It is a spawning male channel cat. I'm not guessing. That's what it is. Others have said it and they are right. Puzzle solved guys.
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Originally posted by GarGuy View PostIt is a spawning male channel cat. I'm not guessing. That's what it is. Others have said it and they are right. Puzzle solved guys.
How big do they get? I've caught them that look just like this one that weighted 8-13 pounds. Assumed they were blues. When cleaned they didn't have yellowish meat like regular channels.
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Originally posted by RiverRat1 View PostIf fish was cleaner it would be easier to tell. I'd say blue cat. Not a flathead. I've caught blue cats that look like that in the Nueces.
BTW - fish in post 24 are blues.Last edited by GarGuy; 07-01-2020, 04:22 PM.
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Originally posted by jp77 View PostIt weighed 6.5 lbs, and we have been catching lots of bullheads behind the house, however this one didn’t have the light ring at the tail base, that’s why I assumed it want that species either.
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And that sir is a yeller bullhead.
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Channel tails have pointy ends, even scrunched up. Count the anel fins. And where to they start? Close to the body? or away from it? Channels start at the body.
Course it could be some type of hybrid too.
Gur Guy is correct in pointing out that male channels head's swell up during the spawn. Kinda like a male teen on or after a first date sometimes.
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