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Watch for North Texas Catfish Guide Service on The Lady on The Lake Televison Show with Bonita Staples on Comcast Cable for Trophy Catfishing.

Watch For North Texas Catfish Guide Service on Fox Sports Southwest - Toyota Trucks Southwest Outdoors Report with Barry Stokes for episodes on Trophy Catfishing and Cormorant Catfishing in Texas. Watch for future episodes of Barry Stokes Toyota Truck Outdoors report on Fox Sports Southwest for more episodes with North Texas Catfish Guide Service.

Listen for Weekly Fishing Reports on the Texas Fishing and Outdoors Show with Brian Hughes on the Texas State Radio Network, or KRLD 1080 AM in the Dallas Ft Worth area.

North Texas Catfish Guide Service featured in Texas Fish and Game Magazine Jug Fishing for Texas Blue Catfish.

North Texas Catfish Guide Service Featured in Texas Fish and Game Magazine article titled "Cash Cats - Catfish Tournaments in Texas".

North Texas Catfish Guide Service Featured in In-Fisherman's Catfish Insider Catfish Guide Magazine 2006 in the Catfishing Hotspots Section for Texas Best Catfishing Locations.

North Texas Catfish Guide service featured in Texas Fish and Game Magazine in the Magazine Article titled "Big Blues - Fishing for Texas Trophy Catfish".

North Texas Catfish Guide Service featured in the 2004 In-Fisherman Catfish Insider - Catfish Guide in the Article titled Beyond Basic Juglines. Building Juglines for Catfish Fishing. Jug Fishing for Catfish.

North Texas Catfish Guide Service does frequent seminars in North Texas on Catfishing for Blue Catfish, Bass Pro Shops Outdoor World is a regular stop for our Texas Catfishing Seminars. Keep a close eye on our website and Bass Pro Shops seminar schedule for more information on Texas Catfishing Seminars from North Texas Catfish Guide Service.

NORTH TEXAS CATFISH GUIDE SERVICE

TEXAS FLATHEAD CATFISH FISHING GUIDE

North Texas Catfish Guide Service offers guided fishing trips for Flathead Catfish during the months of May, June, July and August,

Flathead Catfish fishing trips are done at night typically starting around 7:00 PM and fishing into the night. Flathead Catfish (also called yellow catfish) are targeted with rod and reel using live bait.

North Texas Catfish Guide Service has been very successful in the past targeting Flathead Catfish with Rod and Reel but Flathead Catfish Fishing Trips with North Texas Catfish Guide Service are geared towards the True Sportsman that wants an opportunity to catch a Trophy Flathead Catfish during the Summer. Flathead Catfish fishing is not a fast paced fishing trip where one can expect to catch huge numbers of fish as we are targeting quality over quantity. Catching 1-2 Flathead Catfish in a night is considered an excellent night among most anglers targeting Flathead Catfish with Rod and Reel.

FLATHEAD CATFISH TRIPS ARE AVAILABLE FROM MAY 1ST THROUGH SEPTEMBER 15TH ONLY AND ARE ONLY DONE AT NIGHT.

Information Courtesy of Texas Parks and Wildlife

Yellow Cat, Opelousa Cat, Pied Cat, Mississippi Cat, Mud Cat, Shovelhead Cat

 

 

As the common name suggests, this catfish has a flat head, but other than that, it looks like any other catfish: it has smooth, scaleless skin, whisker-like barbels around the mouth, and long, sharp spines on the dorsal (back) fin and one on each side of the pectoral (shoulder) fin. Flathead catfish reach a length of 3 to 4 feet (0.9 to 1.2 m) and their weight can exceed 100 pounds (45 kg). Pylodictis is Greek meaning "mud fish", and olivaris is Latin for "olive-colored". Flathead catfish are typically pale yellow (hence the name "yellow cat") to light brown on the back and sides, and highly mottled with black and/or brown. The belly is usually pale yellow or cream colored. The head is broadly flattened, with a projecting lower jaw. The tail fin is only slightly notched, not deeply forked as is the case with blue and channel catfish. Young fish may be very dark, almost black in appearance.

Life History. Unlike other catfish which are scavengers, flatheads prey only on live fish. Young flathead catfish feed mostly on invertebrates such as worms, insects and crayfish. When 10 inches or larger, their diet consists entirely of fish-shad, carp, suckers, sunfish, largemouth bass and other catfish (including their own kind). Flathead catfish are eaten by alligators, water snakes, turtles, larger fish, and humans. They reach sexual maturity between the third and sixth year. Spawning season is from late May through August, when the water temperature is between 75° and 80° F.

Males select hollow logs, caves or areas beneath the banks for their nest sites. Males may even improve their selected sites by creating shallow depressions for the females to lay their eggs. Egg number varies greatly depending on female size, but the average is up to 100,000 eggs at a time. Scientists estimate that a female will lay 1200 eggs for every pound she weighs. A female flathead that weights 50 pounds might release 60,000 eggs at a time. After an incubation period of four to six days, the fry (very young fish) will school together at the nest for several days after hatching; afterwards they will seek shelter beneath rocks, roots and other cover and begin their independent lives. Average lifespan of the flathead catfish is 12 to 14 years, but one recorded flathead catfish lived 24 years.

Adults are usually solitary, each staking out a favorite spot under a tree or in a cove, in deep water. At night, they move into shallow areas to feed. Males defend their nest and eggs aggressively. They will fan the nest with their tails to keep the eggs clean and provide them with oxygenated water. If females have been eating poorly, their bodies may conserve resources by not releasing eggs. Poor overall health and certain environmental conditions such as drought or flood can reduce flatheads' ability to spawn. In healthy times, clutches can reach 100,000 eggs, but only a small number will survive.

