How to Use flathead catfish in a Sentence

flathead catfish

noun
  • Along with flathead catfish, blues are a top-of-the-food-chain species in many waters.
    M.d. Johnson, Field & Stream, 21 June 2023
  • All flathead catfish that are found are then removed from Lums Pond.
    From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 29 July 2022
  • Captain Mike Mitchell says the winter months are prime time for a monster blue or flathead catfish on lakes Wheeler or Wilson.
    Frank Sargeant, al, 20 Dec. 2019
  • Neither channel, nor blue, nor flathead catfish have any teeth, though the interior of their mouths is rough and mildly sharp.
    Joe Cermele, Field & Stream, 24 May 2023
  • The previous record for a flathead catfish was set in 2019, when a fisherman named Marvin Griffin caught one in the same location.
    Brett Clarkson, sun-sentinel.com, 1 Sep. 2020
  • Channel, blue and flathead catfish are the most widely dispersed and widely sought catfish species in the United States, but there are numerous others.
    Gary Garth, USA TODAY, 1 Sep. 2017
  • Fish caught there include flathead catfish, burbot, walleye, largemouth bass and smallmouth bass.
    Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 21 Jan. 2020
  • Previously in Oklahoma, noodlers were only allowed to keep three flathead catfish, while rod-and-reel anglers were allowed to keep 15.
    Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 15 Nov. 2023
  • Predatory fish — which build up methylmercury by eating other fish — include: all species of black bass and gar, striped bass, white bass, hybrid striped bass, walleye, sauger, saugeye, flathead catfish, muskellunge and northern pike.
    Morgan Greene, chicagotribune.com, 19 Aug. 2021
  • Predominant fish species: Catfish (channel, blue and flathead catfish throughout the reservoir).
    Jerry Garcia, San Antonio Express-News, 11 June 2018
  • In fresh water carp, blue catfish, flathead catfish and channel catfish activity increases at least through November and may last longer.
    Bill May, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 13 Oct. 2019
  • Cut herring, shad, and other baitfish, for example, are excellent options for flathead catfish.
    Pete M. Anderson, Field & Stream, 20 Mar. 2023
  • Some secretive fishermen have been reporting flathead catfish swimming in seldom-fished parts of Sandusky Bay.
    D'arcy Egan, cleveland, 7 July 2022
  • While there are a number of American catfish (and similar-looking bullheads) the most important catfish species to American anglers are channel catfish, blue catfish, and flathead catfish.
    Popular Science, 1 June 2020
  • Blue catfish were introduced into several Virginia western shore Bay tributaries by state biologists beginning in the early 1970s, and later flathead catfish were added.
    Bill May, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 24 Nov. 2019

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