Thread: Catfish report from Bayou Meto

I argue with some locals ,they call the Blue Catfish by Humpback Blues, Fultons or Whites . The Arkansas River has a lot of Blues as well as Channel Cats and Flatheads. I have fished for catfish for years and lots of folks have different names for each type. Some even call Channels ''Blue Channels '':rolleyes: Sometimes male Channel cat after spawning will be all head ,skinny,and dark blue in color.Some locals call the ''****** Lip Blues.
I've even fished commercially some .:D There is a Catfish that is a White cat ,but I never saw any here. They live mostly up north and are generally not very large. We also have Bullheads and Madtoms which are small Catfish . Some folks call Yellow or Brown Bullheads ''Mudcats'' . They are lower in table quality.

whites are a seperate group than blues or channels



http://myfwc.com/fishing/Fishes/catfish.html

Originally Posted by NIMROD

Guys you are correct on the darker fish, they look like Channel. But the white looking ones are actually Blues which get bigger than Channels. The Arkansas and anything connected are full of both kinds. The Flatheads are my favorite though . I thought the bayou was polluted with dixoin ? The thing runs through some of my relatives farm upstream around Lonoke.
That other picture has some nice flatheads too.

Nimrod is correct. I see three different species of catfish there. Channel,Blue,Flathead.