Flathead catfish prefer deep pools of streams, rivers, canals, lakes and reservoirs, where the water is turbid (cloudy) and the currents are slow. Flathead catfish range from the lower Great Lakes through the Mississippi River watershed to the Gulf states. In size, flatheads are the second largest sport fish in Texas after their cousin, the blue catfish. Among those who selectively fish for catfish, flatheads fall just behind channel catfish as a prized species. Where mature populations exist, 50-pounders are not unusual. Typically, the largest fish are caught by trotliners, who have landed specimens in excess of 110 pounds. Rod and reel anglers may have the greatest success with flathead catfish just below reservoir dams. "Catfish" is the second most preferred group of fish among licensed Texas anglers, and flatheads rank second behind channel catfish. Because of their popularity with anglers, they have been introduced in many other states where they have adapted well. In some cases, however, they have out-competed the native fish species, causing those native fish populations to decline sharply, disrupting some natural ecological processes Catfish have long, sharp spines on the front edges of their dorsal fins that are connected to venomous glands. Although the spines can tear skin, the glands excrete venom. The venom is irritating and some people have had serious problems with infection afterward. (If you are "stung" by a catfish and are worried about it, please call your doctor.).

Client from Temple Texas and a 35 Lb Trophy Blue Catfish caught on rod and reel while catfishing with North Texas Catfish Guide Service on a Trophy Catfishing Trip.

Fresh Shad is the Bait of Choice for Blue Catfish Fishing with North Texas Catfish Guide Service on our guided catfishing trips. We catch fresh shad for catfish bait each morning before our clients arrive for their catfishing trip.

The Bishops from Bowie Texas Cauught this nice Trophy Blue Catfish while Catfishing with North Texas Catfish Guide Service. While this is not a huge blue catfish, it's a great photograph!

Jackie Kennedy of North Texas catfish Guide Service and a Trophy Blue Catfish from Cedar Creek Lake.

Steve Kitchens from Idalou Texas (Lubbock area) and a Cedar Creek Lake Trophy Blue Catfish caught while catfishing with North Texas Catfish Guide Service on a guided fishing trip for Trophy Blue Catfish. Steve regularly drives in from West Texas for some great catfishing with North Texas Catfish Guide Service.

Robert Varnell from Lancaster Texas and a couple of Trophy Blue Catfish caught with North Texas Catfish Guide Service on a guided catfish fishing trip. It's not uncommon during the peak of our Trophy Catfishing to have two or three big texas blue catfish on the lines at one time.

Robert Varnell and another huge Texas Blue Catfish caught while catfishing with North Texas Catfish Guide Service.

Joe Moore of Corsicana Texas and some Trophy Blue catfish caught while Trophy catfishing for BIG MONSTER Texas Catfish with North Texas Catfish Guide Service! Trophy Catfishing with North Texas Catfish Guide Service is great at Cedar Creek and Lewisville Lakes.

Releasing a Trophy Catfish after taking photographs. At North Texas Catfish Guide Service we release ALL CATFISH OVER 10 LBS so they can be caught another day and so they can stay in our lakes to spawn and maintain catfish populations.

Scott Horton of Fort Worth Texas with his wife and dad from Midland Texas and a big Texas Trophy Blue Catfish caught while catfishing with North Texas Catfish Guide Service on a catfishing trip.

More clients from West Texas (Midland Texas) and a Lake Lewisville Trophy Blue Catfish caught while catfishing with North Texas Catfish Guide Service. North Texas Catfish Guide Service Trophy Catfishing Trips are popular with clients from Midland, Lubbock, Abilene, Amarillo and all of West Texas.

Chad Ferguson and Jackie Kennedy of North Texas Catfish Guide Service and a Trophy Flathead Catfish caught on Rod and Reel. This big Flathead Catfish bottomed out the 50 Lb Scales. It's weight was estimated at about 57 Lbs. We release all Flathead Catfish over 10 Lbs after taking Photographs.

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Rick, Scooter and Kenny from Arlington Texas and a Big Texas Trophy Blue Catfish caught with North Texas Catfish Guide Service on a Guided Catfish Fishing Trip.

Rick, Scooter and Kenny again with 47 Lb Flathead Catfish caught just a few minutes after the Blue Catfish picture above on their guided catfish fishing trip.

Chad Ferguson of North Texas Catfish Guide Service and HUGE Blue Catfish caught on Rod and Reel. You cannot go wrong when catfishing for Trophy Catfish with North Texas Catfish Guide Service on Lake Lewisville or Cedar Creek Lake.

Jackie Kennedy of North Texas Catfish Guide Service and a 40 Lb Lake Lewisville Trophy Blue Catfish caught in October on Lake Lewisville.

The Hamners from Waxahachie Texas and Tyler The Aggie Son with Three Limits of North Texas Blue Catfish caught on a catfishing trip with North Texas Blue Catfish in April. Spring Catfishing Is GREAT!

Lance Halfmann from Keller Texas and a limit of nice Lake Lewisville Blue Catfish caught on rod and reel in May and the biggest fish he had ever caught weighing in at 10 Lbs while catfishing with North Texas Catfish Guide Service on Lake Lewisville. Lance limited out in about 2 hours.

Chad Jones and Father from Fort Worth Texas and 2 Limits of Lake Lewisville Blue Catfish Caught on Rod and Reel. Lake Lewisville Catfish were Red Hot today and we caught some nice gar, gaspergoo and even a black bass on our Lake Lewisville Fishing Guide Trip.

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