Channel Catfish Locations 101

[zippyFX]

FYI... in fisherman has a special catfish issue out this month. I picked it up and I am not sure how valuable it is on it's own merits, but they did have an interesting article on catfish growth rates.


The St. Lawrence cats are some of the smallest for their age (a 15 cm channel cat is about 9 years old). Likely the same for the Ottawa River. The interesting fact was that the growth rates for norther channel cats is higher than that of the southern cousins. Put side by side in a neutral environment the norther cats would grow quicker. In absolute measure though this does not compensate for the short growing seasons up north.