3 Simple Rigs for Big Flathead Catfish
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- I prefer to keep rigs simple for flathead catfish. These 3 are what I use the majority of the time, (except at night where this is my favorite goo.gl/apr2g1). I hope this helps you catch some giants!
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This was exactly what I wanted to see! Thanks for sharing your rig set up with us. Tight lines bro!
Glad you found it!
I am a new subscriber this is one of your best videos I absolutely love the knowledge that you pass over to the strugglers out there like myself
Enjoying the videos. I’ve been catching more flatheads over the last two years and I am losing a lot of fish on circle hooks. I think the reason you explained is why. I’m about to change my hooks! Thanks for the vid.
Hope it helps. Blues are tough to hook on J hooks, but flatheads seem to be the opposite. Good luck man!
Trying these rigs out this week.Great info!! Thanks bro!
Rig 3 I use all the time, great rig.
Thanks for the information.
Just so you know, I'm proud to be part of the 🐀 pack. Love the videos.
Thanks Spencer
Makes my day reading that! Glad you enjoy all the videos man!
Great stuff as always, cant wait to hit the river with you again soon.
Great video man can't wait to try these rigs.
I hope they help!
I fish a shallow lake in Ohio normally float fish for flatties but they are spawning now and I think ur 3 way swivel rig with the short leader might be the answer for the heavy cover great video Ty for sharing. Good luck and hope u keep catching them Hawgs. got a tourney this week hoping to land a Hawg.
I agree with your use of jhooks. The majority of the time the hook glides along the palate and sets in the corner of the mouth anyway. A really simple way to keep your live bait on the hook is to slice a small cross section of rubber worm and after hooking your bait, hook the piece of rubber worm down past the barb. What happens is in current, the barb hogs the hook hole out allowing the bait to wiggle off. The small piece of rubber prevents this ensuring that your bait stays on all night.
Billy Rotenkrotch great idea! I will definitely be doing this in the future!
Big jig head for thick cover. (Slaps forehead) so simple yet so effective. I lost alot of tackle fishing log jams last year. And the rattle thingy...awesom!
I've thought about jigs, I just don't have a mold for them and the big ones are really expensive compared to just losing a hook. Thanks for watching!
Very good. I like the first rig and also have used the Linder rig for years.
You got a one minute jurassic park jeep commercial at the beginning by the way. Way to go👍
They are definitely classics! Thanks for watching!
I've been subbed for awhile and I haven't seen this video yet. Glad it popped up. With it being so cold out I've been trying for Burbot and I think I might try one of these rigs rather than standard sliding sinker I usually do. Thanks for the info!
Awesome man. Really hope it helps!
Another thing I've found really helpful is the improved paternoster rig when fishing gills in deep cover. It's like a big dropshot and if you use 4 oz no snags with a 20 lb leader in conjunction with three way swivel if you break off your sinker, you can just clip another one on. The float on the rig keeps your bait up off the bottom keeping the gills from knitting a sweater around a stump.
Billy Rotenkrotch I'm a big fan myself. czcams.com/video/Yq9CtwrY7hA/video.html
This is one of my favorite videos. Ive watched it 3 times lol..thanks for the tips
I'm just glad it helps!
Love the channel and got some great info. Iv found that when using a slip weight rigg, pull up on pole to take up slack as soon as bait hits the water, maybe reel a couple times. This will keep your leader line length more consistent. Tips 👍
That's a solid tip man. Thanks!
Nice shirts. Good info. Anything I find out about flatheads always helpful 👍
Peeling Drag Catfishing glad you like them! The shirts are definitely helpful for catching flatheads too!
River Certified I heard that lol
Great video, pal! I can't wait to try out the versa rattle.
Thank you! I always have at least one rod with them out.
Great video as usual !
It Guy thanks man! Really appreciate it!
Great tips! Thanks for sharing! Pretty sure I got to get a shirt soon. Tight lines!
County Line Outdoors glad you liked it! I think you would enjoy the guaranteed fish catching ability those shirts bring!
