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Title: Cat and Eye.
Post by: SLAYERFISH on Feb 09, 2023, 11:09 AM

10.89lbs on 4lb floro.
(https://i.imgur.com/XQPJE8kl.jpg)

6.89lbs on a blade.
(https://i.imgur.com/q5GVHKml.jpg)

Title: Re: Cat and Eye.
Post by: cwavs1982 on Feb 09, 2023, 11:15 AM

I'd call that a successful day!!

Love the backdrop you guys have out there!

Title: Re: Cat and Eye.
Post by: Wyoming_Ice on Feb 09, 2023, 04:08 PM

You are the man slayer !!!

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Post by: FreshwaterPhil on Feb 09, 2023, 09:19 PM

Is that a blue cat?

Title: Re: Cat and Eye.
Post by: SLAYERFISH on Feb 10, 2023, 10:02 AM

Pretty sure it's a Channel Cat.

Title: Re: Cat and Eye.
Post by: FreshwaterPhil on Feb 10, 2023, 10:39 AM

Quote from: SLAYERFISH on Feb 10, 2023, 10:02 AM

Pretty sure it's a Channel Cat.

Looked kind of pale to be a channel cat. Up here, they get a lot darker at that size, only small ones are pale.
We don't get blues, but I've caught them in the South, and seems like some spot in Colorado have them as well.

Title: Re: Cat and Eye.
Post by: SLAYERFISH on Feb 10, 2023, 01:05 PM

All the Blue cats Ive caught in Colorado are Blue in color.

Title: Re: Cat and Eye.
Post by: FreshwaterPhil on Feb 10, 2023, 01:58 PM

Quote from: SLAYERFISH on Feb 10, 2023, 01:05 PM

All the Blue cats Ive caught in Colorado are Blue in color.

Cool. The I caught seemed more grey than anything else...

This one was in Virginia:
(http://www.freshwaterphil.com/images/philbluecat2.jpg)

This one caught by one of my sons in Texas:
(http://www.freshwaterphil.com/images/avibluecat0217164.jpg)

Title: Re: Cat and Eye.
Post by: waterlike on Feb 11, 2023, 10:42 AM

"The best way to distinguish these species of catfish is by counting the number of rays on its anal fin. Blue catfish will have over 30 anal rays, while the channel cat will have less than 30. The blue catfish also has an anal fin squared off on the front edge, while the channel catfish has a rounded anal fin."

Looks square to me

Title: Re: Cat and Eye.
Post by: SLAYERFISH on Feb 11, 2023, 11:35 AM

Good to know!