Out-of-the-(Tackle) Box Tips for Catching Channel Catfish • Nebraskaland Magazine
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#8220;Dang, I thought I had a big bass! Hey, it’s a big channel cat.” The channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus), Nebraska’s official state fish, sometimes gets misunderstood, particularly it seems, by those who exclusively fish for bass and walleye. Catfish, especially the channel cats, have a reputation as bottom feeders that just lazily swim around sucking …
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Out-of-the-(Tackle) Box Tips for Catching Channel Catfish • Nebraskaland Magazine
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