Big_POnd I have in fact caught a great deal of catfish (both species) on artifical lures, mostly spinner baits (white). I can tell you that both the channels and the blues are eating the pellets feed primarly. I have looked in the stomachs of these fish and all of then including the big one had fish food in them. I did see that a few of the blue cats had eaten what appeared to be small bream not sure, as digestion had taken its toll.
I think my assumption that channels grow faster than blues may be flawed. As most of the fish I have caught have been around the same size and only the very large fish that I have told you about stands out. Now there may be a very large blue cat that I have not caught yet. I'll keep fishing and let you know!
