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Show other catfish bat, it does quite well in muddy water if there is an abundance of food. They do quite well in farm ponds but many times, there is little natural reproduction so they do not maintain themselves. The channel cat is most active and does most of its feeding during the dark hours. During the daylight hours, they prefer the deeper waters. therefore it is considered naked The mouth is rather small for a catfish and it has very long barbels One of the larger catfish reaches a weight of 5 pounds This is part 01 a continuseries on various fish in area waters, prepared especially for our newspaper by Verl Hanchett of the Fish and Game department ing 20-2- CHANNEL CATFISH The channel catfish is prized as a game fish as well as a food fish No matter where it is, it is one of the more important warm water fishes In Illinois, the channel cat censtiUittiSae the- - bulk of the catfish (not including bullheads) caught on the Illinois Its color is a light bluish olive, lighter on the sides and covered with circular spots of a bluish ash color Itisjellow-ls- h toward the head region with somewhat copper luster on the cheeks In Utah the channel catfish can be found at Willard Bay, Utah Lake and the Bear River. They all produce catfish ranlbs in weight ging from and larger One of the larger fish taken in Utah, was from Lake Powell and weighed in River The channel catfish has a body and a very large deeply forked caudal fin, or tail, and an adipose fin The channel cat has no scales rather slender at 25 lbs. It is also found throughout the Mississippi Valley, the Gul and Great Lakes regions, and northward to Winnipeg and Ontario. It is abundant along the Red River, south ward to the Alabama River and the Florida Peninsula, Louisiana, Texas and northern In a study made on the lower Colorado River, individual fish just over seven inches long were foun U be in spawning condition. The larger fish contributed the most eggs per individual. It was found that a specimen had approximately 1,600 eggs where a specimen contained around 34,500 eggs. The worlds record chan- increase accidents Crazy antics on the golf course are taking an increasing accident toll Players run their motorized carts into trees, bombard one another with golf balls, clobber their fellows with clubs, and invite electrocution by playing during thunderstorms. Golf is essentially not a dangerous sport, says Ralph R Dyment, Utah Safety Councils Vice President for Public Safety Its only the players who make it hazardous. Most golfing injuries, Dyment says, are inflicted by the golf bail that drops from out of nowhere Such injuries are often slight, for the ball has traveled far enough to lose its and impact But at spei d dose range a ball can deliver a fatal knockout blow in front of him until his ball is in the air A number of surprising golfers are clobbered by golf clubs Make sure that bystanders are not within the arc of your swing, and to dont walk protect yourself behind a person holding a club At the first signs of rain, says Dyment, golfers should take shelter Lightning strikes most often during the mugg' lull preceding ram ureases fe' The male fish protects the eggs until they hatch which usualy takes about 10 days depending on the water temperature. The male also guards the fry for a short period of time perhaps a week. Channel catfish are raised m some hatteries and planted as fingerhngs.Insome cases, are raised to size and then they are planted. They are fed ground liver until they reach a certain age and then they of prepared food TF they le feeding is bero ular in r st' jite pop- the southern uieir natural environ-uewhere they have a suitable habitat, they increase quite rapidly. Under unfavorable conditions they may suffer high losses due to many limiting factors. Pollution in some waters has probably done more than anything else to reduce their numbers. they begin to more heavily. The channel catfish pre-iccleaner more swiftly-- i wing waters than any of the rs . nt are caused by a lack of comA mon sense and courtesy plover gets impatient and tee1 off bifoie ,e plaved their second shots or are safdv out of range about 200 yards for amateurs Theres good safely logic behind the courtesy rul the plavcr farthest f green alwavs shoots cr plovers shoe the hitter i f Janet CHANNEL mnd O Lee, fresh Florida 7 $1 O JANET JANET JANET JANET JANET not get 32' LEE CHILI LEE U I 3l 38 LEE SYRUP c: 3-.r89' PICKLESssrstn. 38 LEE OLIVESt". LEE PEACHESs'Jt;...389 YOGUKTs. JANET LEE CATSUP. ALBERTSONS FOIL CATFISH Janet Lee velvet smooth Assorted flavors JANET LEE NAPKINS;- :JANET LEE TOWELSrr. JANET LEE - . I x Orange irp I Ice Cream V wVI 0 a these accidents Generally r , Spawning occurs anytime from early spring until the last of June in water temperatures around 75 degrees F. how- ever; most individual fishes seldom exceed 5 pounds. Catfish will reach an average length of about 5 inches in most waters and sometimes a little longer in other waters during the first year of growth. They are usually about 12 inches long when they are sexually mature and they are usually 4 years old The channel catfish has omnivorous eating habits and in past surveys, a wide variety of food has been found in their stomaches. Many fishery biologists feel that the channel catfish has additional value in that it is a consumer of some food materials consistently avoided by other game fishes. They will consume large numbers of aquatic insects, clams crayfish and n imerous cr .. i , taceans Du " m.sider- feeding sic , the water temper-atu- r' ably bu' 3-- Antics on golf course .trass----'.- 26-in- New Mexico. nel catfish is 55 pounds, 'r 5 1 3- -sl Regular Super savings1 USDA Choice or Albertsons Supreme Pot Roast Well ' trimmed and flavor packed $ k A V & 'A ' PORK LOIN ROAST; End cut FRESH SPARE RIBS Choose Albertson s Family Pock Guoronteed tender ond juicy1 Co) (2) HI Up Classifei If lit E to 25 Words - TUESDAY LEAN CHUCK STEAKS Albertson USDA Choice or 6 -- b. TURKEY ROASTS T? A AMS 1 3 4 12 PJ.l. s Supi lbs Honeysuckle light ond dark moot ASST. SLICED MEATS Choose on Old Faithfull mild smoked ham Boreless so it is completely waste free 2'j Pail Family Albertson Fresh Ih1 quality s BONELESS BEEF STEW EACH WEEK )) Honeysuckle white meat FRESH GROUND BEEF J SLICED 25 OFF LABEL s Country style lean meaty,.. pork chops TURKEY ROASTS thru meaty MR. 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