# Little cat big cat 14 cats 15 cats **URL:** \ **Category:** Utah Fishing General\ **Created:** [May 29, 2009, 3:04am UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/little-cat-big-cat-14-cats-15-cats/150265 "2009-05-29T03:04:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![danielc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a3d4f5/32.png) [@danielc](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/danielc)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2009, 3:04am UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/little-cat-big-cat-14-cats-15-cats/150265/1 "2009-05-29T03:04:18Z")
On Momorial day Josh and I went down to are favorite spot on UL caught a ton of these little speckle bellys cats should be good eatin. Oh ya and we did catch a few big ones I think one is a blue cat he was really dark colored. the one at the end is a big ole white bass that I couldnt save after he swallowed a 1/4 lbs of cut bait on a 5 O octo hook Still Lookin for a monster ---
**Author:** ![fsh4fun05](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@fsh4fun05](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/fsh4fun05)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2009, 3:11am UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/little-cat-big-cat-14-cats-15-cats/150265/2 "2009-05-29T03:11:47Z")
Oh sweet Jesus my head hurts! There are NO blue cats in Utah Lake-period. Color has nothing to do with it, the best way to tell a blue from a channel is the anal fin. A Channel has a ‘rounded’ anal fin and a blue has a ‘square’ anal fin. I’ll go through my pics and see what I can find. ---
**Author:** ![bigearl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@bigearl](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/bigearl)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2009, 3:16am UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/little-cat-big-cat-14-cats-15-cats/150265/3 "2009-05-29T03:16:20Z")
Nice cats! I have fished Utah Lake 4 times in the last 2 years (while at the inlaws) skunk x 4! One of these days I’ll figure it out. Thanks for the pics. ---
**Author:** ![bigfish6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e8c25b/32.png) [@bigfish6](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/bigfish6)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2009, 4:54am UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/little-cat-big-cat-14-cats-15-cats/150265/4 "2009-05-29T04:54:06Z")
the fish might have been blue, but there isn’t any (blue cats) in utah lake only muds and channels… looks like you had a good time out, you cant beat some fast action on those cats. ---
**Author:** ![TubeDude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c5a1d2/32.png) [@TubeDude](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/TubeDude)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2009, 12:39pm UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/little-cat-big-cat-14-cats-15-cats/150265/5 "2009-05-29T12:39:36Z")
🕶 **As you have been so eloquently advised, by our senior biologist FFF, there are no blue catfish in Utah. The coloration is a matter of gender…not species. Male channel cats are typically more of a dark blue color, ranging to almost black during the peak of spawning.** * * * **Attached is a side by side picture of male and female channel cats…the male being the grey/blue one. The males also usually have a wider head, in proportion to the width of the body, than females. They also get big fleshy lips that make them downright ugly. All catfish have a problem with beauty, but male cats are the worst.** ---
**Author:** ![danielc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a3d4f5/32.png) [@danielc](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/danielc)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2009, 12:52pm UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/little-cat-big-cat-14-cats-15-cats/150265/6 "2009-05-29T12:52:30Z")
Dont let your head hurt they look like they are blues. anything is possible a few years back someone caught a parinna out their would you say their are no parinnas out in the lake ---
**Author:** ![TubeDude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c5a1d2/32.png) [@TubeDude](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/TubeDude)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2009, 2:42pm UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/little-cat-big-cat-14-cats-15-cats/150265/7 "2009-05-29T14:42:41Z")
Dont let your head hurt they look like they are blues. anything is possible a few years back someone caught a parinna out their would you say their are no parinnas out in the lake 🕶 **What the heck is a “parinna”? Do you mean piranha?** * * * **There have been no piranhas taken from Utah Lake but there was a closely related species…a pacu…which is a vegetarian, mostly. It can also tolerate cooler waters better. Piranhas die off in water under 60 degrees. Here is a pacu.** * * * ---
**Author:** ![PDS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@PDS](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/PDS)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2009, 3:13pm UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/little-cat-big-cat-14-cats-15-cats/150265/8 "2009-05-29T15:13:18Z")
Nice catch. Unless I read wrong, be careful using mud cat parts as bait. They are considered a gamefish and are not allowed to be used as bait. I guess the fish could have eaten a 1/4 pound whole mud cat that was on your line… ---
**Author:** ![ocean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@ocean](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/ocean)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2009, 3:18pm UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/little-cat-big-cat-14-cats-15-cats/150265/9 "2009-05-29T15:18:53Z")
There are some male cats that have a black head darker than TDs pics. ---
