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Fishing => Member Fishing Reports and Photos => Topic started by: Ejohns107 on April 25, 2021, 07:23:48 PM

Title: Leucistic blue catfish
Post by: Ejohns107 on April 25, 2021, 07:23:48 PM
Well my wife caught this cat yesterday afternoon in a local spillway. 4 months pregnant and still out fishing me.
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Post by: Bill B on April 25, 2021, 08:05:45 PM
Too cool on both aspects.....a wife how loves to fish and catches fish too!  Bill
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Post by: JoseCuervo on April 25, 2021, 10:36:08 PM
 :o
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Post by: Crow on April 25, 2021, 10:45:54 PM
Good catch !!
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Post by: oc1 on April 26, 2021, 05:44:11 AM
Good going.  How often do those leucistic ones come along?
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Post by: Ejohns107 on April 26, 2021, 06:10:15 PM
Quote from: oc1 on April 26, 2021, 05:44:11 AM
Good going.  How often do those leucistic ones come along?

Talked to a biologist today about it they are uncommon but happen the rare part about this one is it's size. Like any other albino or leucistic animal it's pretty rare for them to  mature due to the inability to hide from predators. From what he was saying.
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Post by: Gobi King on April 27, 2021, 01:36:33 AM
Good Fishing!
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Post by: nelz on April 27, 2021, 04:10:39 AM
Was it good eatin' ?
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Post by: Benni3 on April 29, 2021, 02:48:19 AM
Fantastic trip,,,,, ;) you got a nice one,,,,,,, ;D
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Post by: philaroman on April 29, 2021, 02:55:02 AM
nice one
thought Leucistic meant patchy/spotty pigment/no-pigment
what makes yours not full-albino...  pretty blue eyes?  ;D
Title: Re: Leucistic blue catfish
Post by: Ejohns107 on April 29, 2021, 03:45:07 AM
Quote from: philaroman on April 29, 2021, 02:55:02 AM
nice one
thought Leucistic meant patchy/spotty pigment/no-pigment
what makes yours not full-albino...  pretty blue eyes?  ;D

Pretty much. At first we thought it was albino for a while until we noticed the eyes were blue not pink. And generally alot of leustic are patchy or pi-bald coloration but not this one really was a unique catch for my wife.
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Post by: philaroman on April 29, 2021, 04:07:05 AM
oh, wow -- thought it was weird photo angle & made a joke
they were actually BLUE?  EXTRA-COOL!!!
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