@@Steve-ev6vx Catfish don't have a mud vein like carp do. Cats from muddy waters are every bit as tasty as from a crystal clear lake. However, *polluted* water is a different story. Think Calumet river in Chicago.
As far as I know, Blue Cat are native to every river in the US unless the water is too cold year round. Them eating crab doesn't make them invasive, it only means they are eating a species tha people want to profit from.
@@jerrylong381 blue and flathead were introduced to Chesapeake bay tributes in the 70s They are definitely eating the crab. They are some of the largest in the country DC fishing is elite that’s your type of fishing
@@jesse_cheese Thanks for correcting me Jesse. I grew up in Missouri where every river connects to the Mississippi eventually, so Flathead and Blue cat can be anywhere. I shouldn't have assumed. Here we are suffering the plague of Asian carp, which is out competing every other fish. I hear there is tremendous effort being put forth to keep them out of the great lakes, where they could, and probably would cause billions in damage to those fisheries. The problem with invasive species is that it's basically impossible to get rid of them once they are established. About all you can do is try to keep their numbers down. Good luck, and again, thanks for setting me straight.
I suck with circle hooks...I get more bites and less hookups with them... Well at least catfishing...Saltwater I have way better hookups.. Any pointers!
@1871corporationUSA I don't set the hook with circles... I should have said that first.. I think I'm using baits too big for the size circle hook. Again, I don't have issues with them when I fish saltwater..
exactly id run a fishing charter and fish fry restaurant where u can fry what u catch. if theres that many 30lb catfish youd barley even have to buy any to keep the restaurant open
@@jacobmoore6874 I live in the area and honestly you could catch 1,000 pounds a day from the bank in a lot of spots no problem. Not even kidding. Every river coming off the Chesapeake and quite a few areas of the Chesapeake itself. We catch them trolling for stipers in rivers during the spawn even. Anything bouncing on the bottom and they'll crush it. Sucks because you think you're on a nice rockfish until you feel the spin of the catfish. You could catch them 3 at a time until you got too tired on the lower Potomac River. There are giants in there, 60+ pounds, but the number of 20-40 pound fish is what is absurd. Any cut bait works best but I watched a guy catch fish after fish on a bar of soap a few years ago. Chunks of a bar of soap on a hook and he was catching them as fast as he could keep a hook in the water. I don't target them much but I catch quite a few regardless. If I'm after catfish I tend to use live bluegill as bait and target flatheads in the upper Potomac where the bluecats haven't got past the whitewater yet. Catch some big channels that way as well. It's a crazy catfish fishery.
Caught a 43 pounder at fletchers boat house on the potomac. I gave it away. Personally not eating a blue out of that water. Further up the river i do though.
Blue catfish are some of the best eating out there...I'd hardly call them invasive but they do cut down on alot of other fish in the same waters and much of the time that's a good thing.
James City, Virginia my PB is 56lbs caught on a big Perch head. I reliably catch around at least a 10lber every time I go out. They are definitely invasive. One of the rivers I fished as a kid that is all you catch them and gar and if you go up in the creeks you can catch a few perch. I catch up plenty for myself for fish fry’s and encourage anyone getting into commercial fishing to catch them up.
They're native to the rivers of North America, just because their population has exploded doesn't mean they're invasive. It means the system is out of balance. What eats them and their young? Is THAT species population down for some reason.
@@jerrylong381 That’s a good question. What does eat them? I know blue cats will eat the channel cats which that used to be the only type of catfish in the river but now you might catch 1 out of 100 catfish caught to be a channel cat
@@jerrylong381 If they're not native to the region, then they're usually considered invasive. Walleyes are the top fish in several places in the Midwest, but they're considered invasive out West because they destroy the trout populations. Same thing with northerns/norther pike/pike.
I will never subscribe to an idiot who thinks blue cats are invasive just because the state government of Maryland said so. Let’s just feed into their agenda of killing off some beautiful fish in the name of preserving the over fished crabbing industry. Well done.
