Summertime flathead anglers usually anchor to fish at night. "I caught my largest flathead (a 56-pounder) one July on the Dan (River) side," he said. Summer juvenile flatheads may range from 10 to 40 pounds, Hughes said, and smaller flatheads make better table fare. We troll baits above it for catfish, especially over structure such as trees, rocky humps or river ledges." "You can see it on a depth-finder," Hughes said. Fish live above the thermocline until fall, when cooler weather mixes oxygenated water from surface to bottom. It’s a layer of water below which very little dissolved-oxygen is found. "We target flatheads from Buffalo Creek back down to Junkman’s Curve, depending on the thermocline," said guide Van Hughes, who depends on the lake’s thermocline to show him the proper depth to fish.Ī thermocline develops in most large reservoirs during the summer. Drifting at around a half-mile an hour accounts for most of the big blue catfish that Van Hughes catches at Kerr Lake.įlathead catfish migrate into the Dan and Staunton rivers from April to June to spawn, then return to the main lake in July and August.
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