There are channel catfish in the lower Mississippi River that either have
spots, or no spots. There are also albino
channel catfish present.....
My father regularly caught the albino's, combined with the normal coloration
types, on "trot-lines" in the spring, high water conditions.
A "trot-line" is a long piece of nylon twine that is strung between two or
more trees that are submerged at least half-way by the high water and hooks
are baited with live, young crawfish or other baits such as shrimp, sunfish
or small bowfins.......
It seems that the young "Bowfins" somehow attracted the largest catfish, but
the other baits mentioned also worked well!
While personally tending the line, I have boated catfish in excess of 20
pounds!
BG
----- Original Message -----
From: <BR0630_at_aol.com>
To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
Sent: Wednesday, November 27, 2002 3:10 PM
Subject: Re: NANFA-- channel cats
> In a message dated 11/26/2002 6:23:20 PM Eastern Standard Time, Moontanman
writes:
>
> > Are they the ones with lots of spots? I've noticed the
> > domesticated ones usually don't have many spots.
>
> Although I'm sure these fish are from fish planted in Lake Lowell when it
was constructed back in the thirties, they do not have many spots.
>
> Bruce
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