You finally stepped your game up and got out on the river !! Like I told you before." You're better fisherman then those dam drain ditches. Kudos on to ya your Tourney !! Next time launch out of Mc intyre go north and fish that small dyke on the outside bend you will see it on your fish finder. The cables are cool too LOL !! But i thought it was fished out years ago lol !!
I do not know how to post someting so I since you have a catfish as your profile picture I will ask you. My brother and I with two other buddys are going to Blythe on saturday. Do you know of any good spots to try and find some large Cats? I am a Bass fisherman but I hear so much hype on Cats I want to become a beliver! Any type of info that you can give me will be appreciated.
Keith you really have no idea what you are talking about just like I told you before as well. How many big cats have you landed from the river? Its ok but not the overall end all. I like those drain ditches and canals better. LOL. BBQ, socializing, camping, all the good stuff. Besides there are plenty of more spots than the cable on the main river. We cleaned that out a few years ago which is why I stopped going there. LOL Pichacho is also the bombay just a good boat ride. The area outside of Walters produced a big one for some folks as well. So many other places to fish. So many more things than a boat as well. Although I do say I will do more river runs on the boat soon - I negelected it for the last 2 years due to teh success on the canals and having folks with me - more than what I can fit in my boat. The games been stepped up. So have the tournaments as well. Thank you very much.Originally Posted by scca
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The best thing I can tell you to do is launch from any place you choice in Blythe. There is Mayflower and also Mcintyre/ Walters further south. Look for areas that is behind a bend or point. Areas that have slacker water away from the main and fast current. It is best to travel there during the day and look for these spots that are all up and down the river. Look for tullies and trees. Fish right next to them. Observe and be mindful of the fluctuations of the river and it can catch you off guard as the water goes up and down. Try to set up in a spot that is at least 6 feet deep. Water normally fluctuates around 3 feet. Watch out for the sand bars it can be a mess on the river. Further south of the ten freeway are a few areas with backwater leading areas connecting to the main river. Some with several entries. You can go up and down those areas and even set up. Good places to fish are the entry way of the backwaters or the exit. There is one further south on the main River in Palo Verde in which the palo verde drain flows out of into the main river - another good spot. Outside of walters camp also have a lot of good spots too.
You can catch channels all up and down the river they are plentiful. Flatheads on the other hand are good during the night time for the most part on the main river so you will want to find those areas in the evening to fish for them. Bluegills, tilapia, and goldfish are the key and keeping them alive. The backwaters and drains are also very good as well and dont let anyone tell you different. The locals fish the banks more and have more success than even the main river. Both can provide good catfishing some may be a better choice depending on the water temps of each one. The river is cooler than the backwaters and canals therefore the bite starts earlier on the backwaters and drains earlier than the main river. A lot of these main river flats use the backwaters for their spawning grounds. A buddy of mines fished the main river last week and caught a few flats with eggs in them which is an indicator of the spawn still happening on the main river.
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I would like to thank everyone for showing up to the Flatmasters 4 event in Blythe. The is is an annual event that happens in June in Blythe and it is always fun. Lots of familiar faces and some new faces as well. All together we had 22 people show up. 17 for the channel division and 15 for the flathead division. A few was only there for support. Thanks goes out to my fishing and derby partner in Todd once again. Much love on this WCCM tournament thing we have going. Things have been working really well the last few years and we make it happen with so much ease as well. Thanks to Riverbudd - Always nice chopping it up with you and fishing together as well. We had a few runs further down from you - I got skunked lol ( on flathead that is - lol - but Todd had the flathead touch that night. Thanks to Ryan for coming as well. Sorry about that lost flat in the canal. It happened to me a lot of times as well and I can relate to having to jump in the water to get a big fish. This is part of the reason why I use braid now for them flats in and around heavy Vegie. Thanks to Eric, Kurt, Morgan as well for showing up as well. Always nice to see you guys on the flathead hunt around Blythe, Palo Verde, and the Imjperial Valley. You guys know your sport and is always fun to hang around. Thanks to Joe and Rueben as well. Always good to see you guys you been involved for the last 5 years I been doing the flathead events. Thanks to Earl - fishinghigh and his wife for participating as well and his group of folks. See you on the water soon we all going to hook it up sometime this summer minus the events. Thanks goes out to Brian Cook - desertcatrat and catratmomma. Nice to see you again and talk to you soon about some bass runs. This is all in fun yall and it is great to see everyone coming together and sharing ideas and locations and tips. Boat, backwater, drain ditches was all allowed here and many people hit all 3 locations to try to get a fish. Which is what it is all about - finding and working for those fish.
