anyone ever kept a flathead in a tank or pond? im tryin to get my hands on one kind of tough in the s.a. area.

and yes i am crazy for wanting too ha!

It's not hard at all. My buddy pulled a 20 incher out of Cibolo Creek tonight. Along with 2 channels one 16 inches the other 18 inches.

If you put a flathead in your pond it will eventually eat just about everything in the pond. And they are hard to catch to get out.

If you have other fish already reproducing then at some point depending on the size of the tank/pond you risk them over populating. A flathead will help keep this from happening.

I know a 1 acre pond that has a little depth to it with a few nice flats(30+, 35, an 20+ lb'rs) and still has good size crappie and bass in it not to mention alot of perch.

210angler theres flatheads in cibilo creek? did ur buddy catch it at night?
as far as him eating fish id just put him in a big plastic stock tank by himself.

Yea he caught it around 6-7 p.m. We catch quite a few of them out of there along with channels.

man that is awesome ive been trying to find somehwere close to sa that has some. i know canyon does but id rather trotline but i have no boat.

The problem with keeping a flathead as a pet is he/she will never accept being a pet. They have a very small brain.

But they don't shed or bark!

i meant in a tank im not going to try and pet it idk i think theyre cool

Are you wanting to keep it in an aquarium?

I would imagine a flatty would be a tank buster.

depends on size. i got a stock tank and kiddie pools work pretty darn good too.

It would take a very large aquarium. Even if it was small, that bad boy is gonna grow. And it wouldnt take long to outgrow a small aquarium. I had a channel cat in a 20 gallon tank one time, for abaout a year. It grew to over a foot long, and ate all my other fish. The stock tank, or kiddie pool would be best. My first choice would be the stock tank. Thats what I have in my back yard.