Our Good Friends with a Nice Kitty Fish This Afternoon...4/13/2013

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Comment by Jim Gronaw on April 14, 2013 at 9:14am

For a quick ID on channel/blues, the anal fin on an blue cat is 'straight edged' and has 30 or more anal rays. The channel has a more 'rounded' anal fin with 24 to 29 anal rays. Large, adult male channels often are mistaken for a blue because they tend to take on a cobalt blue coloration, especially during the spawn, and develop a swollen head. Although the anal fin is partially covered by the anglers hand, I would venture that it is a fine channel cat, as the anal fin appears to be rounded. I don't know if blues have yet migrated from the James to the Albemarle region yet. I do know they are in the Piankitank system.

Nice fish BTW!

Comment by Jeffrey D. Abney on April 14, 2013 at 7:36am

I thought it was a Blue Cat but sometimes it's hard to tell.....this river has both.....

Comment by mike martinez on April 14, 2013 at 7:09am

Looks like a 4 or 5 pound channel cat?.....Cool.

Comment by dick tabbert on April 13, 2013 at 8:09pm

Dandy Cat

Comment by Bob Garner on April 13, 2013 at 7:29pm

looks like they had a great time

Comment by Jeffrey D. Abney on April 13, 2013 at 7:26pm

Good Peeps for sure......we catch bushels of big blue crabs off these piers every year too......Fun times!

Comment by DAVID L EITUTIS on April 13, 2013 at 7:05pm

MILES OF SMILES !!!!!!!!!!!