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Channel catfish have ancestry links from many river systems
The channel catfish.
Channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) is a freshwater species.
The Channel Catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) is a fresh water fish exclusively.
The channel catfish.
May
they are eaten
12 in
John A Plumb has written: 'Channel catfish virus disease' -- subject(s): Channel catfish virus disease
Catfish are not dangerous to human beings if you know how to do the correct procedures when handeling the catfish. The best way to unhook a catfish is to pick it up with your fingers around the frond fins holding it from the belly.
Yes, there maybe some cases where a catfish won't eat a catfish oof it's ownspecies (like a channel cat not eating a channel cat) but I'm sure all of them will eat smaller different catfish (Yellowhead eating a bullhead)
In 1985 John Cunning caught a record breaking 41 Pound catfish. Gov.Ben Nelson decided to make the channel catfish the state fish, In 1991 It became the state fish