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	Channel catfish - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Channel catfish flesh is prized by many anglers and the popularity of channel catfish for food has allowed the rapid growth of aquaculture of this species throughout the United States.
		Channel catfish are well distributed throughout the United States and thrive in small rivers, large rivers, reservoirs, natural lakes, and ponds.
		Channel catfish are omnivores who can be caught on a variety of natural and prepared baits including crickets, nightcrawlers, minnows, shad, frogs, bullheads, sunfish, and suckers.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Channel_catfish (582 words)

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		Channel and white catfish are members of the bullhead catfish family, Ictaluridae, and are a freshwater species that are commonly found in estuarine waters.
		The channel catfish is generally gray to greenish-gray on the upper part of its slender body, silver to white on its lower half and belly and has a deeply forked tail.
		Catfish populations are targeted during spring sampling, where length frequency and age data are collected for both channel and white catfish in the upper Bay, Chester, Choptank and Nanticoke Rivers.
	www.dnr.state.md.us /fisheries/education/catfish/catfish.html (1130 words)

	Farm-raised Channel Catfish
		Channel catfish are reported to live up to forty years, attain approximately 1 m (40 in.) in total length and nearly 20 kg (44 lbs) in body weight.
		Channel catfish can be sexually differentiated at about 6 months of age and normally breed for the first time in their second or third year of life.
		Channel catfish are efficient food converters and will gain between 0.45 and 0.67 g of body weight per gram of food consumed (e.g 1.5-2.2 lbs of feed/1lb of fish).
	edis.ifas.ufl.edu /BODY_FA010 (1767 words)

	Channel catfish Ictalurus punctatus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		In New York, the channel catfish is found in Lake Erie, Lake Ontario, Lake Champlain, Oneida Lake, and their larger tributaries and in the Finger Lakes, the Canal System, the St. Lawrence drainage, and the Niagara River.
		However, channel catfish in the northern U.S. do not reach the weights of 40-50 pounds recorded for the southeastern states where growing seasons are longer and living conditions more favorable.
		Commercial aquaculture of channel catfish was first considered to be economically practical in the late 1950s, and catfish farming developed rapidly during the 1960s and 1970s.
	fish.dnr.cornell.edu /nyfish/Ictaluridae/channelcatfish.html (235 words)

	Fishing for Channel Catfish
		The large flood-control reservoirs contain natural populations of channel catfish; however, annual stockings of hatchery-reared fish are required to maintain the populations in small lakes and ponds.
		Catfish fishermen, those that are "dyed-in-the-wool," enjoy the beauty of a stream, but they aren't fooled by the tendency of the river to hide catfish.
		Catfish can be caught under ice conditions, but feeding begins in earnest after the water temperature reaches 40 degrees F. The keen sense of smell possessed by channel catfish make it one of the few species of game fish that can be readily caught during high stream flows in the spring, summer, and early fall.
	www.iowadnr.com /fish/iafish/ccf-fish.html (2300 words)

	ESPN Outdoors - Profile: Channel Catfish (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		Channell cats are most common in big rivers and streams.
		Channel catfish also inhabit lakes, reservoirs and ponds.
		Most channels are caught by bottom fishing with baits such as dried chicken blood, chicken livers or gizzards and nightcrawlers.
	sports.espn.go.com /outdoors/fishing/news/story?page=f_enc_ChannelCatfish (281 words)

	Florida Museum of Natural History Ichthyology Department: Channel catfish bioprofile (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		As the channel catfish migrates, it exploits spawning and feeding habitats in shallow rivers during the summer and retreats to the safety of deepwater habitats in the winter.
		The meat of the channel catfish is white, crisp, juicy, and tender.
		The channel catfish is a useful as a basic test animal for determining chemical transfers, immune responses, and antibody formation in scientific research.
	www.flmnh.ufl.edu /fish/Gallery/Descript/ChannelCatfish/ChannelCatfish.html (1265 words)

	Channel Catfish
		Channel Catfish are reared at Lost Valley Hatchery for urban fishing.
		Channel catfish fry are received from Chesapeake Hatchery, a state hatchery in southwest Missouri.
		The remainder sixty thousand of channel catfish are fed thru November and are held over the winter and will be stocked during the months of April - July of their third year.
	www.mdc.mo.gov /areas/hatchery/lostvalley/channel (461 words)

	Channel Catfish
		Catfishes are characterized by scaleless skin and barbels, better known as whiskers, about their mouth.
		Young channel catfish are silvery blue-gray and their coloration darkens with age.
		Channel Catfish are raised for sport fishing at Inks Dam National Fish Hatchery at Burnet, Texas, Uvalde National Fish Hatchery, Uvalde, Texas, and Tishomingo National Fish Hatchery in Oklahoma.
	h2ow.com /catfish/channel_catfish.html (618 words)

