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The channel catfish ,meaning “fish cat with spots”. known informally as the "channel cat", is a species of catfish native to North America. They are North America's most abundant catfish species, and the official state fish of Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska and Tennessee. The channel catfish is the most fished species of catfish in the United States, with around 8 million anglers angling them per year. The popularity of channel catfish for food has contributed to the rapid expansion of this species' aquaculture in the United States. It has also been widely introduced to Europe, Asia and South America, and many countries consider it an invasive species.
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Obtaining a Stomach Sample from a Channel Catfish c. 1976 - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (.gov)
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Channel Catfish thrive in Kinnear Pond, offering great summer fishing opportunity - Sheridan Media
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Fish & Wildlife | Channel Catfish - New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (.gov)
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44.1-Pound Channel Catfish Breaks Record for California’s Clear Lake - Wired2Fish
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How to Target Channel Catfish During Spring Run-Off - Game & Fish Magazine
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Channel catfish are biting across Iowa right after ice out - Outdoor News
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Clear Lake touts another lake record – this time a Channel Catfish pushing 45 pounds - Western Outdoor News
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Dexter man reels in record-setting channel catfish - WWNY-TV
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Channel Catfish Stockings to Boost Angling Opportunities - chadronradio.com
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Channel Catfish Thrive in Kinnear Pond, Offering Great Summer Fishing Opportunity - Wyoming Game and Fish (.gov)
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DEC Announces First State Record Fish in 2025 - New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (.gov)
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Hatchery trout chunks a hook for channel catfish: NE Ohio fishing report - Cleveland.com
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Pa. is stocking bigger channel catfish to give anglers more to catch in the summertime - post-gazette.com
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The Largest Channel Catfish Ever Caught in Arkansas Was 10 Times the Size of a Normal Catfish - A-Z Animals
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Invasive flathead catfish now top predators in Susquehanna River in Pennsylvania - The Pennsylvania State University
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68 bodies of water stocked with trout and channel catfish - wowktv.com
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It's Here: Amazing Channel Catfish Fishing in Sandusky Bay - Game & Fish Magazine
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Channel catfish biting despite the weather: NE Ohio fishing report - Cleveland.com
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MDC's urban fish stocking program fills Kansas City-area lakes with channel catfish for anglers - kshb.com
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The Channel Catfish is on Fire! Summer Sport Fishing at Kinnear Pond, Wyoming - bigfish.mx
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How to Catch Channel Catfish—and Why You Should Target Them This Spring - Outdoor Life
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Here’s where the DNR has stocked walleye and catfish - WANE 15
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Channel Catfish - Kentucky Fish and Wildlife (.gov)
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West Virginia angler catches record channel catfish - WVDNR (.gov)
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Angler breaks West Virginia’s long-standing channel catfish record - WVDNR (.gov)
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July 3, 2025 - Cleveland Metroparks
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Upstate NY angler’s colossal Lake Ontario catfish crushes state record - Syracuse.com
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Catfish Week: Creeking for Channel Catfish - In-Fisherman
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WV angler catches state record channel catfish 2 years in a row - WVDNR (.gov)
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Channel Catfish Management - CT.GOV-Connecticut's Official State Website (.gov)
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Get Out & Fish Sites Stocked with Adult Channel Catfish and Free Fishing Event in Minden - Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (.gov)
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Channel Catfish Spawn Brings Hot Fishing for Bank Anglers - Kentucky Fish and Wildlife (.gov)
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Ice Out! A Perfect Time for Channel Cat Fishing - In-Fisherman
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Catfish Are Predators Too! - Nebraskaland Magazine (.gov)
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Manitoba Channel Catfish - In-Fisherman
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Publication-Channel Catfish - Purdue University
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Late spring begins prime time for catfish - Kentucky Fish and Wildlife (.gov)
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Big fish, big fun: catfish are the Snake River's overlooked bounty - idfg.idaho.gov
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Focus on Spawn Hangouts for Channel Cats - Game & Fish Magazine
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Channel Catfish - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (.gov)
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30,000 channel catfish stocked across Idaho’s lakes and reservoirs - idfg.idaho.gov
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Catfish Angler Guide: Top Tips & Area Highlights - Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation
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Maryland DNR to Stock Channel Catfish into Local Ponds - Maryland.gov
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Comparison of growth performance among channel-blue hybrid catfish, ccGH transgenic channel catfish, and channel catfish in a tank culture system - Nature
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Channel catfish - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (.gov)
