Blue Catfish
Blue Catfish are as their name implies are chalky blue-grey colored over the main area of their body, and their bellies or underside areas are usually cream to white colored. They are one of the most tastiest of the catfish species, and are a prized fish to catch for many fishermen.
Blue Catfish can grow to be quite huge, in fact they have been caught weighing over 100 pounds, and they can live over a quarter of a century. Depending upon where you live, and water temperature, blue catfish spawn in either late spring to almost the middle months of summer.
The best baits for Blue Catfish are cut fish bait, with one of the best cut fish baits being bluegills and sunfish. Some people say they have good luck using nightcrawlers, grasshoppers and crayfish, but cut fish bait seems to be the best bait by far. If you don't have bluegills or sunfish, suckers and most other fish will work, but maybe not as good as the bluegills or sunfish.
Cut your fish bait into strips or chunks, the bloodier and fresher they are, the better they seem to work. Like other catfish species, Blues seem to bite and feed better at night, or during very cloudy daytime conditions.
Blue Catfish live in lakes and rivers, but mostly rivers. In lake they tend to stay in the middle or deepest areas, and in rivers they prefer to deep channels that have strong, but non turbulent current. They like hanging below bridge piers and dams, or around large debris like fallen trees and huge boulders in the deep areas.
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