There have been reports of divers that have gone in the Dutch Gap portion of the James that said they will never go back down into those waters due to the size of the catfish. The last state record was caught there in 2009 at 102lbs I I remember correctly.
Just a heads up, invasive implies that they are not native. Blue cats are most certainly native to the US, and although those of yall in the Chesapeake Bay area consider them invasive, it's only because they are overly common.
In times of need and emergency which is coming to America soon, count yourselves blessed to have these invasive blues. That's some of the best fried fish ever! Tender, thick and white mild meat with ZERO bones!
If you can fish you're not going hungry in Maryland. Catching 1,000 pounds in a day would be part time work in a lot of areas. Not even kidding. That's 50 20lb blues. No problem at all.
I’m here in the state of Kansas where normally the daily creel limit is 5, but because of the problem with these fish on Grand Lake, Oklahoma, some of the rivers here in Kansas connect with grand lake, to help the fish and game, the creel limit is 10 depending on which river you fish
Oklahoma grows monsters 100 pounds plus... If you want a big one use the biggest shad you have or a fist size chunk of carp. My best is 93 3/4 blue. 119 1/8 Flathead. Good luck 😃
Blue catfish is not invasive, as a matter of fact here in oklahoma the big blues are basically protected, they do nothing but help keep the population of bait fish from being to big
@@watersedgetvNo, the only thing doing that much damage are humans. Blue cats are getting blamed for it because they're new and people are too gullible to quickly believe the DNR. Use your head. They're no worse than channel cats that have also been there for generations. The blue cats are amazing creatures and you shouldn't be keeping big ones. Let them go and let them grow.
They’ aren’t as invasive when the population is stable people think the fish is invasive in general, but really it’s more of the population if there is a lower amount of them in a lake, they won’t do much damage to the ecosystem
Comparing them to carp is a whole different story blue catfish is a mild invasive species carp, however, is extremely invasive in my opinion I like what you’re doing by catching SOME of them, but it’s not like they’re the priority of fish to catch bc there invasive
@@Manetho72Common/mirror carp aren't invasive. The silver or Asian carp are very much invasive. Make sure not to confuse the two. Common/mirror carp have been here for hundreds of years and are naturalized by this point. In fact they provide HUGE amounts of forage for all sport fish everywhere, especially bass and catfish. They're all working together to make ecosystems better. So please stop saying ALL carp are invasive. Only some.
I wanna go down there so bad. The conowingo seem like a bust but im afraid of making the drive down to get skunked. I also dont know what is legal bait, here in PA we can use damn near anything
That's not a fish finder rig. I can explain more if you would like for me to. Your video was cool. My PB is nowhere near the ones shown on this video. Have a great day man. 😎👍
Best invasive species ever
That's a pretty good fish to have invade
Not for the native wildlife they're messing up
@@Chalz108they are a good replacement
They are vacuum cleaners eating clams, crabs, and all types of fish. I used them for fish bait and crab bait. 46 # mouth of the patuxent river.
@@EdwardDelgado-ym1hryou don't understand the way things work
@@Catfish.Knudsen what goes up must come down lol. Look they taste good that's all I'm saying . thanks for the insult
Pan fried cat fish fresh out of the water can't get any better than that right next to some home grown and made French fries and Cole slaw
Home grown what? Like an appetite enhancer lol
@@derekpapertrail4915 homegrown potatoes and veggies that is
Farmer grow there own bud everywhere in every country
As long as they come out of clean water. Catfish from muddy water gets a pass from me.
@@Steve-ev6vx Catfish don't have a mud vein like carp do. Cats from muddy waters are every bit as tasty as from a crystal clear lake. However, *polluted* water is a different story. Think Calumet river in Chicago.
My pb blue catfish is 68 lbs from the shore on cut white Perch. South Carolina.
I got a 28 lb blue using the same from the bank on Lake Monticello last summer.
Santee Cooper from the bank 70lb
Never heard anyone refer to catfish as invasive most ppl would give there left nut to catch catfish like that in most places
Maryland dnr saying they eating the blue crab.