This trip around the canals provided a better representation for the flatheads while the main river had a better channel bite. I mean you could have caught all the channels you wanted in a few spots we fished at. Could not get any really big, but then again if we would have focused more we maybe could of caught one. Chicken liver was getting ate up well. Other participants found a good channel bite as well. Some got into a good striper bite on the main river on shrimp. Ryan caught a real nice striper as well on livers below the dam. Thanks Ryan on the short striper run we had. Going to give it a longer shot soon.
Now for the winners of the event. We had some good flats landed - some good ones lost. One was lost on my boat as well as some lost in the canals to snags. But that is what keeps us coming back for them and it make it just that more interesting. It generates the flathead fever that flows up and down our veins and gives us just that more joy when we land them. We had 2 divisions in this event - Single biggest flathead in 1st thru third place, and winner takes all single biggest channel. Some good catches was brought to the board in this event.
Flathead:
1st place - Ross Garrett - 21.9 pounds - canal
2nd place - Jake Garrett - 15.45 pounds - canal
3rd place - Brian Cook - 11.35 pounds - canal
Todd Acorn - 6.26 pounds
Jake Garret - 14.90 and 9.19 pounds
Ross Garrett - 9.34 pounds
Channel:
Morgan Blake - 4.10 - main river - winner
Jake Garrett - 3.79, 3.63. 2,49
Rueben - 2.84
Joe - 2.53, 2.57
Dino - 2.27. 2.38
Erik - 2.64
Brian Cook - 2.64
Again I would to thank all of the participants for making Flatmasters 4 a success. You know we will keep this thing going as long as we have great people such as yourselves to help make it happen. Stay tune for the final event of the season - Canal Expeditions 3 in the Imperial Valley. August 7th thru August 8th. Stay tuned for upcoming thread on that event. This will also have the rod giveaway for the points in our 2010 derbies. Will update the last 3 events soon. Thanks again everybody and see you in August.
B
Thank you for the 411. I will be sure to post some pictures of our catches.
Sorry if you took something i have said wrong Blue. Once again Kudos on your weekend. God's blessing to you and your family. keith SCCA #1
Oh One last thing. You have never beat me fishing a catfish tournament to date. River or Irvine. lol that buddy !!!
Last edited by scca; 06-21-2010 at 06:05 PM.
No problem was just messing with yall on the I told ya so thing. Oh btw. I beat you at Irvine lake. Remember? LOL. Don't forget now I will bring up the memory bank. LOL The long stroll to the weigh in I knock ya out the box on that one. : ) I won first place on that one I believe. It was 5-6 years ago. 04 or 05. #1 is not an issue with me. Just doing what I been doing for the last decade or so. Just God and family is number one in my book. Any and everything else is just secondary and a hobby. Nothing more or less.
Last edited by bluehunter; 06-21-2010 at 07:22 PM.
Oh you right that was 2000. Thats when your drove that blue and primer del sol. I thought they called your Bluehunter cause you where trying to find the rest of Blue for your car. LOL I believe you won 2nd place Musky took top honors !!! Butta since then Noda my friend. So dont talk trash !!! Mr Big fish !! have a good one !!! SCCA #1
Thats going back a little far. Dave won the Irvine derby the night we all hosted a gathering with BOC members and fnn. Dave won with the 75 pounder that was like in 04 then. The night before he got like a 40 something too. I came in 2nd that night too but there was another one that I came in first with. Now that I think about it - it was 2 derbies. LOL. There was an event Catmando had that night when I walked up with the Lone winner - Irvine also had a event that night. That may have been in 03 I have to refresh with Ronson on that one. It was a while back I forgot about that one. I think you was there that night too I dont know. If not I may be wrong on that one. Too many derbies to remember and too many trips thinking back like that. lol.
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