River Certified LOL! 👍
Nice video, we're coming into the fall and winter months so getting ready for some river fishing. Thanks for the different rigs Especially the 3rd one. On the MS River and always looking for new ways to NOT get snagged. Have an awesome day. Thanks _Scott
Jealous you have the MS river to fish! Awesome catfishery! I hope the rigs work for you and thank you for watching! Have a good one!
Nice riggin!💯💪👊LET'S GO!!!
No idea why I never replied. Haven't seen you comment for a while. Hope all is well!
I just commend about making this and then I see this hahah, YOU’RE AWESOME
CZcams recommendations must be getting creepy good haha
Sweet video! ill be sure to use these while catfishing on MN river this summer!
Everything Outdoors MN the Minnesota is an awesome river! Hope you catch a giant!
River Certified will do!
You can use old braid or the inner strands of para cord to make your own bobber stops. I use them to help me retain my terminal tackle in case of a break off. Just tie them right above your swivel or hook using a uni knot. I prefer the strands of para cord, I keep some on a spool of sewing thread.
I used to do that, then I got lazy haha
Great info bro! Tight lines
Scotty Hill thanks man!
Well done man! thanks for the info!
Sure thing. Sorry for not replying!
Awesome vid!💯💪👊LET'S GO!!!
Thanks man!
Very useful information. I live in Nebraska and fish the salt valley lakes I know there's giants in these lakes I will definitely use this information to my advantage. And if I catch one I will be sure to let you know.
That would be great Phil. Good luck!
@@RiverCertified also been trying for a while to get over to Iowa and see what size fish y'all have over there. I see that the lakes and most of the parks are pretty clean wish I could say the same for my state.
I'm better it's a lot of the same man to be honest. I get plenty of exercise picking up trash myself.
Really helpful 👍 just ordered some tackle from whisker seeker that you mentioned in there, def will try out those rigs.
Awesome dude. Hope you catch the hell outta them!
@@RiverCertified thanks!
Nice vid I like the 3rd one, think i'm going to use that jig head style on the Fox R. in Green Bay
Hope it treats you well man.
Great info. Thanks.
Nice, I’ve been curious about those versa rattles. Chavez uses them too, fishing for blues. Must admit I was surprised to see the J hook, but your logic does seem sound. Good stuff here.
EatnLunch Fishing thanks! I slept well knowing I had your approval.
Thanks for sharing! I'm on point now!
Glad it helped!
Fantastic Video I Really Enjoyed This 1
Glad you like it Elstan!
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You're the man Elstan! It will bring you lots of catfish!
Great video!
max6henry thanks dude!
Great vid.
To not lose the weight on your last rig, add a bead right below the weight, then a dacron bobber stop below that. Not sure how well this would work, but as long as the weight doesn't over-power the dacron bobber stop (or put more than one dacron bobber stop!) then if the line broke right at the hook's knot itself (that's often then case) then you might salvage the weight.
Dale D. That sir is genius! Really appreciate the tip!
Glad you like that idea. Keep producing vids. I added this to one of my catfish playlists.
To get technical, some bead/DACRON-stop combinations (usually when I just wing-it, and don't use a commercial tandem bead/bobber-stop combination), don't work perfectly as when your bead gets pushed up real HARD to the dacron bobber-stop the dacron bobber stop actually goes **THROUGH** the bead - not good - your weight will then come off! So putting a RUBBER bobber-stop BETWEEN the bead and the dacron-bobber-stop always works for me. Dacron bobber stops seem to "hold" on the line much more than those rubber-bobber-stops, so you can't JUST use the rubber-stops, you need one or probably two DACRON stops to assure that the heavy weight won't just pull off. But experiment.
Dale D. I'll definitely be playing around with this idea. I have some small beads that might work too. Thanks man!
Dogs are good at sniffing out cats....so take Woody fishing for "cats" with you? :-)
but what about the hook? if hook got snag on rocks or dead wood below, or even stupid rubbish stuck on the bottom, what should I do?
That helped me a bunch..... another something in my catfishing war chest.
Great video! Look at you mentioning Otis toad Smith! He was my dad's buddy.
Thank you Jim! I love reading Stange's articles about Toad and Zacker. The video's with Stange and Toad are great too. I need to keep bringing them up. It would be a shame for their legacy to slide by the wayside.
