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The channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus), known informally as the "channel cat", is North America's most abundant catfish species. It is the official fish of Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska and Tennessee. The channel catfish is the most fished species of catfish in the United States, with around 8 million anglers angeling them per year
Here's a list of the state records for Ohio's biggest fish ever caught. ... Catfish, channel: 37.65 pounds. 41 1/2 inches LaDue Reservoir. Gus J Gronowski of Parma, on Aug. 15, 1992.
An Idaho angler who was targeting sturgeon at C.J. Strike Reservoir last week shattered the state catch-and-release length record for channel catfish.
Blue catfish: 2023 50.51 69.45 Ohio River: Michael John Drake [8] [7] Bullhead catfish: 1977 22.75 6.1 Tygart Lake Headwaters: Gary R. Freeman Channel catfish: 2005 40.3 33.38 Patterson Creek: Michael Sears Flathead catfish: 1956 52 70 Little Kanawha River: L.L. McClung Chain pickerel: 2001 27.75 6.19 Tuckahoe Lake: Steven Demma Black crappie ...
The largest catfish on record is a blue catfish, measuring 57 inches and weighing 143 pounds. Flathead catfish are only slightly smaller, reaching a maximum length of just under five feet and ...
A blue catfish has 30–36 rays, whereas a channel catfish has 25–29. [8] Blue catfish also have barbels, a deeply forked tail, and a protruding upper jaw. [8] While adult blue catfish usually only grow to around two feet (0.61 m) they have been seen to grow up to at least five feet (1.5 m) in length and even weigh more than 100 pounds (45 kg ...
That, of course, includes the standing record blue catfish, a 96-pounder taken from the Ohio River in 2009 by rod-and-reel angler Chris Rolph of Williamsburg. Jaylynn Parker, center, landed a 101 ...
One of the largest species is the blue catfish, Ictalurus furcatus, specimens of which have been found to weigh over 50 kg (110 lb). The maximum length is 160 cm (5.2 ft) in the blue catfish and the flathead catfish. [5]