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Chris Emmite
8/22/2014 1:23:27 AM

Need some advice here guys. I'm taking a trip with the family for a long weekend in early October to the Guadalupe river staying at the pin on the map. We are renting a house on the river just south if the dam. I was wanting to target some flat heads. Any advice on spots, baits, methods? Will the fishing be any good in front of the house? I was thinkin about setting out some jugs.

Catch Details

Flathead Catfish
Guadalupe River

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    1. SeaLevelApparel 0
      Plenty of Guadalupe bass to be caught, may luck into a rainbow though. Not too many larger catfish right below the dam but they are around! Good luck
    2. beastyboy 0
      Shit bro that's one badass spot
    3. jacob jacob 0
      No problem
    4. Chris Emmite 0
      @lovemore thanks bro.
    5. jacob jacob 0
      And of course mustad circle hooks...i use 14/0
    6. jacob jacob 0
      The best bait is always live perch (or dead if you cant keep them live)
    7. Chris Skinner 0
      No problem bud, just had to wait till I was off work to answer lol, hopefully you get into some action!
    8. Chris Emmite 0
      @Cowboy713 some really good advice there. Thanks for taking the time to reply. I'll give it a shot! I'm going to bring a little bit of everything to see ...more what's out there. Thanks again.
    9. garrett weiss 0
      try finding structure if not cast rods deeper and shallow and in between.
    10. Chris Skinner 0
      If you find yourself with a bit more freedom let me know and I can give you some more spots to hit
    11. Chris Skinner 0
      But if you can make it up to the base of the dam and wade over to the side with the closed flood gate, there's always some LMB and Guaddie bass along with carp ...more and gar sitting back in that slack water
    12. Chris Skinner 0
      Section of the river but they are few and far between these days, if you want any tips on any of these species in this area just let me know. I know you mentioned ...more your restricted on where you can fish
    13. Chris Skinner 0
      Due to the cold water temps, they will take inline spinners and small cranks just like bass and sunnies will, but are more probable on fly gear. That said, there ...more are also a few striper left in this
    14. Chris Skinner 0
      Area, all willing to take live or artificials, spotted and long nose gar are present as well and should be easy enough to find, @MulletHead is also correct, you ...more may luck into one of the holdover trout
    15. Chris Skinner 0
      The heat of the summer, and the fish take advantage of the warmth in the cold water, there should be some cats around, channels, blues, and flatties, there are also ...more LMB, SMB, and guaddies, in this
    16. Chris Skinner 0
      Pretty darn cold year round (comes out of the bottom of canyon lake, this is why the trout can survive there) problem is this can also make the fishing a bit tricky ...more in the cold, good thing is it is
    17. Chris Skinner 0
      Well bud, I've got some good news and some not quite so good news, @mredus8 is right the river can get PACKED in the day time, HOWEVER, where your going to be ...more is so far up stream that the water is
    18. mredus8 0
      If your able to even get access to the water to fish. Only fish the river at night. There's to many people on it during the day this time of year on river road
    19. Texas_Slam 0
      Put out a bottom rod with some dead stuff clickers on,drag set and just chill.
    20. Chris Emmite 0
      @just_justin thanks man I'll give that a try too
    21. just_justin 0
      @LostBoysOutdoors
    22. just_justin 0
      I catch flatheads on chicken liver all the time up here... Try that out on a size 8 circle hook
    23. Swamp Mafia 0
      @Cowboy713 may be able to tell you some spots. I have not fished that part of the river so I just go back to the basics and that has worked well for me. Good luck!
    24. Chris Emmite 0
      @SwampMafia nice. Thanks for the advice. I'll let you know how it goes.
    25. Swamp Mafia 0
      The flatheads will go looking for the sunfish, so I fish where I find sunfish. Structure is a great place to start. If you fish deeper try to find a steep drop off, ...more with a shallow flat.
    26. Chris Emmite 0
      @SwampMafia so if the sunfish are in shallow I should fish for the flatheads shallow too? Or should I look for some deeper spots in the river?
    27. Swamp Mafia 0
      6-8+ inch sunfish work great for the big ones. I like to trim the fins so they don't drag my gear around. Circle hooks are great for this.
    28. Swamp Mafia 0
      #8-#10 cricket hook and some worm, try shallow. When you find the sunfish, you have found the place to fish for flatheads come night fall.
    29. Chris Emmite 0
      @garrettjweiss thanks for the info. I was planning on using live and cut sunfish too. I'm hoping there will be some cats hangin around near the house.
    30. Chris Emmite 0
      @MulletHead nice. I plan on bringing bass and panfish gear too. It would be cool to get into some trout. Since this is a family trip I'll be limited to fishing ...more out of the yak near the house.
    31. cole_agouridis 0
      @SwampMafia
    32. garrett weiss 0
      Heads work good but we don't have many of them here.
    33. garrett weiss 0
      For flathead always live bait I use live bait. I use live blue gill 3-6 inches on 8/0 circle hook on jugs and rods. You can also use green sunfish. Those are my ...more 2 favorite baits up here. I heard bull
    34. Gabe Mitchell 0
      @Cowboy713 is our resident expert. Pretty sure you're near some solid trout country too
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