On February 7, 2012, a 136-lb blue catfish was caught on a commercial-fishing trot line in Lake Moultrie, one of the two Santee Cooper lakes, near Cross, South Carolina. The fish had a length of 57 in (145 cm) and a girth of 47 in (120 cm). On June 22, 2011, the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries certified the blue catfish as the state's largest, setting a new state record. On June 18, 2011, Nick Anderson of Greenville, North Carolina reeled in a 143-lb blue catfish from John Kerr Reservoir, more commonly known as Buggs Island Lake, on the Virginia-North Carolina border. Blue catfish can tolerate brackish water, and thus can colonize along inland waterways of coastal regions. The fish is considered an invasive pest in some areas, particularly the Chesapeake Bay. This fish is also found in some lakes in Florida. These large catfish have also been introduced in a number of reservoirs and rivers, notably the Santee Cooper lakes of Lake Marion and Lake Moultrie in South Carolina, the James River in Virginia, Powerton Lake in Pekin, Illinois, and Lake Springfield in Springfield, Illinois. The native distribution of blue catfish is primarily in the Mississippi River and Louisiana drainage systems, including the Missouri, Ohio, Tennessee, and Arkansas Rivers, The Des Moines River in South Central Iowa, and the Rio Grande, and south along the Gulf Coast to Belize and Guatemala. The blue catfish ( Ictalurus furcatus) is the largest species of North American catfish with a typical length of about 2 feet (61 cm) and weight of about 30 lb (14 kg). The bags must be marked with the date fish were taken, the species and number of fish contained in the bag, and the name and recreational fishing license number of the person taking the fish.Native distribution of Ictalurus furcatus Highway 90 in coastal Louisiana providing the fish are kept whole or whole gutted in separate bags for each daily take limit.
Sabine River south of I-10 (Louisiana waters only)ġ6” maximum total length limit, EXCEPT one fish over 16 inches may be keptĥ fish while on water and 10 fish while off water possession limit, in the aggregateġ NOTE: For enforcement purposes, a spotted bass is defined as a black bass with a tooth patch on the tongue.Ģ Fish falling within a protected slot limit must be immediately released.ģ Sabine River upstream from Toledo Bend Reservoir to the point at which the entire river enters TX (state line is marked with a sign).Ĥ Anglers may have up to three times the daily bag limit of black bass (Micropterus spp.) below U.S. Sabine River from Toledo Bend dam to I-10 Toledo Bend Reservoir and the Sabine River 3 above Toledo Bend No more than four Largemouth Bass over 18” total length Kelly-Grand Bayou Reservoir (Red River Parish)ġ4-18” protected SL 2 for Largemouth Bass
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