They are native to most of the state with good populations in the Tennessee, Coosa and Alabama rivers. Places exist that offer a good chance to land a flathead.
That’s not to suggest that flatheads are rare. I can usually pinpoint and predict where a blue catfish is going to live and feed. “Even then, you might catch a flathead and you might not.
“I always tell them that they better be patient and better be prepared to go out there at night,” Mitchell said. His clients almost always catch bigger blues they almost always inquire about the possibilities of catching a big flathead.
Mike Mitchell, one of the foremost catfish experts of north Alabama, says catching a 40-pound flathead is like catching an 80-pound blue, a rare trophy worthy of celebration. line or the bass fisherman who caught a monster flathead on a Rat-L-Trap. Just about everyone knows the story, the crappie fisherman who battled a 50-pounder on a tiny jig and eight-lb. Most casual fishermen never encounter a flathead, know little about how to catch flathead catfish, and more than a few catches are mistakes, the byproduct of fishing for another species. A protruding lower jaw adds to the distinctive look of the flathead, and a gaping maw allows them to engulf prey that seems disproportioned to their overall size. Flatheads are aptly named with the characteristic flat head, which tends to be a bit outsized compared to the rest of the body. The fish is a mottled mix of yellow, olive, black, and brown with white or yellow bellies. Physically, flatheads contrast with the other catfishes in coloring and also in the shape of their head and lower jaw.
B’n’M catfish team Jay Gallop (left) and Joey Pounders pursue flatheads around the Southeast and always like to return to Alabama fisheries like the Coosa and Alabama rivers.
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