Loved watching Toad & Stang myself, use to always read their catfishing articles from the 90's in the In-Fisherman magazine.
Thanks for sharing
Sweet vid.
Thanks dude!
Buddy. This video is great. I’ve wondered as out those rattling Whisker seekers you use. I’ve got the chrome and red ones. Ill half to try the first one. You put way more beads then I use lol
Cat Daddy Fishin they all get the job done. I'm gonna experiment more for wipers with the chrome ones!
River Certified I’m actually goin to do that as well pulling it behind a launcher. I’m watching the “River Monsters” with that Jeremy guy. He’s in Florida hunting monster blue and Flathead. Original air date is 4-1-12 episode 34 if you can find it
Had to watch this again
Thanks dude!
2 simple interchangeable bottom riggs & a dropper rigg. Easy!!
Wes Lovelace I like easy! Haha
Hey man. New subscriber here. Would love to see your bobber setup for flatheads during the night.
I have a video of it in my tips and tricks playlist on my channel. I'll make another video once the flatheads wake up tho!
I used the zero rig in a creek with chicken liver on it and caught a blue catfish. Line snapped right as I was pulling him in though. I got a good enough look at him to know it was a blue
Sounds like you got to enjoy the fight! I think that's the best part anyway. Thanks for watching!
The last one, in a shallow spot, 2 or 3 foot deep. Try with a split shot or very small sinker. Hold tip of rod under water and let bait drift under log jams. Keep line tween thumb and forefinger and you will feel them pick it up as you are letting line out.
This presents a more natural way of bait coming to them.
That sounds deadly... I'll definitely be giving that a try! The first rig I bump into cover, which is a similar strategy to what you're talking about. Feeling them hit is a cool feeling! Thanks man!
Dam I wish you let this out 3 years ago one reason I stopped using the system was the PIA with the plunger. Thank you will alter mine
Just glad I could help! Thanks for watching!
Good vid.
Thanks Dale!
Nice rigs. Its crazy how everybody’s rigs are a little different. I have some cool rigs too, i think, but i need to catch something decent before i show them. Which is hard around chicago
I haven't heard much good about Chicago catfishing
Those folks Who say Your line is to heavy ,Your leader is to short .If they feel any pull they will spit it out .Have no problem using nylon cord with a big circle hook tied to a limb with a big sinker and a bream or crawdad as bait
Smart staying away from the circle hooks. The circle hooks do facilitate catch and release though -especially if a person tends to let the fish swallow the bait for a long time.
Dale D. No waiting. The fish I want has the hook in it's mouth right away anyway. Set and go.
You brought up the fact that with a fixed sinker rig, live bait can pop off. During warmer weather fishing (spring through fall really) how long, in your opinion, should you leave a bait out before checking it and recasting? I always worry especially at night that my bait flew off the hook when casting and I'm sitting there with an empty hook lol.
If I'm not getting bites, I always check every ten minutes or so, but sometimes that feels to impatient.
I’m not an expert but I’ve had baits get taken after 30 minutes
You have been a busy man. After going through everyone of your links I have decided that you have been very busy after we last talked about what company to use to make shirts. So what company did you choose?
I’m all over eBay and man I want em as long as you got em and I’m about to just snap. Snap ha. Lmao. I’m about to snap if I can’t find my SNAPS!!
What size crane swivel???.man spencer you got me thinking about flatheads everyday now...lol gonna try and use your rigs and order some wst sliders
Haha welcome to my world. THey're either #1 or 1/0 crane swivels. Good luck!
Great video
Thanks Toby!
Like the shirt too alsome
@@tobysherrard8375 Thanks Toby! I got em for sale at www.rivercertified.com/apparel if you are ever interested in ordering one.
10/0 is the best hook to use. I have lost Big fish with smaller but caught small fish with a 10/0. A 3 pound Flat can swallow a 10/0 easy.
Bill Briscoe that's true, but I just try to match the hook to the bait size and unfortunately I can't always get a bait big enough for a 10/0 hook.
River Certified 4/0 is my go to big or small catfish it’s hard to beat but get a good brand of circle hooks or it’ll break but a cheap eagle claw circle sea hook brought in a 34 pound flat so no need for a big hook
Spencer! Love you're videos. When I cant get out fishing, I'm always watching them. Was wondering where you got those fish family posters??? Thanks.
