if you would like more info,,
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There is a very good article in the In-Fisherman Feburary 2005 magazine about flathead catfish management. Flathead catfish - "freight trains of freshwater".
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Is the Feb 2005 Magazine out yet??? It is now just January......
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Would flathead catfish do good my 13acre texas lake that is about 8-10 feet deep with lots of carp and crappie as a forage base?
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One thing people must understand. Most everything done with a pond is "give and take." If you add flathead catfish, don't expect them to be selective what they eat. They eat what they can get...and they are aggressive. Define your goals, then make a plan to get there. If you are trying to rid the lake of carp, and are looking at flatheads....probably not the best choice. If you want flatheads and happen to have carp, maybe a better choice. Yet, if your ultimate goal is to have a balanced bass/bluegill fishery, then neither carp or flatheads fit the bill. In that case, stocking flatheads is a poor trade off.
Now, with that said, no one sells flathead catfish anyway. In Texas, they are considered a game fish.
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I think If your lucky enough to create a flathead pond, expect it to be only that, a flat head pond, and give bg to feed on. I don`t think I`ll ever find fingerlings, but if I could it would be just a flathead pond and it`s bg forage!
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