Angler Caught

Alabama Caught Channel Catfish

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Channel Catfish over 15 pounds or 32 inches may qualify for a Master Angler Certificate.
Channel Catfish over 25 pounds or 37 inches may qualify for a Trophy Angler Certificate.

Ernest Pattillo holds a great eating size channel catfish from Bouldin Canal.	Rita Miller caught this channel catfish on Lake Jordan using ten-pound test fishing line and dog food for bait
This young lady caught a channel catfish from Bankhead National Forest in 2007.	Jim Bruce with a 27 pound, 10 ounce channel catfish from Pickwick Lake.
This channel catfish was caught at Camp ASCCA by a St. James student.	This is more than one person's catch from Madison County Lake.
Ponds can provide some wonderful fishing for channel catfish.	Timmy Moran with an albino channel catfish.

Honorable Mention Nature-based Recreation
2007 Outdoor Alabama Photography Contest
Fishing in the Rain
Jan Martin

"What a beauty."

Albino catfish are rarely produced in the wild.  These fish were probably released illegally.
Releasing fish in public waters requires a permit.

Albino channel catfish caught in north Alabama during August, 2006.

Matthew Moran with an albino catfish caught in a north Alabama pond.

Fishing for channel catfish is a great way to spend class time;
this is a field trip at the Alabama Wildlife Federation's Lanark.

Jeff Samsel, Yum Baits, catches a channel catfish from Sougahatchee Creek during the filming of an Outdoor Alabama TV segment.