Thanks Jared, really glad ou do! I got em from the DNR
For the last one can u use it for shore fishing. Or should I put a few more beads on it
You can use all of then from shore
Do u still use the same set up in ur vid I know it’s on old one but any new tip and hacks like line u like and reals on ur set ups
I'm just not sold on versa rattles. I have a good friend that fishes exclusively with versa but see just as many fish if not more and bigger fish caught without them. I know they are cheap but it just seems like a gimmick to me. Thoughts?
Andy Merget I totally get what you are saying. I never put a rattle on every single line I have out, unless that's the only bait getting hit. Then I put a rattle on all of them. Sometimes they want the rattle, sometimes they don't care. It just never hurts to try something a little different. Really appreciate you watching! I really enjoy discussion like this!
What about the Kentucky rig or Carolina rig don't you think those are much more simpler than these rigs you mentioned? And if you cut corners with the Kentucky rig on the loop for the hookset it's way much more simpler.
What do you consider a carolina rig? My definition is a sliding sinker above a swivel, then a leader and a hook, which is the second rig. I don't have much experience using a Kentucky rig, but plan on using it more next year.
On the slip sinker rig i will pinch two BBS about 6" from the swivel. The first rig you showed i like to tie a piece of 6-8lb test with a simple over hand loop or even use a rubber band. That way if it snags it breaks off easily. Also whats up with everyone using float with rattles. I havent been fishing for flatheads in years and started up again a few weeks ago and noticed everyone is using floats with rattles in it now.
Thats a good rig too. It's fun that there are so many ways to accomplish the same thing.
I get like 20+ blues at this one spot I go to in IL but I'm always looking for new ways to rig them ....
Nice! Hopefully they help!
Another question! How do these bullheads get in my local ponds owners Tell me they never stocked them when built. At every pond they are in!
There eggs sometimes get attached to duck feathers, and they get moved around when the ducks move around. Same with green sunfish.
Fish Eggs cling on birds feet as they fly and land pond to pond. The birds she'd them in different waterways.
I see the cubs hat. You in IL?
I gave up bass fishing bc this channel
I will chalk that up to a major success 😁
Are you still running the same set up
Wish I had all those rods #jealous
Haha I feel pretty fortunate. Thanks for watching!
How big are your snap clips? Like the poundage on em?
Not sure on the poundage, but they are 1/0 sized swivels. Here's the link. I purchased the clips separate. www.ebay.com/i/173040798649?chn=ps&fl=a
River Certified not the swivel. The snap
Your snap is off your sinker slide isn’t it? I could just take them off my sinker slides if I needed em I guess
Gotcha. They're #8 220 lb snaps.
River Certified now we are talking!!!!
This cold weather has got me down but I got trout to “help” pass”!the time. When I catch one I’m like. Bait. That’s the size of my bait. This sucks. That’s bait. But it’s illegal to use them as bait so I think of them as chubs and bluegill until it’s time. Just joking. But I do love a good plate of trout to fight over with my boys.
How do you find your bullheads for bait?
What size are your 3-way swivels that you are using?
I believe 1/0,#1 sized
What size wieght clips
Please sir
What size is your crane swivel?
A 1/0 I believe.
What ott is your crane swivel?
I usually use #1 or 1/0 sized ones. Thanks for watching!
What size crane swivel and snap are you using?
I believe 1/0 or #1. They should be linked in the video description.
I clicked the link in the description and theres no crane swivel or snaps. I will check online for the 1/0 size. Thanks!
Where did u get those fish posters
Tyler Brown I'm a teacher. I'm part of FISH! Iowa and was given them as part of the program.
River Certified very nice. A long time ago my nature center gave out little stickers and cards kinda like football cards for the fish. Look very similar to the type of those posters
Tyler Brown gotta love taking advantage of the resources offered. I have a set just like you are talking.
What the name of the Orange Fishing Rod
Sorry I missed your comment! Those are Whiskerseeker rods.
Best knot for line to hook?
No knot snell for me
If u ever want a real challenge, not like those silly bass angler challenges, come try to catch a good flathead out of chicago. Thats a true challenge :)
i_fish is there any water that has them?