As far as I know, Blue Cat are native to every river in the US unless the water is too cold year round.
Them eating crab doesn't make them invasive, it only means they are eating a species tha people want to profit from.
@@jerrylong381 blue and flathead were introduced to Chesapeake bay tributes in the 70s They are definitely eating the crab. They are some of the largest in the country DC fishing is elite that’s your type of fishing
Yup this whole video makes no sense at all
@@jesse_cheese
Thanks for correcting me Jesse. I grew up in Missouri where every river connects to the Mississippi eventually, so Flathead and Blue cat can be anywhere.
I shouldn't have assumed.
Here we are suffering the plague of Asian carp, which is out competing every other fish.
I hear there is tremendous effort being put forth to keep them out of the great lakes, where they could, and probably would cause billions in damage to those fisheries.
The problem with invasive species is that it's basically impossible to get rid of them once they are established. About all you can do is try to keep their numbers down.
Good luck, and again, thanks for setting me straight.
Pro tip
Get circle hooks
Never waste your energy setting a hook for the rest of your life, and hook 95%+ of your fish
I suck with circle hooks...I get more bites and less hookups with them... Well at least catfishing...Saltwater I have way better hookups.. Any pointers!
@@MrLobstermeatdon't set the hook, reel
@1871corporationUSA I don't set the hook with circles... I should have said that first.. I think I'm using baits too big for the size circle hook. Again, I don't have issues with them when I fish saltwater..
Better eating than ROCKFISH. More Flavor and easier to Fillet. LOVE from Crabby Daddy here on the Patuxent River
"They wreak havoc" is the worst analogy EVER 😂
Have you though about doing charters? Make same cash and solve the problem all in one 😂
exactly id run a fishing charter and fish fry restaurant where u can fry what u catch. if theres that many 30lb catfish youd barley even have to buy any to keep the restaurant open
@@jacobmoore6874 I live in the area and honestly you could catch 1,000 pounds a day from the bank in a lot of spots no problem. Not even kidding. Every river coming off the Chesapeake and quite a few areas of the Chesapeake itself. We catch them trolling for stipers in rivers during the spawn even. Anything bouncing on the bottom and they'll crush it. Sucks because you think you're on a nice rockfish until you feel the spin of the catfish.
You could catch them 3 at a time until you got too tired on the lower Potomac River. There are giants in there, 60+ pounds, but the number of 20-40 pound fish is what is absurd. Any cut bait works best but I watched a guy catch fish after fish on a bar of soap a few years ago. Chunks of a bar of soap on a hook and he was catching them as fast as he could keep a hook in the water.
I don't target them much but I catch quite a few regardless. If I'm after catfish I tend to use live bluegill as bait and target flatheads in the upper Potomac where the bluecats haven't got past the whitewater yet. Catch some big channels that way as well. It's a crazy catfish fishery.
The fish: 🧿👄🧿
Caught a 43 pounder at fletchers boat house on the potomac. I gave it away. Personally not eating a blue out of that water. Further up the river i do though.
Good way to fill up the deep freezer in my opinion 😂
Blue catfish are some of the best eating out there...I'd hardly call them invasive but they do cut down on alot of other fish in the same waters and much of the time that's a good thing.
Never heard of catfish being invasive until recently. Are they being confused with all the invasive species that are crossing the Rio Grande?
This particular catfish is not native to the Chesapeake bay. Therefore it is doing damage to the ecosystem.
54pounder on A boat 🚢 😎
I used a leach I found on a river bank and caught a 9 pound channel cat in md
Leeches are the best live bait. We use them in Minnesota for walleye, sauger, and northerns.
Somebody breakout the hush puppies and french fries, I'll be waiting at the dinner table.
My personal best is 103lb in Missouri on the Missouri River on a big gizzard shad head.
Dang, that’s a monster.
Omega is destroying the bay ecosystem much more than a catfish
I use Boston butt chunks here in NC,my pb is 40lb blue out of a kayak
Keep in mind blue cats are native to southern states, he means invasive to Maryland and other northern states.
