Life and death of a Crappie

[M R Dux]

I got an interesting message from a friend who owns a local fish market. While cleaning a fresh catch of blue catfish this morning, they found an interesting stomach content item.



My first question was
1. Was it a flathead catfish? ( He had not told me what it was yet)

2. How big was the fish?

I know flatheads take live fish, many times of a very large size compared to their body size.

His reply was it was an 18 pound blue catfish. That crappie alive would have been almost 12” long.

I know Crappie live a life of constant danger from predators but I would have been hard pressed to believe an 18 pound blue cat could catch and eat a 12” Crappie. I guess the crappie could have been dead when swallowed but that’s still a pretty big pill to swallow.


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[scrat]

I have caught several flathead catfish on hand size live perch/bream hooked throw the back on big set hooks in the river. They swallow them whole and you would be suprised that even a somewhat small 4-5# catfish can swallow a big perch.

[Locator79]

They can't keep them in the tank at my local Bass Pro. Blues snack on them like candy.

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[trypman1]

I believe it for sure. Blues will eat anything, flatheads are more into live food. I have caught blues with big bass and eating size blues in their belly!

[huntinslabs]

Here ya go

YouTube

[Redge]

Talk about being stuffed! LOL


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[skeetbum]

I’ll bet he’s lookin for the Rolaids after that!

[Gindog]

I keep watching, waiting on that cat to blow

[GREENFISH]

Here ya go

YouTube

That is unreal!!!! Wow!


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[ET Fish]

Wow!