Show cawro essma by ted fed kesting alot A lot of anglers dont think inu much ch of the caff catfish ish as a game species but because of the condition of anany of our out creams streams we ari art re going 0 to see more and more of them on sport ing tackle tackie atea it Ate might be a 3 good idea to learn where they live what hat they eat and antonto how to iden idem lder tiby the six or seven kinds ads found lound asrican rS T in n american rican waters lee yeager wildlife scientist and writer reports that the cats aure are contained in three groups 1 the channel cats three op species ecles 2 the bullheads bulkheads bull heads three species cles cies 3 the flathead mud or cat eat one species here are their principal characteristics blue of great forknall fork tall cat bluish above belly whitish no sp spots ts anal fin 30 35 rays larg est test of the catfishes cat fishes 10 to 40 pounds ilay liay may occur in brackish water along the gulf coast and in florida channel cat tall tail forked body highly astrea streamlined with the small black spots anal fin 2429 24 29 rays bluish olive above belly beliy whitish 4 weigh usually 2 or 3 pounds n c the 1 he grent great c M reat real lakes lares T lakes pias catfish found in northern waters is very similar in form forin to the tho channel cha cat white cat tall forked pale pal e bluish adov L belly beny n silvey n anal anai fin 1921 19 21 V rays seldon seldom 1 ex T cecys 5 pounds occurs oni only 11 in or near gp brackish wate waters r s along iong yong atlantic and gulf coasts yellow bullhead tail tall slightly rounded whiskers on an lower jaw saw aw are whitish anal fin 2327 23 27 rays of often ten plump weight seldom over 4 pounds brown bullhead tall nearly square whiskers on lower jaw grayish to black anal f fin in 1724 17 24 s rays yellowish brown mottled 11 itle itie with dark green weight weight seldom i over 3 pounds I 1 black bullhead tail tall nearly square re whiskers on lower jaw 1 dark gray to black anal f fin in 1724 rays fins have jet black membranes greenish brown to black above belly bedy lighter weight seldom seldom over three flathead mud river niver or shovel head cat tail tati rounded reen when spread body wedge si hapL d greatly flattened in head and tail regions anal fin 1316 13 16 rays olive or brownish often blotched second largest of the catfish 5 to 25 pounds niad Alad toms and stone cats form another group of cats lound found from the continental divide east ward they seid seldom om exceed 8 inches in length and are often ml mistaken s taken f for fon or young bullie bullheads bulkheads bull buli heads a ds they can be identified by the continuous fin extending around the rear third or half halt of the body As f for fon or f food only one of the important cats the f flathead is strictly carnivorous tiie the channel n el cat is 19 a lover of minnows but cewill he will wili eat a lot of other things insects crayfish clams snails and ana dead acad stuff of or many 1 kinds his ills huge co cousin the blue or great fork tall cats is an omnivorous ni vorous us feeder too but the i bullhead takes the lne eating prize 1 in n addition to anything they can swallow W dead or alive they eat cat algae pond pondweeds weeds and grass crass |