Both the Fox River and the Chain-of-Lakes have big flatheads - not because I believe people's mouth's , but because every year we have a local newspaper article with a 40-50 pounder. But I've tried to find them and all I have to date is one 5 pounder. Here is a couple of articles:
www.nwherald.com/2016/05/18/sarley-fox-river-catfish-fish-of-a-lifetime-for-lith-fisherman/auxaltz/
www.nwherald.com/2017/06/16/fishing-massive-flathead-catfish-caught-on-fox-river/aq8bi9q/
I've heard good things about the Fox. Good luck on it dude!
i_fish i fish the fox by Montgomery and catch lots of 10lb. My buddy caught a nice 22 lb there as well. When the flatheads arnt biting we have a couple poles set up with corn and catch lots of 15 lb carp
I have caught hundreds of carp on Fox, as u can see on my channel. Never a 15 lb. Do u have a video of 15 lb carp on Fox?
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Tried beads and versa rattle
How did it work for you? The pic isn't showing up for me.
Where’d yah get the rod holder at?
Cat Daddy Fishin what rod holders?
River Certified rod rack or whatever in the background
Whats the size of the hook?
I like 10/0s the best
Spencer u ever gut hook the fish
As far as flatheads go, I've gut hooked 4 in my life. 2 were on circles. 2 on Js.
What size of clip is that? #8?
ColeKam pretty sure it's a 6. When I accidentally get the ones that are too small, I just bend them to fit around the sinker.
River Certified I ordered some a few years ago. I don’t recall the size but thought they were large based on the pound rating. They were tiny, I still haven’t found a use for them.
ColeKam yeah I just checked. Pretty sure they're #6 105 lb rating.
Hey spencer like to have a shirt like that but I’m a poor ol country boy right at this moment but hopefully not for long if you send me one I will proudly wear it and all the olboys and gals I know I will tell them where they can get them god bless
I know the feeling. I'm broke myself (burning too much gas fishing). If I ever start rolling in the dough, I'll send one your way!
ya bro. I hate circle hook's. my recommended was gonna make me watch this btw
Joe Ellis glad I'm not the only one! That's kinda cool CZcams is starting to push my videos a little bit.
King Kale is my favorite.
Joe Ellis those are sweet hooks too! I've had success with them, especially for blues and channels.
+River Certified hey when you fish a sand bar at night with your friends and they are using circle hook's do they catch more fish than you. mine do but when I fish brush piles I insult there there fishing ability.
Joe Ellis circle hooks is the was to go for catfish I miss about 2 out of 40 fish so that’s that 😂
For catfish of any kind there's no there's no reason not to use a circle hook
Ok.... wise guy....do exactly the same but brackish too saltwater..... bottom fish rigs .....and jughead action .....ur best rigs ...I'm dieing here fishing everywhere around me in 100mi radius....help river certified....and get me and you #salt certified... challenge.....I'm still trying..lol
Dude, catch some mullet and bomb it in the surf. Thats exciting when you never know what will eat it
@@RiverCertified ok...I'm get me a cast net this weekend and DO just that.....I'll update ya let you see the debockel I create smh lol
what about the other 10%
Derek Wilson right here dude! czcams.com/video/Yq9CtwrY7hA/video.html
I need the clip. I need the clip. High ho a dairy oh I need the clip
There is no reason to use a Rattle
love the shirt But hate the hat... WHITE SOX
Haha thanks man. Unfortunately it doesn't look like Chicago will have much representation this year in the playoffs. Not sure who I'm gonna be rooting for now.
His shirts pretty cool but don't listen to his advice
😆😆😆agreed
Too fancy for a place where the hook gets stuck all the time….
Fair point. I guess it just depends on how much you believe the extras make.a difference.
Omg😂😂 this is more a sales post than anything😂😂. Never use a swivel or beads or leader..thats just a gimmick😒. Hope you sell your "gimmick" so you don't get fired😂😂
I suppose technically all you need is a hook. Use what you think think is the best. Perception is a powerful thing.
Hey man Im loosing my rattles all the time can I put them above my swivel so when I break off they dont go with my leader and hooks