big fish

[JHH]

Friend caught this on a bank line this morning. Weighed 55 lbs

 

[MistyMorning]

Friend caught this on a bank line this morning. Weighed 55 lbs

Scarey looking thang! Are you going to eat it?

 

[Jogeephus]

Nice fish.

 

[ga.prime]

Good rigging to land one that size 'cause that's a strong lamma jamma. Fingers cut from big flatheads like that are surprisingly good fried up.

 

[dieselbeef]

bet ya that was fight...nice..lotta dinners on that sucka

 

[JHH]

yes we are going to eat it

 

[houstoncutter]

Be sure and cut out the cheeks on the head....Best eating you have ever put in your mouth.....and yes my nothern friends those things are as tasty as walleye cheeks

 

[cfpinz]

Almost needed a bigger cooler!

 

[JSCATTLE]

Nice op. What did yall use for bait ? We bait out lines with mud cat. I'm not sure if yall have those where your from. Perch work well too. but they love mud cat .

 

[houstoncutter]

JSCATTLE you might want to check with TP&W on the mudcats....Purty sure they consider bullheads or polly wogs or mudcats a gamefish....of course what they dont know cant hurt em...lol

 

[gimpyrancher]

That's noodling size. That was fun for a while.

 

[JSCATTLE]

No they aren't game fish .there was a article in the 2005, April addition of tpwd magazine . By Chester Moore about using them for bait . I tried to put a link to it but I'm not that smart .

 

[houstoncutter]

Well thats good to know, they are good bait. Ive had great luck on Lake Livingston using yellow perch....the ones that look like a hybrid striper

 

[Fly-guy]

Wow, that is a nice fish! Lake or river?