**Author:** ![danielc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a3d4f5/32.png) [@danielc](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/danielc)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2009, 3:29pm UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/little-cat-big-cat-14-cats-15-cats/150265/10 "2009-05-29T15:29:57Z")
The first 8 or 10 we caught we threw back and decided these little guys was all we were going to catch mabey we need to harvest more so their is more abundance of food for them ---
**Author:** ![FishinHippy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e19b73/32.png) [@FishinHippy](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/FishinHippy)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2009, 5:01pm UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/little-cat-big-cat-14-cats-15-cats/150265/11 "2009-05-29T17:01:03Z")
I think you might have read his post wrong. It doesn’t say he used those for bait, probably was using carp or white bass. To Danielc Those are some good looking cats…I am gonna have to give that a try… ---
**Author:** ![Tapajos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a88e57/32.png) [@Tapajos](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/Tapajos)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2009, 3:14am UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/little-cat-big-cat-14-cats-15-cats/150265/12 "2009-05-30T03:14:17Z")
the temperature doesnt have anything to do with whether or nor piranha can live in UL. because in the summer they definatly can. 2 have been caught from the jordan river which as you know is connected to the lake. It would make sense that theres been a few in the lake during the odd summer here and there. ---
**Author:** ![eyechaser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/fbc32d/32.png) [@eyechaser](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/eyechaser)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2009, 4:00am UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/little-cat-big-cat-14-cats-15-cats/150265/13 "2009-05-30T04:00:02Z")
they were probably someones pets that they let go in there ---
**Author:** ![Tapajos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a88e57/32.png) [@Tapajos](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/Tapajos)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2009, 2:07pm UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/little-cat-big-cat-14-cats-15-cats/150265/14 "2009-05-30T14:07:59Z")
Well yah obviously 😛 ---
**Author:** ![fsh4fun05](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@fsh4fun05](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/fsh4fun05)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2009, 4:39am UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/little-cat-big-cat-14-cats-15-cats/150265/15 "2009-06-01T04:39:26Z")
🕶 I may not be a biologist but you are not an English professor. 'nuff said. ---
**Author:** ![wiperhunter2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3d9bf3/32.png) [@wiperhunter2](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/wiperhunter2)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2009, 5:09am UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/little-cat-big-cat-14-cats-15-cats/150265/16 "2009-06-01T05:09:57Z")
OK guys, please drop it here and just agree to disagree, thanks. ---
**Author:** ![danielc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a3d4f5/32.png) [@danielc](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/danielc)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2009, 10:58pm UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/little-cat-big-cat-14-cats-15-cats/150265/17 "2009-06-03T22:58:19Z")
You might want to take a little trip to the in laws right now is good time to hook up with those kitties ---
**Author:** ![WaveWolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f14d63/32.png) [@WaveWolf](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/WaveWolf)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2009, 11:16pm UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/little-cat-big-cat-14-cats-15-cats/150265/18 "2009-06-03T23:16:43Z")
**By the looks of your Mr. and Mrs. kissing picture, Beauty must be in the eyes of the beholder…WW.** ---
**Author:** ![LordoftheFlies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@LordoftheFlies](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/LordoftheFlies)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2009, 11:54pm UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/little-cat-big-cat-14-cats-15-cats/150265/19 "2009-06-03T23:54:25Z")
Are there Blue Cats anywhere in Utah? ---
**Author:** ![TubeDude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c5a1d2/32.png) [@TubeDude](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/TubeDude)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 12:10am UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/little-cat-big-cat-14-cats-15-cats/150265/20 "2009-06-04T00:10:42Z")
Are there Blue Cats anywhere in Utah? 🕶 **Not “officially”. DWR has made conscious decisions a long time ago to avoid planting either blue cats or flatheads. Probably a good reason for it. Actually two reasons. Trout and june suckers. The big kitties are major predators.** * * * \*\*I made a similar reply with pictures, etc. on the thread about Record Cats. \*\* * * * **There are a bajillion pseudo biologists in Utah who are ready to go fist city over their claims that they have caught honest to goodness BLUE CATS…or know somebody who did…and they trust them. But, when you ask them what are the biological differences between a blue cat and a male channel cat in spawning mode, they don’t gots a clue. To them, if it looks blue, it is a BLUE CAT…or a BLUE CHANNEL CAT. Actually, the second nomenclature is not wrong, as long as they are referring to color phase and not a separate species.** [Next page](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/little-cat-big-cat-14-cats-15-cats/150265.md?page=2)