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    Default Re: Portable Live well advice

    Quote Originally Posted by Malek_Nyghtson[COLOR=#3b3835
    ;71372[/COLOR]]not really worried bout carrying it planning on making a cart for it with big sand wheels the places I access the susky at are not very big so it will be set it where I can and go from there. so far the best bait I have found for flathead catfish are actually bullhead catfish I hook them behind the dorsal fin with an 6/0 - 12/0 team catfish circle hook tos him out and flip the lever on my baitrunner the flatties cannot resist them. i have been told suckers are related to carp and here in pa it is illegal to use anything in the "goldfish" family for bait (ie goldfish, carp, koi, etc) the oxygenator I will not be wasting my money on I research the crap out of everything before I make a purchase and according to this guy http://www.slideshare.net/raminlandf...ffective-is-it who ran it through its paces testing the water every 10 minutes I will not be trying it out. " Portable Oxygenator Test Results Recirculation produced substantially more oxygen than the oxygenator and raised oxygen level to near saturation in 10 minutes. Using the Oxygenator together with recirculation increased oxygen by only 3.8% over recirculation only." which is one of the reasons I am looking for a system that will recirculate the water without having to worry about all the fish debris clogging it up . my biggest flathead ever was caught down in Oklahoma during a thunderstorm I was fishing for trout using a ultra light and 4lb test right as the storm popped up I started reeling it in to get out of there and it fell like a full speed mac truck hit my line dang near ripped the pole out of my hand 3 and a half hours later on slowly reeling and flipping the bail when he wanted to run i finally landed a 64 lb 5 oz flathead and yes I was soaked straight through for that fish. here in pa the biggest I have caught thus far was just a lil 24 pounder

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    Quote Originally Posted by Malek_Nyghtson
    not really worried bout carrying it planning on making a cart for it with big sand wheels.

    the places I access the susky at are not very big so it will be set it where I can and go from there.

    so far the best bait I have found for flathead catfish are actually bullhead catfish I hook them behind the dorsal fin with an 6/0 - 12/0 team catfish circle hook toss him out and flip the lever on my baitrunner the flatties cannot resist them. i have been told suckers are related to carp and here in pa it is illegal to use anything in the "goldfish" family for bait (ie goldfish, carp, koi, etc)
    Quote Originally Posted by Malek_Nyghtson
    the oxygenator I will not be wasting my money on I research the crap out of everything before I make a purchase and according to this guyhttp://www.slideshare.net/raminlandf...ffective-is-it who ran it through its paces testing the water every 10 minutes I will not be trying it out. " Portable Oxygenator Test Results Recirculation produced substantially more oxygen than the oxygenator and raised oxygen level to near saturation in 10 minutes. Using the Oxygenator together with recirculation increased oxygen by only 3.8% over recirculation only." which is one of the reasons I am looking for a system that will recirculate the water without having to worry about all the fish debris clogging it up . .

    my biggest flathead ever was caught down in Oklahoma during a thunderstorm I was fishing for trout using a ultra light and 4lb test right as the storm popped up I started reeling it in to get out of there and it fell like a full speed mac truck hit my line dang near ripped the pole out of my hand 3 and a half hours later on slowly reeling and flipping the bail when he wanted to run i finally landed a 64 lb 5 oz flathead and yes I was soaked straight through for that fish.

    here in pa the biggest I have caught thus far was just a lil 24 pounder





    I have not had a chance to review many posts here lately but I think I have a good sense on reading people, before I get to meet them, from the things they write about, and their style of writing......
    Although jigfreak was busting my balls he is probably right....my responses are usually multi paragraph, and at times at least a page long....

    Quote Originally Posted by Malek_Nyghtson View Post
    so can I actually I have been trying to limit myself and stay on track of what I was typing I have been told my thoughts are hard to follow at times lol




    I tried to learn from the feedback I was given over the years...and now try to break down any long paragraphs I type, into smaller paragraphs, starting a new paragraph with each new idea.....

    **I have taken the liberty of doing that with your latest post above, with spacing and paragraph breaks......see how different it looks....maybe you want to give that a try.....

    Best of luck to you and look forward to seeing more posts about your obsession to hunt for bigger and bigger catfish...

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    Default Re: Portable Live well advice

    Quote Originally Posted by Malek_Nyghtson View Post
    i spend many hours researching what may work better than what I have been using to target the fish I love to catch
    That's the spirit. Welcome to stripers and anglers malek. A 64lb flathead on 4lb test is an almost impossible feat. Like dark said you should submit for a record next time that is a great catch.

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    Default Re: Portable Live well advice

    Welcome malek. You mentioned the Susky so I assume you fish out of the Philly area?
    Do you only fish for catfish or do you fish the salt as well?

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    Default Re: Portable Live well advice

    Hello there and welcome

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    Default Re: Portable Live well advice

    Welcome to the nuthouse Malek. Your stories of big cats whetted my appetite. Hope to see more.

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