	Blue Channel Catfish
		Blue catfish have a forked tail, and are sometimes very similar to channel catfish.
		Catfish is the second most preferred group of fish among licensed Texas anglers, and blues rank third behind channel and flathead catfish.
		Blue catfish are native to major rivers of the Ohio, Missouri, and Mississippi river basins.
	www.huntstats.com /blc.html (355 words)

	National Factsheets - Fish Fact Sheet - Channel Catfish
		The channel catfish is native to the fresh waters of eastern and central North America.
		Channel catfish spawn in late spring or summer and, depending on the habitat, they may or may not migrate into rivers or moving water at spawning time.
		The channel catfish is an important commercial fish in the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River, a challenging sport fish and an excellent food fish.
	www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca /canwaters-eauxcan/infocentre/guidelines-conseils/factsheets-feuillets/national/channelcatfish_e.asp (511 words)

	Warm Water Species - Catfish
		Channel and flathead catfish each have eight fl barbels ('whiskers') near the mouth and thick, smooth, scaleless skin.
		Young channel catfish are silvery blue-gray with fl spots and a forked tail.
		Channel cats bite on 'stinkbait', whether homemade (form a mixture of cheese, decayed meat or minnows, animal blood, oats, flour, and anise into small balls) or commercially prepared.
	www.wildlife.state.nm.us /recreation/fishing/warm_water_species/Catfish.htm (976 words)

	SUSTAINABLE CHANNEL CATFISH FARM
		Channel Catfish feeding table predicting catfish weights and daily feeding rates at 7-day intervals, assuming exponential growth for 0.1- to 0.53-lb fish and linear growth for fish greater than 0.53 lb (1.0 lb = 454g).
		Channel catfish with an average, individual weight of 1.3 lb (1.0 lb = 454 g) were produced within 175 days using low stocking densities and tables to adjust feeding.
		Channel catfish feeding table predicting catfish weights and daily feeding rates at 7-day intervals, assuming growth is exponential for fish between 0.1-0.7 lb each and linear for fish greater than 0.7 lb (1.0 lb = 454 g).
	www.ca.uky.edu /wkrec/SustainableCatfishFarming.htm (2466 words)

	Channel Catfish
		Channel catfish are freshwater fish, native to the central and eastern United States and southern Canada.
		In this study, channel catfish were found to be common in trawl and fyke net catches in the vicinity of the Contra Costa and Pittsburg power plants, in Montezuma Slough, and in the Delta.
		The spawning behavior of the channel catfish is said to be much like that of the brown bullhead (Clemens and Sneed 1957) and the white catfish (this study).
	elib.cs.berkeley.edu /kopec/tr9/html/sp-channel-catfish.html (905 words)

	CHANNEL CATFISH PRODUCTION
		Channel catfish farming is the fastest growing segment of the aquaculture industry in the United States.
		Channel catfish are native to the Mississippi River drainage.
		Channel catfish farming is a capital intensive enterprise in both facility development and production.
	aquanic.org /publicat/state/ga/catfish.htm (5003 words)

	Channel Catfish: Nature Snapshots from Minnesota DNR: Minnesota DNR
		General description: The channel catfish is a slender fish with a forked tail, flat head, whiskers (called barbels), and a smooth skin.
		Channel catfish eat crayfish, insects, snails, small clams, worms, fish, and the seeds of elm and silver maple trees.
		In Minnesota, channel catfish are common in the Mississippi River, the St. Croix River, and in the larger tributaries of both rivers.
	www.dnr.state.mn.us /snapshots/fish/channelcatfish.html (348 words)

	Catfishing
		Catfishing, If you're fishing an area that is a healthy environment for the fish and they have plenty of food you'll not be able to catch them on just any old thing...
		Catfishing, Structure is always a good place to start and structure can be anything from abrupt to subtle as blues kind of use structure as a holding area like a place that is darker or darkest during the day in that particular area.
		Catfishing, The crappie structure is best for daylight flathead fishing as the flats seem to lay up under the crappie structure placed there by crappie fishermen to attract crappie...
	www.catfishin.net (4448 words)

	Channel Catfish
		The channel catfish is one of the more popular species found in Carlyle lake.
		Anyone who has fished for channel catfish knows that this fish can be quite selective in the baits it will take.
		In early spring, catfish are attracted to the crawfish that are abundant around rocks that time of year.
	www.carlylelake.com /Fishing/Guide/Catfish/channelcat.htm (331 words)

	Catfish
		Since channel catfish can also be taken by commercial fishermen, except where stocked by the Commission, they are not legally classified as sportfish.
		They resemble channel catfish by having deeply forked tails, but are dissimilar because they are unspotted and have a long, straight-edged anal fin with 30 to 35 rays.
		NOTE: Blue catfish are restricted as being potentially detrimental to the natural ecosystem if they were moved from their current range into other water bodies and should not be transported alive.
	floridafisheries.com /Fishes/catfish.html (2550 words)

