Learn To Catch Catfish » Catfish Species

Identifying Blue Catfish and Channel Catfish

Chad — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 06:01:05 +0000

Blue catfish and channel catfish are two of the most readily available species of catfish and also two of the most sought after species. Most rivers lakes and reservoirs and the United States have populations of either blue catfish or channel catfish available in good numbers. Despite the fact that the blue catfish and channel [...]

High Fin Blue Catfish

Chad — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 06:01:45 +0000

Chad, you’ve written a lot about blue catfish but have not said much about high fin blue catfish, why haven’t you shared any information on them? I received several variations of this email through the catfishing questions page over the past few months and while I was getting started on catfishing for blue catfish 101 [...]

Flathead Catfish (Pylodictis Olivaris)

Chad — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 13:00:55 +0000

Much like the blue catfish the flathead catfish is a highly sought after species. The flathead catfish is a popular species because there are populations in much of the United States and they are well known to grow to trophy class sizes, all in addition to being excellent table fare. The existing world record flathead [...]

Channel Catfish (Ictalurus Punctatus)

Chad — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 12:00:27 +0000

SQGUYMFEYG6A Description Ictalurus is Greek and punctatus is Latin, meaning “fish cat” and “spotted”. Channel Catfish can easily be identified in comparison to blue catfish and flathead catfish by paying a little attention to the distinguishing features of the species. Channel catfish have a deeply forked tail similar to blue catfish but the coloring is [...]

Blue Catfish – Ictalurus Furcatus

Chad — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 22:05:45 +0000

Blue Catfish Basics Other Names Hump-back blue, high fin blue, hi-fin blue, Mississippi white catfish, blues Description Ictalurus is Greek meaning “fish cat”, and furcatus is Latin, meaning “forked”, a reference to the species’ forked tail fin. Blue catfish have a forked tail, and are sometimes very similar to channel catfish. However, only the Rio [...]