How to Use blue catfish in a Sentence

blue catfish

noun
  • The team members marveled at the size of the old blue catfish.
    — Vincent T. Davis, ExpressNews.com, 29 Jan. 2020
  • Flatheads and blue catfish hog the spotlight.
    — Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Add blue catfish filets and toss until fish is covered with the mixture.
    — Dan Rodricks, Baltimore Sun, 9 Feb. 2024
  • His catch broke the lake's junior angler blue catfish record, that had just been set the month before.
    — Malak Silmi, San Antonio Express-News, 1 Dec. 2021
  • New Richmond teen breaks Ohio record for largest blue catfish ever caught.
    — Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 28 Apr. 2024
  • But blue catfish comprise a dire threat to Chesapeake waters.
    — Bill May, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 24 Nov. 2019
  • Likewise, small channel, flathead, and blue catfish have spines that can inflict a nasty wound.
    — Joe Cermele, Field & Stream, 24 May 2023
  • Crum’s explorations of blue catfish stomachs turned up all kinds of fish, from alewife to yellow perch, and even a wood duck.
    — Dan Rodricks, Baltimore Sun, 1 Aug. 2024
  • On Lake Wheeler, winter is prime time to land one of the giant blue catfish that prowl the depths.
    — Frank Sargeant, al, 17 Dec. 2021
  • Pollution and a dearth of sea grasses that shelter young crabs from predators like the hungry blue catfish.
    — Mike Klingaman, Baltimore Sun, 5 July 2023
  • They sometimes are confused with blue catfish, but channels have deeply forked tails and a protruding upper lip.
    — Popular Science, 1 June 2020
  • The fishing pond is stocked with a varied selection of fish, including blue catfish, striper bass, large mouth bass and blue gill.
    — Mary Grace Granados, Dallas News, 5 Sep. 2020
  • Wheeler is noted for producing blue catfish over 50 pounds, so some monster fish should show up at the weigh-in.
    — Frank Sargeant, al, 28 Feb. 2020
  • Skipjack are considered a bait species on the river, and seem to have a special appeal to the appetite of big blue catfish.
    — Frank Sargeant, al, 30 June 2021
  • Foraged promotes wild blue catfish, which the chef places on a creamy canvas of skin-on potatoes, carrots and oysters cooked just to warm them.
    — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 3 Mar. 2023
  • Zoeller slips blue catfish between slices of crackling blond bread originating from the same simple dough used for khachapuri.
    — Washington Post, 16 Oct. 2020
  • In April, a teenager in Ohio caught a record-breaking 101-pound blue catfish and set a state record.
    — Christopher Brito, CBS News, 29 May 2024
  • As if all that weren’t enough, the watermen are also competing with the blue catfish, an invasive species that eats crabs and just about anything else.
    — Washington Post, 26 July 2019
  • Before long, poles were bending and blue catfish ranging from 15 inches to 22 inches were being reeled in.
    — John Goodspeed, ExpressNews.com, 17 Dec. 2020
  • Trone holds multiple catfish records, including the Georgia state record for blue catfish, which weighed 111 pounds.
    — Outdoor Life, 30 Nov. 2023
  • In some tributaries, blue catfish now make up as much as 75% of the total fish biomass, according to DNR.
    — Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 4 Jan. 2024
  • The chef, front and center at the hearth, likes the idea of serving plentiful, invasive — and delicious — blue catfish from the Chesapeake.
    — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 7 Oct. 2022
  • This hasn’t been the best of winters for reeling in tall numbers of king-sized blue catfish at Lake Tawakoni, but Noel Ibarra has still had a pretty hot hand.
    — Matt Williams, Dallas News, 14 Mar. 2020
  • Wheeler is also a great spot to catch a giant blue catfish so long as the water remains cool—fish shoulders of the channel around brush and rockpiles at 20 to 25 feet with cut skipjack.
    — Frank Sargeant, al, 25 Feb. 2021
  • On March 20, biologists with Texas Parks and Wildlife caught a 42-inch blue catfish during a survey of the lake.
    — Dana Burke, Houston Chronicle, 30 Mar. 2018
  • Delaware has a new blue catfish record, according to a press release the state’s Division of Fish and Wildlife published on Tuesday.
    — Outdoor Life, 27 Sep. 2023
  • They have been introduced in other waters and, like nonnative blue catfish, are thriving in several tidal rivers, such as Virginia’s James River.
    — Ken Perrotte, Outdoor Life, 4 June 2026
  • Micka Burkhart caught a 122 pound and 3 ounce blue catfish in the Barkley Reservoir on June 28, 2023.
    — Katie Nixon, Nashville Tennessean, 21 Nov. 2025
  • Of that, $2 million will support the department's ongoing efforts to mitigate invasive blue catfish in the Chesapeake Bay.
    — Caroline Foreback, CBS News, 29 June 2026
  • Harvesting all those invasive blue catfish and Chesapeake Channa (northern snakehead) in the Chesapeake Bay would also help.
    — Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 12 Aug. 2025

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