	Channel Catfish
		Natural Food Sources – Channel catfish are omnivorous, feeding on a wide variety of organic matter, dead and alive.
		Facts – Good scrappers, channel catfish are a favorite of many anglers, and when taken from clean waters are excellent table fare.
		Catfish feed more by taste and touch than by sight and rarely exceed 50 pounds.
	www.wildlifedepartment.com /ccatfish.htm (179 words)

	Channel catfish - Discover The Outdoors (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		Channel catfish are the most common of the freshwater catfish and can be easily identified because of their distinctive forked tails and dark spots scattered around the body.
		Channel catfish can be found in all types of fresh water throughout the United States, southern Canada, and northeastern Mexico.
		Channel catfish are omnivorous, which means they eat a wide variety of food items depending on what is available in their environment.
	www.dto.com /fwfishing/species/generalprofile.jsp?speciesid=303 (1297 words)

	Freshwater Fish Facts - Alabama Channel Catfish
		Adult channel cats are dark gray along the back, grading to light yellow or greenish yellow along the sides, and white on the venter.
		This fin on the channel catfish has a rounded margin and 24 to 29 soft rays, while on the blue catfish the free margin is straight and rays number 30 or more.
		Channel catfish feed on aquatic insect larvae, crayfish, mollusks, and small fish, along with baits such as cheese, chicken, dough balls, redworms, and cut bait.
	www.outdooralabama.com /fishing/freshwater/fish/catfish/channel (638 words)

	Channel Catfish (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		Some anglers mistakenly call channel catfish with few or no spots blue catfish, but the blue catfish is found only in the Ohio River.
		Channel catfish prefer areas with deep water, clean gravel boulder substrates and low to moderate current.
		Adult channel catfish are bottom feeders that use smell and taste to locate food.
	www.dnr.state.oh.us /wildlife/Fishing/aquanotes-fishid/chancat.htm (317 words)

	Channel Catfish Identification, Facts and Tips Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		Channel catfish are often mistake for Blue Catfish.
		Channel Catfish occur throughout the Mississippi River Valley, and down to the Mexico border.
		Channel Catfish are the most commonly raised aquaculture species in the U.S. Channel Catfish are very similiar to Blue Catfish but prefer slow to moderate current instead of the swift current that the Blue Catfish prefer.
	www.thejump.net /fishlist/channelcat.htm (198 words)

	Channel Catfish (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		The average size of a catfish is is 1-2 kg, although in the southern United States, where water temperatures are warmer, this species can reach up to 27 kg.
		Members of the catfish family lack scales, can have poisonous venom in the fin spines, and have sensitive sensory (taste) cells located on the body and the barbels.
		Channel catfish spines are commonly artifacts found by archaeologists; One specimen from Lake Huron was radiocarbon dated to be 3000 years old.
	www.redpath-museum.mcgill.ca /Qbp/fish/specpages/channelcatfish.htm (111 words)

	channel_catfish
		The anal fin of a channel catfish is round with 24 to 29 rays.
		Channel catfish are an important part of the Commission’s Community Fishing Program.
		Channel catfish feed mostly at night and are especially active from sunset to midnight.
	www.ncwildlife.org /pg03_Fishing/profiles/pages/channel_catfish.htm (380 words)

	Aquaculture: Catfish
		The rapid growth of the catfish industry in the 1980s and 1990s led it to become one of the most important agricultural activities in states such as Mississippi, Arkansas, Alabama, and Louisiana.
		The catfish industry generates an economic impact of billions of dollars and is the primary source of economic activity and employment in a number of Mississippi counties.
		Most catfish ponds in east Mississippi are located in the western portion of the Blackland Prairie soil region which extends from just south of Montgomery, Alabama, to the west of Columbus, Mississippi, and ending near Tupelo, in northeast Mississippi.
	msucares.com /aquaculture/catfish/index.html (604 words)

	Channel Catfish (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		The channel catfish is probably the most well-known catfish species in the country.
		The channel catfish can be quite large reaching a length of 50 inches and weighing more than 40 lbs.
		The channel catfish is light in color ranging from a blue-gray to an olive on the back and sides.
	lanier.sam.usace.army.mil /fishing/Channel_Cat.htm (228 words)

	Channel Catfish Ictalurus punctatus
		The channel catfish and brown bullhead are members of the Ictaluridae, or catfish family.
		Members of the catfish family are all more or less omnivorous, feeding on all sorts of plant and animal matter.
		Channel cats prefer cooler, deeper, cleaner water than bullheads, and water with a sand or gravel bottom.
	www.michigan.gov /dnr/0,1607,7-153-10364_18958-45660--,00.html (368 words)

	Channel Catfish
		(ictalurus punctatus) The channel catfish is sometimes known as the fiddler, spotted cat, speckled cat, willow cat and chucklehead.
		Channel cat are also found in southeastern and central Canada, the Great Lakes, and has been successfully introduced in England and Europe.
		However, the best way to catch channel catfish is with dip baits imbedded in soft grooved plastic worms or cut and perforated sections of rubber tubing filled with pasty bait.
	www.webspawner.com /users/hillbillyangler/channelcatfish.html (639 words)

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