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  | CHANNEL CATFISH FISHING CHANNEL CATFISH - CHANNEL CATFISHING DISCUSSION: Channel catfish are easily notable from all others, except blue catfish, by their profoundly forked tail fin. Contrasting flathead catfish, the upper jaw projects beyond the lower jaw. Coloration is olive-brown to slate-blue on the back and sides, greyish shading to silver white on the abdomen. Characteristically, numerous small, black spots are existing, but may be obscured in large adults. The anal fin has 24-29 rays, in dissimilarity to the blue catfish which continually has 30 or more rays in the anal fin. | Dale Finney | 4725 | 338 | 2-10-10 1:21 pm |
 | CHANNEL CATFISH ARCHIVE This is the catfishing archive for past channel catfish and channel catfishing tips and catfish information post. It covers a wide variety of channel catfish and catfishing tips. This catfish archive pre-dates the communities push to ensure proper posting placement. You will find a wide variety of catfishing tips. | Bud Still | 2792 | 156 | 10-19-05 6:35 pm |
| FLATHEAD CATFISH FISHING FLATHEAD CATFISH - FLATHEAD CATFISHING DISCUSSION: Flathead catfish are characteristically pastel yellow, whereby the slang name yellow cat has taken hold in parts of the catfish community. There coloration ranges widely, but is normally light brown on the back and sides, and highly spotty with black or brown. The abdomen is typically pale yellow or cream tinted. The head is largely flattened, with a forward projected lower jaw. The tail fin is only to some extent notched, with a straight-edged appearance. This is totally opposite of the deeply forked tail fin of the blue catfish and channel catfish. Young flathead catfish may be very dark and almost black in appearance. Over 100,000 eggs can be laid in a golden egg mass which is safeguarded ferociously by the male flathead catfish, thus being a weakness to the species, as they are harvested easily by catfishermen participating in noodling. Adults are habitually solitary, each claiming a favorite river location classically in deeper water or beneath cover during the daylight hours. At night they reposition to riffles and shallow river areas to actively feed, where they hunt their favorite food source, live fish. | Dale Finney | 5160 | 397 | 3-10-10 5:08 pm |
| FLATHEAD CATFISH ARCHIVE This is the catfishing archive for past flathead catfish and flathead catfishing tips and catfish information post. It covers a wide variety of flathead catfish and catfishing tips. This catfish archive pre-dates the communities push to ensure proper posting placement. You will find a wide variety of catfishing tips. | nicholas a meredith | 5827 | 402 | 8-5-09 1:09 pm |
| BLUE CATFISH FISHING BLUE CATFISH - BLUE CATFISHING DISCUSSIONS: The blue catfish are the largest freshwater catfish in the United States. Where mature schools exist, 40 pound specimens are not unusual. The James River is becoming a premiere trophy blue catfish environment, and is not uncommon to catch 30 Pound plus specimens. More often than not the largest blue catfish are caught on trotlines, some of which have landed blue catfish specimens in excess of 100 pounds. Die hard hands on approached rod anglers have landed specimens in excess of 124 pounds. Blue catfish have a forked tail and are from time to time very comparable to channel catfish. The quantity of rays in the anal fin is as a rule 30 to 35 and color is usually slate blue on the back with shading to white on the belly. Blue catfish are predominantly big river catfish feeding in main channels, tributaries, and impoundments of large river systems. Blue catfish pursues a diverse diet, but it will consume prey fish at an earlier time in life. Blue catfish commonly attain weights of 40 to 60 pounds and may reach weights well in excess of 100 pounds. Early stories about the Mississippi river report blue catfish being seen at fish markets larger than 300 pounds in size. It is widely assumed, that a 150 + pound specimen exist in a river system and will be caught in the very near future. Recent events have made catfish anglers rethink handling practices with world class catches, as the mortality rate for these specimens have been high. | ben runyan | 2925 | 249 | 3-5-10 9:52 am |
| BLUE CATFISH ARCHIVE This is the catfishing archive for past BLUE catfish and BLUE catfishing tips and catfish information post. It covers a wide variety of BLUE catfish and catfishing tips. This catfish archive pre-dates the communities push to ensure proper posting placement. You will find a wide variety of catfishing tips. | Zakk Royce | 785 | 78 | 10-1-05 11:32 pm |
| GENERAL CATFISHING DISCUSSION Discuss different patterns and approaches to catfishing from spawning catfish patterns to drift fishing techniques. Trolling and slow trolling, tight-lining, bait fish hooking, slip floats, catfish balloon rigs and rigging, the best catfish knots, circle hooks, mortality rates in catfish, catfish river fundamentals, fishing lakes and impoundments, hot catfish presentations, glow sticks, stinger hook rigs and much more. This catfish fishing area is appropriate to cover a huge diversity of catfish subject matter. | ben runyan | 11411 | 916 | 3-4-10 10:42 am |
| GENERAL CATFISH DISCUSSION ARCHIVE This is the catfishing archive for past general catfishing discussion and and catfish information post. It covers a wide variety of catfish member information and catfishing tips. This catfish archive pre-dates the communities push to ensure proper posting placement. You will find a wide variety of catfishing related information. | Michael S | 14310 | 1013 | 8-7-09 10:14 am |
| CATFISH AND CATFISHING BAITS An extensive diversity of natural catfish baits and commercially prepared catfish baits are used when catfishing. Many catfish fishermen prefer to use multiple baited catfish poles to target active feeding catfish, while others use large live baitfish in an all or none approach. The type of fishing you are doing, “trot lines, limb lines, jug fishing, rod and reel” and the catfish targeted, “Flathead Catfish, Blue Catfish, Channel Catfish” will dictate in the majority of cases what is used. Some of the more popular catfish baits are: Night crawlers - Cut Bait from a wide variety of baitfish, either chunked or filleted – Fresh Water Clams – Shrimp – Crawdad Tails – Catalpa Worms – Shad Gut Pockets - Extensive Variety of Store Bought Food Baits – Shad – Blue Gills. Blood Bait although sometimes difficult to find a source, has been touted as an excellent drift fishing catfish bait. The catfish bait multiplicity is endless, go with what you have confidence and have fishing fun! | Tyler Anderson | 12738 | 1003 | 2-14-10 7:12 pm |
| CATFISH GEAR QUESTIONS | Will Bates | 15899 | 1204 | 3-4-10 8:32 pm |
| CATFISH TIPS | Junior Avalos | 3743 | 255 | 2-7-10 5:35 pm |
| WELS CATFISH QUESTIONS | Paul Louderback | 196 | 13 | 3-21-06 7:22 pm |
| FARM/PRIVATE PONDS FROM A-Z Fishing in Farm or Private Ponds is how a great many fishermen discover the love of fishing. Sitting on the bank of a well stocked and managed pond is a very relaxing and rewarding experience. There is a great deal of work that goes into creating and managing a good pond, and successful fishing in a pond often involves some techniques in bait presentation and fishing "style" that is unique to that type of water. Use this section to ask questions and exchange information on Ponds, and Pond Fishing from A-Z. Remember, ALWAYS get the pond owners permission before wetting a line. | Aaron- AJ | 159 | 11 | 8-19-09 11:49 pm |
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