My Favorite Bait for Flatheads PAYS off Big

oh again he just took a run of his ripped the rod out of my hand holy crap guys this is this is a freaking monster all right guys Ken and I are out on the Ohio River down in uh the pike Island Pole the water's finally starting to cool down a little bit we still have zero current um have a feeling these fish are gonna be biting though so stick around for the action Ken do you have any parting words for these guys you work their butts off for bait today hopefully it pays off yeah stick around guys I have a feeling big fish are going to hit the deck of the boat all right guys we're running all Moon night tonight this bait for us seems to be the best warm water bait for these flatheads um the water temps mid to Upper 70s and low 80s in the summer here noon eye just seems to out fish everything for us so when we're able to get it in these warm months of the year we get it and it usually pays off shad's kind of like our spring and fall thing and when the moon and I aren't running or we can't catch them she adds another good alternative which is a good all-around bait we Shad for us spring and fall is usually Primo here you go look at that look at that that was a sweet takedown [Laughter] oh this is Greg yeah when we talk about a nice slow typical big Flathead takedown that's that's kind of what uh what we're looking for what we're talking about right there it's almost slow motion then what can the camera's been on seven minutes and we did some talking and look at my counter 88 back yeah 88 back all right once you work them up a little closer can maybe try to get them around that giant 75 foot drips is he coming okay I did throw that right next to you so I get so there's a medium heavy hellcats Ken the action of those Hellcat rods guys the medium heavy is similar to the medium of the big Cafe they run a little a little lighter which is could be a good thing you get around the seven foot drift socket good pretty good fish too I'm just gonna cross this one here we didn't even get the net out Ken oh crap I think we need a nut we're gonna need it all right I might have a real one guys this is this is spotting Numero Uno it's always a good thing when this happens I missed that live action but the camera got it sweet all right hold on one second I start the night yeah very nice start everybody all right fish number one going back man hopefully they keep biting for us this might be a good night stuck nice job Joe it's like the only one I couldn't really see out of my vision all right guys we moved up to spot number two here I've been here too long yeah just a few minutes and the moon I had got swallowed here I'm gonna go get the net Joe foreign right over strong he's not big you know I can tell he's not too heavy but he's pulling hard y fish a little rowdy flatty look at him digging down all right JoJo number five number five all right we'll get another one guys right here foreign I just wrapped up my other one oh wow there he is okay twins unless the fish is taking that in Ken oh look at him fighting me it's a nice little double all right guys they're double going back you're biting tonight man this might turn into a really good night here we just need to find some Giants here guys [Music] yep amazing a couple more you should come your way dude all right we have the old Hellcat bent over you feel decent yeah probably going to be our best fish of the night so far [Music] nice specimen look at this big hole that's like an old string at home all right all right guys we're gonna pull them in here and try to find another spot not too far from where we're at the drink I'm gonna try to fish some rock cover we've been fishing up on some wood we can caption them but we're just we're gonna try something different go a little deeper at fishing Raw okay couldn't have been any more patient with that one bro tell me there he goes and oh dude come on buddy he hasn't turned yet that's a big fish yeah this was a big fish this is the one this is a nice one he's under that one yep he's still not turn he's still like pointed up there getting this out of their way that's all right that's all right that wasn't awesome yes it was I have a feeling we're in for an epic battle here yeah my drag's pretty tight too I tightened them all down it just took a run of his ripped the rod out of my hand fish a little bit [Music] this is gonna be a good one I'm watching your back just in case another rug goes that run was amazing but he'd get into my number three yeah yeah a quicker and freeishable aerial just in case well don't cause you to lose them this one here yeah just in case he's still on the bottom yeah he's in it he's definitely in it he's got some weight to it foreign this is the one I want the one we want vertical swimming up the river oh my god dude let me turn his head back towards you you're gonna get one shot at this holy dude oh my God that's a freaking tank dude holy crap dude it's a big boy that run I run like that I'm like this dude has to be freaking huge here oh my God holy crap guys this is this is a freaking monster oh God where do you see this fish here we go oh holy I need help this is wow oh my god dude oh go down kill down holy sh crap that is a monster that's the biggest flathead I've ever seen in my life all right we're gonna get the hook and get the net cleared here we'll be right holy I have a feeling he's gonna eat me [Laughter] okay go ahead and grab him I gotta I gotta call the wife or something come on Joe you brought this it's they're a whole different level when they're this big all right hell no that's just gonna piss him off more I'll just keep them in the goddamn Livewell forever Ken he's mean all right oh my God I should have never put him in there with all the aerators seriously scared to pick him up he just ate my the side of my live voice he's gonna sink the boat oh I got something for him oh yeah you wool bath hey this is what's best for the fish I don't want to stress them I don't want to get the fish stressed my old big old this is this is the proper way to do this folks it's not that I'm scared to pick them up or anything like that um if you guys have been following the channel for long enough you know fish health and and stuff is a top priority so I don't want to pick them up and just manhandle them and stress them out so we're going to try to flip them right in the Wasteland do you think they bought that Ken or you live from other on my shopping that's it oh monster all right guys he's going back thank you so much big fella congratulations Joe great fish thank you thank you for helping me get him in the boat helping me catch the bait and catch them anytime man monster flathead this is the best part guys watching them swim away somebody else is gonna have a chance to catch this fish when he's over 60. fish this size where we fish this is it like a unicorn like they you know they're not built like this I can tell you that um we've been we put in thousands of hours and you know we don't get too many like this look at that fish man congratulations he's about ready but I'm gonna give it another little bit just kind of enjoy it man give me that sucker that's when all these hours are catching bait and you know going out here and having tough nights on the river like this it makes it all worth it when you get one like this you ready big girl [Applause] that is awesome it's gonna do it for this trip the fog kind of threw us off the river and cut our night a little bit short but we had like 10 foot visibility it was getting real sketchy there's barges moving around and we're kind of half asleep so we uh we pulled them in early for the night but we had a good night caught a bunch of fish caught a giant fish I don't know you got anything to add it was a good night even though it got cut short I think we could have got some more [Music] safety first man yeah Safety First it's not it's there ain't no fish out there worth trashing a boat or dying over so I don't think we're gonna top that one fish tonight anyway so we made the right goal we had a good night thank you guys for watching subscribe to the channel we'll see you next week [Music] that's a giant [Music]

Channel: Hammer-Down Catfishing With Joe Granata

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Published: Thu Jan 05 2023