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Post by gotmehooked on Oct 1, 2011 10:54:33 GMT -5
If you guys are bank fishing a new spot how many nights do you try it before you give up on it; knowing all the factors that affect catching a trophy flat such as time of year, water temp,bait, etc..
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Post by Catfishrollo on Oct 1, 2011 13:07:23 GMT -5
If it has all the qualities of being a good flathead spot, I don't give up on it. Some spots produce more fish than others. Other spots produce less fish, but better fish. They might only be good during certain conditions, but you learn to pattern them according to season, water levels, temp. etc. It's fishing! LOL. No guarentees! But, a few bad nights fishing a new spot, doesn't prove it to be worthless in my opinion.... rollo
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Post by Seanstone on Oct 2, 2011 22:37:05 GMT -5
I agree. We have found a few spots by moving from spot to spot spending 1 night at each but it doesn't happen often. I have heard from others that a flathead eats one out of every three nights, so as a general rule of thumb if you fish a spot three nights in a row and don't catch a fish move to another.("HEARD" doesn't mean I believe necessarily) We have got lucky a few times and had success on the first trip, then the second, third, and then nothing. We found a spot last fall that produced over a flathead per trip. I believe it was 7 trips and 8 flatheads. Average weight was in the mid teens. Since last fall we have spent 150 hours with 0 flatheads. It may have been a fall bite at that particular spot, but we haven't been back since July of this year. It just goes to show that its not always as simple as jumping from one spot to another until you find them.
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Post by gotmehooked on Oct 3, 2011 17:40:06 GMT -5
well said, I'm also guilty of fishing a spot catching a flathead and returning time and time again hoping to catch a monster. Never turns out that way but who knows I might someday.
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Post by booshwacka on Oct 3, 2011 18:14:50 GMT -5
Bank fishing is little tougher since we dont have a graph to look at bottom structure.
Im with rollo...if im confident a fish is there...ill wait him out. And ill get him
If i catch a turtle though...im moving...my grandpa told me that so i live by it cause of his word. Just my .02
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