Have You Caught this Fish
The Blue Catfish is largest species of catfish in North America, weighing up words of 150 lbs. The Blue Catfish is primarily found in the Mississippi River drainage, including the Missouri, Ohio, Tennessee, and Arkansas Rivers.
Blue catfish are opportunistic predators and will eat any species of fish they can catch, along with crawfish, freshwater mussels, frogs, and other available aquatic food sources; some blue catfish have been reported to attack scuba divers. For the Blue catfish catching their prey becomes all the more easy if there prey is already wounded or dead, and blue cats are noted for feeding beneath large schools of striped bass in open water in reservoirs or feeding on wounded baitfish that have been washed through dam spillways or power generation turbines.
Due to their opportunistic nature, blue catfish will usually take advantage of readily accessible food in a variety of situations, which from the angler's makes cut-up or dead baits, and even
stink baits an excellent choice to target these fish. Blue cats will also respond well to live baits, with live river herring and shad usually there top choice, followed by large shiner minnows, sunfish, suckers, mullet, dead shrimp and carp. All of the above baits can be used as fresh cut baits with good success.
Blue catfish can be frequently caught in warmer climates and waters as shallow as 12 inches. Fishing for the Blue catfish requires incredibly strong tackle; often fishermen targeting them will choose saltwater tackle such as a large, heavy-action pole with 100-lb-test line, and 10/0 circle hooks, with a 2-lb chunk of cut skipjack herring. Blue catfish are incredible fighters, and are often considered game fish due to their reputation for attacking anything from panfish baits to artificial bass lures. So have you caught a Blue Catfish yet.
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