James City, Virginia my PB is 56lbs caught on a big Perch head. I reliably catch around at least a 10lber every time I go out. They are definitely invasive. One of the rivers I fished as a kid that is all you catch them and gar and if you go up in the creeks you can catch a few perch. I catch up plenty for myself for fish fry’s and encourage anyone getting into commercial fishing to catch them up.
They're native to the rivers of North America, just because their population has exploded doesn't mean they're invasive. It means the system is out of balance. What eats them and their young? Is THAT species population down for some reason.
@@jerrylong381 That’s a good question. What does eat them? I know blue cats will eat the channel cats which that used to be the only type of catfish in the river but now you might catch 1 out of 100 catfish caught to be a channel cat
Blue cat tastes amazing
What kind of havoc are they doing? No arguement, but I ask because they're a prized game fish in other parts.
There eating the blue crabs
@@noelopez8206 Thanks for the info.
@@Manetho72
And Blue crab are worth money. That doesn't make Blue Cat invasive though.
@@jerrylong381 If they're not native to the region, then they're usually considered invasive. Walleyes are the top fish in several places in the Midwest, but they're considered invasive out West because they destroy the trout populations. Same thing with northerns/norther pike/pike.
This guy must obviously don’t know about catfish that well……
Where I live up in Maine they don't recommend eating more than two fish a month and usually only trout.
I will never subscribe to an idiot who thinks blue cats are invasive just because the state government of Maryland said so. Let’s just feed into their agenda of killing off some beautiful fish in the name of preserving the over fished crabbing industry. Well done.
There have been reports of divers that have gone in the Dutch Gap portion of the James that said they will never go back down into those waters due to the size of the catfish. The last state record was caught there in 2009 at 102lbs I I remember correctly.
Just a heads up, invasive implies that they are not native. Blue cats are most certainly native to the US, and although those of yall in the Chesapeake Bay area consider them invasive, it's only because they are overly common.
Send some those "invasive" blues down here to Florida lol!😆
Donate all that to a local food bank and fish daily my friend
In times of need and emergency which is coming to America soon, count yourselves blessed to have these invasive blues. That's some of the best fried fish ever! Tender, thick and white mild meat with ZERO bones!
If you can fish you're not going hungry in Maryland. Catching 1,000 pounds in a day would be part time work in a lot of areas. Not even kidding. That's 50 20lb blues. No problem at all.
Not only fun to catch but awesome to eat, just deep fried some today.
Wow, didn’t know blues were invasive in Maryland. I’m from Oklahoma PB 45Lbs on scales.
In MD you catch one you keep it or gill it. That means knife in gills to kill it.
Keep great to eat.
45 lbr but they are common and not invasive here in Illinois
We have Blue Cats in Ohio. Haven't screwed up our eco . Blue and channel cats are signs that our water systems are improving and getting cleaner
My PB is only 36 pounds but I usually target flat heads but I do catch them here in South Georgia
We got cat fish eel snapping turtle, nothing like size of ones down south though.
I’m here in the state of Kansas where normally the daily creel limit is 5, but because of the problem with these fish on Grand Lake, Oklahoma, some of the rivers here in Kansas connect with grand lake, to help the fish and game, the creel limit is 10 depending on which river you fish
70lbs Athens Alabama, skipjack.
my Pb is 83 pounds in louisiana
Pb is 78 pounds on a trot line in texas
Oklahoma grows monsters 100 pounds plus... If you want a big one use the biggest shad you have or a fist size chunk of carp. My best is 93 3/4 blue. 119 1/8 Flathead. Good luck 😃
Wow. That’s a man eater… No?
Blue catfish is not invasive, as a matter of fact here in oklahoma the big blues are basically protected, they do nothing but help keep the population of bait fish from being to big
It is invasive in Maryland. They were introduced in the 70's to our waters along with flatheads. They aren't native to Maryland.
I really doubt there doing that much to the eco system in that big of a body of water
They are doing an incredible amount of damage considering there are millions of them.
