channel catfish

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cenecker said:
If memory serves - the all-tackle world record for channel cats was a fish of 90 lbs or so and over four feet long. Think about that before trying to keep one in an aquarium. Not that it can't be done by any means, I mean this is Monster Fish Keepers after all. I just don't think you should attempt it if you have limited financial means. Consider what it would cost to feed a fish that big, and that doesn't even start to get into the cost of a tank (or preferably pond) and the kind of filtration a big, messy, destructive fish like that requires.

Channel Cats are my personal favorite fish, I've dreamed of owning one for a long time. The cost prohibitation factor and the fact that its also illegal to have them here in AZ has made me wait. In the meantime, just go to petco or petsmart or even wal-mart. They all carry (at least all of them around here) atrius jordani , or what they ussually call silver-tip or black-tip sharks. I have four of them, they ussually top out around 12" and mine get along pretty well with my oscar. They look remarkably like tiny channel cats.

Keeps me happy till the day I get the real thing :drool:
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they just got a 135 pounder 44" girth
 
I read a press release about a 135 lb. BLUE catfish that was caught recently. Is that what your talking about? Or was there another one?

Funny thing about catfish - catfisherman lore states that most of the biggest cat fish were caught in the old days, and never reported because they were sold as food by poor fisherman. According to such stories, 100-300 lb cats were not uncommon in the glory days (oxymoron) of the old-school cat men. Of course I also think there's some truth in something else these same people say - we don't know how big they really get, because the biggest ones don't get caught. Anyone who's fished for catfish knows even a 10# cat can be a real handful! Can't imagine a 100# plus cat!
 
piranha45 said:
you could buy a stock tank
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=stock+tanks

alot of local horse-feed stores will sell them
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I use them for my indoor ponds, Rubbermate makes two sizes 6' 350 Gal, 8' 550. They are rated for Ag use and animal safe. Most are already fit with a lower drain bulk head. The 8' is a bit trouble some trying to get them inside a standard door trust me. Wife still give me S*&T about the ceiling. Good Luck
 
53 lbs? coulda sworn I read about a 90 or so pounder....hhmmmm better check my sources again.
 
its actually 58 lbs...sry. and i read about a 90 lb blue caught in lake texoma a couple months after the new world record 121.5 lb blue was caught. (in lake texoma). the blue was caught late last year early this year, i forget.
 
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