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A ‘big catch’ fish story: How the channel catfish became a Nebraska symbol - nebraskaexaminer.com
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Channel Catfish in Reservoirs - In-Fisherman
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Channel Catfish removed from the San Juan River - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (.gov)
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Game and Fish stocks 6,000 jumbo channel catfish - Wyoming Game and Fish (.gov)
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Trimming a Bloated Bullhead Population - North Dakota Game and Fish (.gov)
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Channel Catfish Valentine - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (.gov)
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How to Catch Challenging Channel Catfish - In-Fisherman
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Genomic imprinting-like monoallelic paternal expression determines sex of channel catfish - Science | AAAS
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Catfishing | Man reels in record sized channel catfish from pond on a North Carolina farm in Rockingham County - abc11.com
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The channel catfish genome sequence provides insights into the evolution of scale formation in teleosts - Nature
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Massive Channel Catfish Caught in Indiana—Largest in 40 Years! - WKDQ 99.5
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Channeling Angler Efforts Toward Catfish - North Dakota Game and Fish (.gov)
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Primetime Channel Catfish - In-Fisherman
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Midwest Hotspots for Channel Catfish - Game & Fish Magazine
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Man catches largest channel catfish ever in West Virginia - WBOY.com
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Man catches record-breaking channel catfish in Wayne County - wowktv.com
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NC Angler Channel Catfish Record Certified - Wired2Fish
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Fisherman lands North Carolina record for channel catfish - WDBJ7
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Channel "Super Cats" Catfish Stocked In 28 Waters - NJ.gov
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Tips for catching catfish at community ponds - Utah Division of Wildlife Resources (.gov)
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Safety assessment of subchronic feeding of insect-resistant and herbicide-resistant transgenic soybeans to juvenile channel catfish ( Ictalurus punctatus - Nature
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Channel catfish stocked in Liberty Lake for the first time in 10 years - The Spokesman-Review
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South Dakota's State-Record Channel Catfish Reconsidered - In-Fisherman
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Channel catfish to be stocked in Get Out and Fish ponds - KATC
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West Virginia angler catches record channel catfish - Farm and Dairy
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Catch River Channel Catfish Now - Game & Fish Magazine
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Single-nuclei transcriptome analysis of IgM+ cells isolated from channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) spleen - Frontiers
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Not Too Early for Big River Channel Catfish - In-Fisherman
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How To Catch GIANT Prespawn Channel Catfish - Wired2Fish
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NC confirms new state record channel catfish - Carolina Sportsman
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State Records: New York Channel Catfish, Idaho Smallmouth Bass - Game & Fish Magazine
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Guides' Secrets To Landing Trophy Channel Catfish - Game & Fish Magazine
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12-Year-Old Girl Sets Blackshear Channel Catfish Record - Georgia Outdoor News
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Trolling Channel Catfish For Trophies - In-Fisherman
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Sandusky Bay is epicenter of Erie's channel catfish attention - Sandusky Register
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Growth performance of channel catfish fed diets with poultry corn byproduct meal - Responsible Seafood Advocate - Global Seafood Alliance
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Near-infrared spectrometers determine stage maturity in channel catfish - Global Seafood Alliance
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DEC: 'Monster' channel catfish breaks state record - Niagara Frontier Publications
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DNR to stock channel catfish around Indiana - WPTA | 21Alive | Fort Wayne, IN
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Virulent Aeromonas hydrophila in channel catfish - Global Seafood Alliance
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Wayne County pond yields a new state record channel catfish - WV MetroNews
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Reidsville man reels in 27-pound channel catfish, sets new state record - WXII
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Angler breaks his own state record for channel catfish - WV MetroNews
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Adult Channel catfish - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (.gov)
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Ocmulgee River Record Channel Catfish - Georgia Outdoor News
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Channel catfish stocked in Indiana urban lakes - WANE 15
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Channel Surfing for Summer Catfish - Game & Fish Magazine
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After 50 years, 1970 channel catfish state record broken - WLOS
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Pinehurst angler catches new NC state record channel catfish - Carolina Sportsman
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Channel catfish production in biofloc technology systems - Global Seafood Alliance
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Channel Catfish In Streams - In-Fisherman
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Sandusky Bay: the channel catfish capital of the world - thebeacon.net
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