Pond Boss Forums INTRO Questions & Observations 16 lb. 2 oz. pond catfish

I normally don't do skin mounts catfish as they are a PITA, but lately I've been taking them in as business isn't brisk. (Yeah if you want a big catfish mounted I can to it.)

Anyway, look at the girth on this pig from a local pond. I was thinking it was eggs, but was puzzled as it's the wrong time of year to develop eggs. Turns out the pig's digestive tract was packed with brownish food of some kind. Not sure what it was, and it was so rank I decided not to probe much. It actually looked fiberous like vegetation, but could have been well digest fish as the pond is full of small bluegills. I don't think the owner feeds his fish in the pond but I will ask as I'm curious.



The oviduct anal area that made me think initially it was a ripe female.

Cecil, did he give you good pics for color? Here's one very close to the same size:

Scot,

Thanks, that's right on for the fish coloration. I do have other pictures on my browser. The only good thing about them is they are about the easiest fish to paint and there are no scales to loose!

Here's a replica I did for a customer a while back. A lighter in coloration smaller fish of course.

That is definitely a fat CC!

Hmmmm...I know Male CC get very dark blue/grey as they get large that's why I'm 99% sure Scotts CC is a male. Female CC should have spawned two months ago in early June in NE, would think Indiana is about the same time? I have caught CC with their stomachs packed with FA before...not sure if they were eating invertabrates in the algae or what, but it was literally stuffed just like this fish with FA. Could that be it?

I bet those stuffed with FA tasted like....... well you know.

Probably

esshup,
That has to be one of the most gorgus fish I have ever laid eyes on...Hard to beleive thats a Channel cat. He looks so much like an Ol blue...

Thanks big pond. I only put CC in the pond, and I believe it's at least 4 years old. I have CC that were stocked Spring '09 that are pushing 5 lbs. I fin clipped those stockers (Spring '09).