[Mac-b]

CCC member recently caught this cat and wants to know what kind it is. I know, do you? See attached photo's. Double click to enlarge.

 

[CountryHart]

I can't be certain but it looks like a mississippi white cat. They are probably called different things depending on where your at.

 

[jdstraka]

That's Easy Mac, That there Cat is a Gray and Black Speckled Wally Dogger Cat RIGHT? Now Send Me My Prize. J.D.
:wink:

 

[RiverratSC]

Looks to be a blue with the straight anal fin but without seeing the head I cn't say for sure.

 

[BIG GEORGE]

Looks like a caught cat to me. I never was any good at countin the rays. That is the determinin factor for tellin the difference when it comes to blues and channels.

 

[Dreadnaught]

It looks like a Blue-channel mix to me, can't be sure though without the full picture!!!

 

[orion_xxvx]

Its a female channel cat .

 

[Mac-b]

More info. on catfish. It's upper lip hangs over the lower lip. Two more photo's to review. I get a count of 28 rays +-. Double click photo's to enlarge.

 

[Catlancer]

Hey Mac,

What are the general rules for catfish I.D.? Blue, Channel, White, Flathead.

 

[catfisherman_eky3]

Looks like a blue cat to me

 

[mariofish]

it looks like a big blue:crazy: to me it is cool looking:cool2:

 

[Mac-b]

Lance, here is what little I know about doing an ID on a catfish.

White Catfish: slighty forked tail, 22 anal fin rays. Color is not white in this local.

Channel Catfish: 24 to 29 anal fin rays. Young ones have spots on the rear section.

Blue Catfish: 30 to 35 anal fin rays.

Flathead Catfish: mean, ugly and a great fighter. The have a big mouth, are brown, yellow or a mix. You will know one when he bites your bait.

 

[Mike81]

Looks like a cross between a blue and a channel to me?? :confused2: Edumcate me..what is it??? :smile2:

 

[Netmanjack]

I also lean toward the channel because of the coloration. I ? the tail though. Could be a hybred....

 

[griz]

Going by your pictures, ray count, and what I've read, I'd say it was a hybrid of a Blue and a Channel. This link gives a description of a Hybrid.

http://govdocs.aquake.org/cgi/reprint/2003/627/6270020.pdf

 

[CountryHart]

I say fillet it and see if it taste like fishoooh:

 

[BassMassey]

I would say it's a blue.. I think blues dorsal spine stands higher then channel cats......thats usually the first thing i notice other than the color

 

[chris dornbusch]

Thats a blue cat if you ask me.

 

[orion_xxvx]

Looks like a female channel who has been on a nest by looks of fin irritation. Female channels keep there spots and have a petite head and light coloring. Male channel cat turn dark and get a big bumpy head. Thats my guess without counting rays.

 

[WylieCat]

Head looks like a blue, but no matter how I count those anal rays the most I can come up with is 28.

CHANNEL CAT :wink: