WTB small flathead catfish

[Joenelson145]

anybody have a small flathead catfish forsale something like 3-4 inches

 

[Deadliestviper7]

Maybe johnas aquarium?

 

[Joenelson145]

Anybody ?

 

[amazonfishman]

Wrong time of year to find them and even in the right time of year they are VERY difficult to come by. Back in the spring there were some on eBay and rarely but sometimes available on Aquabid. A few of our vendors have had them for sale in the past but I don't recall any in the last few years available, I think Oddball had some a few years back for sale but that was a one time deal.

 

[thebiggerthebetter]

Agree with Trent above - they are offered exceedingly rarely. In 10 years, I've come across one or two offerings and those were larger fish than 3"-4".

I'd like to get one too.

You could contact the native fish vendors, such as the mentioned Jonas, also Zimmerman:

http://jonahsaquarium.com/jonahsite/fishlist.htm

http://www.zimmermansfish.com/Price.html

https://www.azgardens.com/product-category/freshwater-aquarium/freshwater-tropical-fish/ -- these guys offer sturgeon and perhaps other natives.

 

[thebiggerthebetter]

I see you have already found this for sale thread but I'll link it for posterity: https://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/threads/flathead-catfish.693113/

 

[Oddball]

I had over 40,000 blue and flathead catfish fingerlings up for sale a while back. I only sold 1. The cats were finally released into noodling areas and farm ponds except for a few that I kept.


Flatheads hatching out.


Flathead a year and a half later.

 

[Joenelson145]

Man if you ever run in to some more I will Totally buy a few if your willing to ship

 

[thebiggerthebetter]

Oddball is legendary for mind-blowing fits like this one and others but this also shows you the level of interest in these fish. Exceedingly low demand, and hence, an offer to match... which may be hard to comprehend. I mean why MFKers as a community aim to keep so many species of large exotic catfish from RTC, TSN, wels, leerii, to goonch and Asian red tail catfish but look down at flatheads.

The "exotic" part excites us and we don't appreciate what's under our noses.

 

[moe214]

I think flatheads look cool just to big for me.

Oddball is legendary for mind-blowing fits like this one and others but this also shows you the level of interest in these fish. Exceedingly low demand, and hence, an offer to match... which may be hard to comprehend. I mean why MFKers as a community aim to keep so many species of large exotic catfish from RTC, TSN, wels, leerii, to goonch and Asian red tail catfish but look down at flatheads.

The "exotic" part excites us and we don't appreciate what's under our noses.

Why haven't you rescued any? lol