Not exactly hot but a few getting caught now. I got one this morning I thought was a male with some of that good belly fat. Nope. Full of eggs. Going back out this evening. Grandson caught a real decent flathead. 35 pounds? Had to release it. Snagged flat heads have to be released. He was not happy about that.

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This is what I think of when I hear Spoonbill

Grandsons flathead



I didnt take a picture of the one this morning

Does this help?

Best eating fish in the river to me.

Maybe but if you take them out of the river I would rather eat that green crap the comes out of a possums anus.

Thanks! I don’t think we have them down here. Swamp might know better than I though.

Spoonbill tastes fine, but I've never tried the green stuff...I will take your word on it.

Congratulations

Nice day. Love to catch flathead great eating. Never ate spoonbill heard they are good. Nice picture of the smiling mallard

I've caught a couple in south Louisiana in hoop nets back in the day.

Todays fish. At my 2 for the day. Waiting on grandsons to finish

Paddlefish are very mediocre table fare in my opinion.
WAY better eating fish out there.
Now that flat is close to the top of the list!!!!!

I may be biased but Coldwater walleye, bluegill, perch or crappie are tough to beat. A nice young guy John something brought some halibut to the MTA summer convention in Hibbing probably 15 years ago or so. That was by FAR the finest eating fish I have ever tasted.

Spoonbill are fun to snag.

I don't care for eating them.
I didn't go this year,but I always saved some back to give to people wanting a bag of fish.

Been spoiled on crappie,walleyes and bluegills.

Soon to be spoonbill oil

Danny what do you do with the oil? Probably a dumb question. This is my biggest so far 85 pounds

trap with it arcticotter

I don't care to eat them and I know how to clean them. Back when the coon market was good and the river was right my son and his buddies snagged a bunch of them. They are the best bait in a pocket there is. Put a chunk of it in the back of a pocket on the river and you can see the oil oozing out of it in the water. Coon love it.