10-10-2010, 03:16 AM
Yours is a channel cat. I have never caught a blue to my knowledge, but one I got looked almost right.
First the flat head is just that, and ugly. In the first picture you can see the difference in the channel and the flat head.
This is the fish that I thought was a blue in the second picture.
in this last picture look at the color of this cat Depending on the water, time of the year, and almost anything else the color of a cat can vary a lot. The one difference between a ble and a channel is the number of rays on the anal fin. I don't remember the number right now but that is another way to tell. You can also call the local fish and game and ask if that pond has any blues or channels. Ron
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First the flat head is just that, and ugly. In the first picture you can see the difference in the channel and the flat head.
This is the fish that I thought was a blue in the second picture.
in this last picture look at the color of this cat Depending on the water, time of the year, and almost anything else the color of a cat can vary a lot. The one difference between a ble and a channel is the number of rays on the anal fin. I don't remember the number right now but that is another way to tell. You can also call the local fish and game and ask if that pond has any blues or channels. Ron
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