This Was The Last Thing I Expected To Catch In This Community Pond (20 lb Beast)
I threw some cutbait into a community pond expecting to catch some channel catfish. I hooked something huge and quickly realized I had something much bigger than expected. It turned out to be my biggest fish of 2024 and it was living in a tiny pond.
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Wow that is a sweet suprise! Nice video!
Another banger!! Dude! I did not know that pond had flatheads! Awesome video!
Thanks, someone probably threw a baby one in from the river a long time ago. Or maybe a few of them who knows.
@@BackroadsAngling Yeah, maybe 🤔
Stealthy fish. Hook setter must work well preventing it to swallow the hook. Its a Tank indeed. 🙏🎣
The hooksetter worked pretty good on this day but if I'm going to be using it for flathead catfish I definitely need more powerful springs! This guy over powered the hooksetter and very nearly took my rod out of the holder. Thank you!
Great video! Too bad the Hawks lost, but it was a heck of a year for them! That really was an epic catch, nice Flatty!
Thanks, that was a tough game but what a season! These neighborhood ponds can have some real surprises!
Awesome cats. Looks like the one has a rectal prolapse. It usually happens when the fish fights really hard, pressure from spawning or bad eating habits like eating to many freshwater mussels or clams. The flathead was a nice surprise for sure.
I hope they can recover from a rectal prolapse. My guess is that they can't. In hind sight I probably should have eaten that fish even though it probably wouldn't have tasted great. The flathead was an exciting catch! Thank you!
Awesome giant flathead. That one with the... "protrusion." Gross. LOL
Thanks! I think the channel with the intestines coming out maybe did that because I hooked it kind of deep. Hopefully they can go back into the body!
Sorry about your Iowa Women's BB team. So close. I have a hard time walking away from a hot bite! Great stuff, and love my new BA shirt!
Sorry this comment got sorted into a different place. Just now seeing it. The womens bball team had a good run. SC was just too loaded - they deserved to win it. Ya, it's so hard to walk away. It seems I'm finding myself in that position a lot lately. Thanks for buying a shirt and for watching!
Good
Thank you!
I got Chiggers (I think) at this pond, was miserably itchy for a week and swore to never go back, you may have changed my mind.
Chiggers are no joke. You better go with the long pants and DEET!
Do you know the history of this pond? It looks like a catch basin for an industrial park area.
It's a drainage for a small creek that comes from the neighborhoods surrounding. There are some commercial buildings but I wouldn't call it an industrial basin.
I think its a boy
😂