channel cat worth $6,000

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And to think of all the money I've turned down over the years. "No sir I'm sorry, but I have no interest in taking your large catfish off your hands." Now I'll probably never get offeres another.:(
 
Rare Albino Catfish Making Stir at Hotel

Underwatertimes.com News Service


Salem, Oregon () A rare fish is making some big waves at a hotel in Salem, Oregon. The one-in-a-million albino channel catfish is now housed in a 300-gallon aquarium at the Salem Inn.

The owner, Bill Hammond, bought the fish for nine dollars from a Salem-area pet store. Hammond was told the fish was caught in the Columbia River at the Bonneville Dam.

The two-and-a-half-year-old fish, named Whiskers, is estimated to be worth six- to seven-thousand dollars. In a few more years, Whiskers will be donated to its new home at the Oregon Coast Aquarium in Newport.


Hammond says people from all over Oregon -- and from as far away as Germany and Australia -- have come to stay at the hotel just to see the rare white fish with pink eyes.
 
Everyone should post their $6-7k fish in this thread and email it to them

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wangster11235;874809; said:
arnt most of the channel cats at petsmart and such leuistic and not albino?


Mine had red eyes......I think it even came from petsmart originally.
 
He might be worth 10k!
 
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Mines only 9-10"

He might only be worth 2k. :(
 
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