Big channel cat
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Caught this 12lber at Smithville Lake today. I don't know if Smithville has White Catfish, but I think this is a Blue Catfish?
Last edited by anonymous 2; 06-15-2018 at 08:18 PM.
that be a channel cat I believe....only blue cat...white cat is a name people use for Blue cats that are on the light color side. But they are still blue cats. Color will vary .
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Added another photo. Just got confirmation it is a Channel Catfish. The eyes would be different if it was a Blue.
My uncle once caught a white catfish with red eyes. Spooky looking and wasn't fit to eat.......tasted really muddy & fishy. Never have caught another since that one.
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Color is variable both on channel and blue/white cats. Look at the caudal fin. It is rounded on a channel and more squared off on a white or blue cat. The color is more a function of Water clarity.
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God bless Charlie Brewer and Bobby Garland.
Channel cat. I know someone that swears there are white cats that he use to catch all the time around here. Also thinks that all the different names that people have given catfish like willow cats, fiddler cats and any other name are actual fish that are sub species of the others. Can't tell him any different that there is only channel, flathead and blues and color just varies.
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Lol. Yes bullheads are real. Just don't count them. Lol. Was going by MDC regulations.