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Flathead from Bartlett

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Caught this flathead at Bartlett this morning on a chatter bait, my scale only went up to 20 pounds, how much do you think this thing weighs, this is the first flathead I've ever caught 

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I let it go, I wish I had a scale that went that high, I'm guessing it had to be at least 40 lbs it was heavy, when I tossed it back it was like someone doing a cannon ball off the boat, it splashed all of us. I was jigging that chatter bait off the bottom when I hooked into it, I told my son to get the net, after a minute I told him it has to be a catfish because they don't have bass in Bartlett this big, after a few minutes it showed itself for a second before making a big run, when I saw it I said you might as well put the net down it ain't big enough ha ha. I've never seen a mouth on a fish that big, my chatter bait looked tiny in there, it was an awesome experience.

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2 hours ago, lefty said:

I let it go, I wish I had a scale that went that high, I'm guessing it had to be at least 40 lbs it was heavy, when I tossed it back it was like someone doing a cannon ball off the boat, it splashed all of us. I was jigging that chatter bait off the bottom when I hooked into it, I told my son to get the net, after a minute I told him it has to be a catfish because they don't have bass in Bartlett this big, after a few minutes it showed itself for a second before making a big run, when I saw it I said you might as well put the net down it ain't big enough ha ha. I've never seen a mouth on a fish that big, my chatter bait looked tiny in there, it was an awesome experience.

 

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