So I take my neighbor fishing with me and we are fishing plastic worms and catching a few bass along up a creek channel. I had kept offering him one of bass reels, but he said no. He was happy with his {Zebco 33 with 10lb Trilene line}. So I start to hit the trolling motor and I heard him say "there he is" So I watch him for a minute and see his Rhino Rod is bent double and his reel drag is screaming, so I grab the net. This fight lasted for about 20 minutes in which the boat did i don't know how many circles" while we waited for this fish to surface. When it finally  come to the surface.  I threw the net down and said "this ain't going to happen" so I jumped down and bear hugged this fish and got it in the boat. when I got back to the trolling motor, I was so disoriented from the boat going in circles that I started trolling the wrong direction. LoL; I was completely turned around. According to his bathroom scale sitting on gravel it weighed 38lbs.  It sure seemed bigger as it took up the whole live well in my tracker boat.  Needless to say I have a new fishing buddy! This was last fall.

Edited February 24, 20188 yr by scottyboy
This was last fall.

Congrats! That's a hefty little kitty  

I'd love to catch a big cat like that. Never caught caught any cats over 10lbs and they put up a heck of a fight. Could only imagine a 40 or 50 pound class fish.

Nice flathead. I'd have guessed mid to high 30's, so that's probably about right for that fish on the scale. I love catching flatheads, have caught several large ones fishing for bass and used to target them often. This one was on a jig and in the low 40's for size reference.

Wow, Nice flathead. Yeah that poundage should be about correct then according to yours. Congrats 

19 minutes ago, scottyboy said:

Wow, Nice flathead. Yeah that poundage should be about correct then according to yours. Congrats 

Thanks. We don't grow much big in Kansas, but flatheads are one of the things we do right, including the world record.

Thats a thumper. wow how much did that weigh?

Impressive fish, even more so caught on a Zebco.

On 2/25/2018 at 5:55 PM, scottyboy said:

Thats a thumper. wow how much did that weigh?

123 pounds from Elk City Reservoir in Kansas on a Zebco and 12lb test while he was crappie fishing.