The maximum length is 160cm ft in the blue catfish and the flathead catfish.
Fish species known to inhabit the river include northern pike, white suckers, flathead minnows, emerald shiners as well as others.
Even today, flatheads are common in lawnmowers and basic farm machinery.
The flathead, however, was prone to the typical flathead problem of overheating under sustained heavy load.
One example of this is all modern side valve or flathead engines.
The estuary provides the angler with good fishing with many species encountered including flathead, bream, blackfish, whiting and blue swimmer crabs.
The straight six was modernized with an overhead-valve cylinder head for higher-grade models, but the base cars continued with the flathead engine.
Popular species include crappie, walleye, white bass, hybrid bass, channel catfish and flathead catfish.
