What rod is that?  I like a short handle but they are hard to find.  

10 minutes ago, Yeajray231 said:

Black and gold / blue flake 4" senko.. helluva surprise and an even better fight. 

 

Pretty good size for a channel cat. Big ol head on her.

 That looks like a blue cat to me

I think some call it a bull head

 

I'm pretty sure it's a channel. They get dark in color. 

 

Here is someone else's channel catfish I found as soon as I googled black channel cat. It's not a blue. Look at the anal fin. 

 

85 % sure it's a channel. 

 

@Bunnielab it's a Berkley cherrywood 6 foot MH. Perfect for bank fishing . And only 25 bucks. For the money it's above and beyond 

Someone who Chases catfish chime in please. 

Lol ? bullhead, I fish for a lot of species that's a channel.

 

I was going to say bull heads  usually channels have white bellies with speckals. the bullheads we use to catch were usually black in color. but I am no expert. bet it was a fun fight tho!

It's belly was all white... The owner of the pond told me his brother stocked channels in there.. so I just assumed. It's not a blue or a flathead that's for sure. 

30 minutes ago, Yeajray231 said:

 

@Bunnielab it's a Berkley cherrywood 6 foot MH. Perfect for bank fishing . And only 25 bucks. For the money it's above and beyond 

 

Thanks! It looks like they have a M/F one at 5'6".  That might make a good "allways in the car" rod.  

7 minutes ago, lonnie g said:

I was going to say bull heads  usually channels have white bellies with speckals. the bullheads we use to catch were usually black in color. but I am no expert. bet it was a fun fight tho!

Yeah generally the bullheads don't get very big

That's a big male channel. They turn nearly black and their heads swell up during spawning time. Channels only have spots as juveniles, they disappear once they become adults. Blues anal fins are very straight and unmistakable. 

28 minutes ago, Fish yeeter said:

Lol ? bullhead, I fish for a lot of species that's a channel.

 

 

That would be an all world Bullhead.

6 minutes ago, Bluebasser86 said:

That's a big male channel. They turn nearly black and their heads swell up during spawning time. Channels only have spots as juveniles, they disappear once they become adults. Blues anal fins are very straight and unmistakable. 

 

I knew you'd come along. 

 

 

I thought bullheads were brown with whitish yellowish bellies

cool! learn something every day. told you I was no expert.  just remember what my dad called them when I was a young boy.

2 minutes ago, slonezp said:

I thought bullheads were brown with whitish yellowish bellies

flat heads or mountain boys might say mud cat. that's on the brown ones with huge heads

7 hours ago, slonezp said:

I thought bullheads were brown with whitish yellowish bellies

Several species of bullhead so they cone in a variety of colors. Easiest way to tell a bullhead is their head is rounded like a channel, and their tail is rounded like a flathead. 

21 hours ago, Bluebasser86 said:

That's a big male channel. They turn nearly black and their heads swell up during spawning time. Channels only have spots as juveniles, they disappear once they become adults. Blues anal fins are very straight and unmistakable. 

 You are most likely right, but that cat has a lot of head   about 1/3 of his body

Schoolies upriver! hopefully the start of a successful campaign! Fish in the dark was a little bigger. 

Great night in the Kawartha's fishing with some Rapala X-Raps and Shad Raps.

nice one

Accidentally caught 5 or 6 bluegill on a yo-zuri jerkbait. I was quite impressed with their grit and determination 

It's that time of year when everyone is up shallow and hungry. In addition to largemouth and smallmouth this past week I've caught; warmouth, green sunfish, crappie, walleye, white bass, drum, channel catfish, flathead catfish, and trout. A finesse or micro jig fooled most of them. A couple of my favorite ones, I have a soft spot for flatheads, even tiny ones.

I caught 3 walleye on Thursday, this one being the largest at 20-22 inches (board only goes to 18 so I didn't bother measuring).

 

My oldest also caught a monster crappie from our neighbors pond on a wacky rigged 5" stickworm. It looks big in the picture, but it was even bigger in person, 15-16 inches by the mark on rod he was using. The 5" bait just about fit in it's mouth without having to be bent.

 

Some awesome photos being posted here, glad everyone is having a great spring and catching a lot of fish!

Nice day of Trout fishing!  

23.5" red (PB so far)

21" with vegetation (circled in red) growing out of his side? Looked like its been there for a while because the flesh healed up around it. 

Manatee came and spooked me, and then spooked the reds I was sight fishing...

Also ran into dolphins the last two times I've been out. They came within 20 feet of the kayak.

Talk about a full day of fun. That is too cool.