Dark colored Channel cat

tlindsey

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Nice looking Channel Catfish never seen one that dark. Thanks for sharing.
 

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This is the coolest coloration I found of the channels I caught, this one was caught on the Potomac. This ones color is exactly like a Flathead it is really weird. +another random picture from the same day of another weird channel.IMG_0648.JPG IMG_0649.JPG
 
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Was going through some old pictures and found a picture of this very dark channel catfish I caught years ago on the Potomac River and thought I would share it for fun. :)View attachment 1358261
Do you guys think this one is melanistic or just very very dark?
 

ReApEr666

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Do you guys think this one is melanistic or just very very dark?
they all look like reg. "wild" channels to me....the ones were used to seeing in the hobby/trade are usually hybrids of channel/blue cats making them a bit lighter and as always water conditions/sunlight play a big role in coloration of wild fish. If they were truely melanistic theyd b jet black... or have patches of jet black on them not shades of brown. The 1st pic if definetly a channel cat... the 2nd 2 pics im not positive as theres another species on the east coast in ur area white bullhead that can be hard to tell apart that size range.
 
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