Caught a Flathead Catfish on Upper Tennesse River using a hands

A photo of EthanKitter99's catch

Caught By

EthanKitter99
3/20/2014 3:04:50 AM

Here is a monster that I caught with my bare hands and I couldn't tell if it was a flathead or a bullhead

Catch Details

	Species	Flathead Catfish
	Waterway	Upper Tennesse River
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	Lure/Bait	hands
	Visible to	Everyone

Comments
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1. Mar 20, 2014 TennesseeTroutboy 0
  Probably a bullhead or madtom because they go towards the surface more than flatties @EthanKitter99
2. Mar 20, 2014 EthanKitter99 0
  No we were on the river and he swam to the top of the water and I got him @TennesseeTroutboy
3. Mar 20, 2014 Nuzzo 0
  Maybe one day u can get him when he is 70 lbs
4. Mar 20, 2014 TennesseeTroutboy 0
  Did you get it out of a creek? @EthanKitter99
5. Mar 20, 2014 EthanKitter99 0
  It's a catfish not a tadpole @jake11
6. Mar 20, 2014 Nolan Yeager 0
  Looks like a flathead
7. Mar 20, 2014 Jake Kerkhoff 0
  that's a tadpole madtom
8. Mar 20, 2014 Lucas McQuiston 0
  That is awesome. Crazy they grow so big.
9. Mar 20, 2014 Swamp Mafia 0
  Baby bullheads are much shorter when they are that thick. Flatheads have mouths, double plus the size of a bullhead. Very cool catch. I have a blert of one about ...more the same size!
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