Never saw one of these before! Ideas??

[Aquanero]

Flatheads, Blues and Channel cats are the most common species fished for by hand. But a piebald channel cat is not common anywhere as far as I'm aware. This is a really cool looking fish and what's even cooler is it's natural not a man made aquarium strain.

 

[predatorkeeper87]

Is this common for you guys in the states being a channel cat?? and is this the species i wotch the Mad guys Noodle for with there hands and heads underwater

The coloration definitely isn't common, I've never caught a channel that wasn't the typical light blue/grey coloration. People who go noodling tend to target flathead catfish, bigger and meaner and apparently more fun to put your hand in their mouths.

 

[thebiggerthebetter]

Relevant threads:

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/f...elievable-crazy-hybrid-catfish&highlight=orca

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?549303-Mekong-x-Redtail-!&highlight=orca

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/f...DS-a-striking-freak-of-nature!&highlight=orca

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?607098-piebald-bisected-RTC

As Sulurus (Dr. Heok Hee Ng) explains "It's... ... some kind of genetic defect for color. All of the chromatophores seem to be highly aggregated in parts of the body, causing some areas to be albinistic and others to be very dark."

TSN:

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/f...hovelNose-catfish-color-morphing-!-(2-Viewing

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?567726-Albino-tiger-shovel-nose-catfish

http://www.planetcatfish.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=37969&hilit=platinum

 

[BIG-G]

My family owns a pond and ordered 200 fingering blue channels several years ago from a hatchery that stocks ponds. There was one that was like this and a few pure albino.
Beautiful animals

 

[Zeke]

Blue Catfish 100% .

 

[fwprawn]

Anyone live near catfish hatcheries who could find some and get them for those of us who want them?

 

[justarn]

Holy cow!

lol...

 

[divemaster99]

Beautiful channel cat, if anyone has one I'd be happy to take it off your hands

 

[predatorkeeper87]

Anyone live near catfish hatcheries who could find some and get them for those of us who want them?

I wish...I'd have to give them away out of PA unfortunately...no selling the natives! lol.

 

[HyPHyISM42o]

That is a nice fish

sent from your girl's cell phone she busy right now.