Channel Catfish Photo Gallery

[brian6715]

Called in a professional photographer for this one.

LOL. You look so happy to have a professional take your picture, too.

Nice fish Mike

[Southwick]

Ice-Fishing Channel Cat.

26lbs8oz. 36" X 26" FAT Cat.

[Mike0000]

Thanks Brian.

[PoorWordUsage] Southwick way to show me up. Lol That things a beast.

[tsande00]

My first catfish!

We were targeting bass but hey, I'll take it! Measured out to 29", didn't get girth.

[Gordie]

Heres one from today

[DTro]

Here's a couple of plump ones from the past few days.

[Rick G]

Nice fish guys! DTro that top pic is a piggy . Gotta love fishing in just a light sweatshirt in March

[DTro]

Got a couple of picture worthy ones yesterday:

[Gordie]

Nice looking channels guys all we got yesterday were those pesky white tip rough fish even though one was close two 10 pounds it wasn't a cat

[Craigums]

What are you guys using for channels? I've never targeted them, My little sis got a little one on a chatterbait on Pool 2 last summer while bass fishing with me though. Ill be fishing P2 more often this summer might be fun to go after them once in a while

[Rick G]

Nice fish guys!!

Craigums, watch out catfishing can be addictive It all starts with just one trip, before you know it you won't have time for any other species

[DTro]

Crappy solo pic, but decent healthy fish

[reinhard1]

Nice fish DTRO!!! i seen that yellow device you have there in the video as well. could you tell me the brand name? if it's good enough for cats it's good enough for what i catch. thanks. good luck.

[DTro]

That thing is called, "The Fish Grip" or as we have been calling it lately, "the gleepa"

When I first seen these things, I pooh poohed them, but I bought one for our trip to canada to tame the sumo kitties they have up there and have been using it ever since.

They work great for channel cats as they tend to go nuts after getting in the boat, but I've also used them on carp, pike, walleye, and flatheads.

They are durable and even float, just make sure you remove the fish first, they don't float with a fish attached (inside joke )

You can get them in all kinds of colors, including glow in the dark, but the yellow ones are made with a slightly different polymer to allow them to flex a bit more. I found this out the hard way as I bought an orange one and it broke on a big cat. I called the owner and he sent me a yellow one. He then told me they tested the yellow ones at 300lbs!

The owner is very cool good ol southern Mississippi guy dedicated to keep his mfg in the USA and proud of it. We talked a bit and he ended up sending me a box of them to give away for my catfish contest I run.

[Fisherman For a Lifetime]

DTro:

The one with the Fish Grip has to be the most beautiful Cat I have ever seen in a pic!

Hope to see you out on the Croix sometime this year.

FFaL

[Rick G]

Nice color on that one, fat river fishy

[reinhard1]

thanks, i'll get a yellow one. good luck.

[davidbigreelz]

went out last night tryin to catch some bait. no bait but i got this little bugger to hit a crawler.

[DTro]

[Selmer]

How about queen of the cats? Here's my eldest with her biggest (our biggest ever!). 27.5", just shy of 5 lbs.

[reinhard1]

what a great catch!!!way to go!!!look at them smiles. good luck.

[Brad B]

How about queen of the cats? Here's my eldest with her biggest (our biggest ever!). 27.5", just shy of 5 lbs.

there is actually getting to be more females in the contest. you should print out the logo and enter future cats you and your kids catch. talk to Dtro for info as he is the one that started this contest.

[Rick G]

Too cool, the smile says it all. I know of some full grown men that won't hold their own catfish. Job well done

[Selmer]

Too cool, the smile says it all. I know of some full grown men that won't hold their own catfish. Job well done

A split second after the shutter closed the cat clamped down and flopped to the floor. She was left with an abraded patch on her thumb, but she's pretty proud of it - she was more concerned with me having taken the picture before she lost hold of it.

[MNFishhunter]

channel cats on a fly! Two from last year, look forward to this year.