@@watersedgetvNo, the only thing doing that much damage are humans. Blue cats are getting blamed for it because they're new and people are too gullible to quickly believe the DNR. Use your head. They're no worse than channel cats that have also been there for generations. The blue cats are amazing creatures and you shouldn't be keeping big ones. Let them go and let them grow.
101.11 world record under 13
Had no idea they were there. Dang.
My pb on blues,with rotten chicken liver,was ........42.6 pounds,6 inches between his eyes
I remember when they were popular to catch down in Maryland, and took a couple coolers loaded with blues home.
They’re actually not as invasive as people think
Could you explain further?
They’ aren’t as invasive when the population is stable people think the fish is invasive in general, but really it’s more of the population if there is a lower amount of them in a lake, they won’t do much damage to the ecosystem
Comparing them to carp is a whole different story blue catfish is a mild invasive species carp, however, is extremely invasive in my opinion I like what you’re doing by catching SOME of them, but it’s not like they’re the priority of fish to catch bc there invasive
@@Eaglesontop77 Yeah, and blue cats are native to North America but carp aren't.
@@Manetho72Common/mirror carp aren't invasive. The silver or Asian carp are very much invasive. Make sure not to confuse the two. Common/mirror carp have been here for hundreds of years and are naturalized by this point. In fact they provide HUGE amounts of forage for all sport fish everywhere, especially bass and catfish. They're all working together to make ecosystems better. So please stop saying ALL carp are invasive. Only some.
U can tell they were all post spawn all the marks on their heads etc
What do you do with them. OK to eat?
Blue cats don’t ruin your eco system
Ohio River
Point Pleasant OH
Quarter sized piece of Bluegill
82lbs 13oz.
You are lucky to have these fish
I wanna go down there so bad. The conowingo seem like a bust but im afraid of making the drive down to get skunked. I also dont know what is legal bait, here in PA we can use damn near anything
At least they are native to the USA.
My pb is 26 lbs at the Conowingo dam
My biggest is 78#
Those things get huge!!!
That's not a fish finder rig. I can explain more if you would like for me to. Your video was cool. My PB is nowhere near the ones shown on this video. Have a great day man. 😎👍
Well guess what the bigger blue cat stays like but I don’t taste good
42lbs on 6lb mono. Complete accident but i landed it.
Well, to be honest he's got cousins living all over the US. Give him a pass.
We have a similar problem in the UK with Muslims
Excellent table fair
How about how to prepare and eat them too?
Love catching them PB 72pds. 4ft long
I love catfish fillets ✌🏾😋
Best thing is unlimited catch. All day every day. They eat our CRABS.
Aaàaaaareérgggg
People pay big money to catch monster cat fish 2nd to none fish
Alrighty then. I guess I'm heading your way. I'll be happy to take them from there.
How do they taste?
Delicacy
Like catfish. Good!!!
My pb blue is 86 on a goldfish in north ms
FUN CATCH so REMOVE all you can 👍👍 And bonus is good to eat. Help ecosystem and fill your bellies
NOW FRY IT
My pb Bluecat is 60 pounds
Don’t be using a crappie net for blue cats. 😅
Invasive? lol
They are delicious.
And they are tasty to eat 🤤
So your saying no limits??????😅
Nom nom
Live in Alabama p b is 98 pounds
Why are they invasive
Are they good eating 😏
Why give the Blue Cat so much bad rap
Good eating
my Pb is 16
I don’t see the problem
The fish: :3
Nice, great 👍 n the GRILL !!
Chicken livers all day
Yer name lol!
Sour gummy worms work better
@user-gy6hr4ti6b yeah but gummy worms ain't like quarter of the work and you don't leave smiling like death and you can eat the bait
There eating all the blue crabs
These bs vids!😢
I have more respect for folks like you than catch and release people.
Eat what you catch, catch for food, not for pride.
If there over 5 lbs they don't eat good so catch these fish and send thim to Kentucky we love thim hear and we got plenty of water for the pigs
Blue cats are native
Best invasive species ever