Originally Posted by threebag02 (Post 12837157)

Critical error would be mono

Originally Posted by mr. tegu (Post 12837116)

It sounds like maybe the critical error you made might have been not to re tie the line after those first fish, if in fact you did not do that. You really have to cut about a foot or two off at least and then make a fresh knot on the hook. That line goes under a lot stress from the weight, friction of the fish's mouth, twisting around, and likely scraping against rocks or other debree while fighting those fish.

Originally Posted by loochy (Post 12837091)

So, what will you different next time? Were there knicks in your line? Was your line old? Did it break at the knot? Did you not have the drag set properly?

Originally Posted by BDj23 (Post 12837164)

I lost lots of fish down there last summer with 30lb braid. There is too much rebar, metal, concrete and rocks down there to use braid successfully. It frays on everything.

Originally Posted by BDj23 (Post 12837167)

You're probably right tbh, i never really considered that. I'm new to targeting Blue and Flathead exclusively, so I'm learning by the mistakes i make.

Unfortunately, this mistake just happened to be on what i believe would have been the fish of my life.

Originally Posted by BDj23 (Post 12837058)

Decided to take the day off and head down to the Kaw this morning. Went out yesterday and had no luck for hours, not one single bite.

Hit the Perry outlet for shad, i caught about 60 in one cast of my net. One toss for more bait than i needed all day. Amazing.

About 45 minutes into fishing something smashes an 8" shad i had on a circle hook. 20 minute or so fight and i pull in a blue cat about 30lbs. New personal best fish. Great morning so far.

Bait and recast, and hook a nice channel about 7 or 8 lbs.

About 20 minutes or so after i get my line back in the water i feel a flight bite and then nothing. I notice my line is slowly moving up stream where the water kind of swirls and i start to reel it in. I think I'm snagged for about 1 minute until the snag starts fighting back. I have a Rippin Lips 8ft heavy rod, Abu Garcia c7000 reel and 50lb mono. This is the fish I've been waiting my entire life to catch. Unfortunately, after a 30 minute battle Mr. Flathead won. He broke my line.

I've never felt a fish like that on the end of my line. I've never broken my personal best, and left disappointed until today. It had to have been a flathead or blue cat over 50lbs. That 30lber i caught earlier didn't fight like that.

I thought i had everything i needed to land that fish, but luck didn't smile upon me at that moment.

I'm still sad.

Originally Posted by Easy 6 (Post 12837407)

Damn man, that story is getting me all excited... gonna break out my heavy gear this weekend and hope for that much fun

How do you target blues and flatheads exclusively, just use live bait?

Originally Posted by raybec 4 (Post 12837477)

The wife and I caught 42 keeper size crappie yesterday at our "secret spot". We let em all go but we did keep a couple of channels we got into.

Originally Posted by Dunit35 (Post 12837495)

Nice stories. Makes me want to leave work and catch some fish.

I've never been crappie fishing. Only caught one in my life.

Originally Posted by threebag02 (Post 12837719)

6 bass yesterday
13 bass this evening.


Hoola Hoppers made it a short trip.


Transported them to a buddies pond down the road.

Same pond I will be hunting later this year...