How to Use channel catfish in a Sentence

channel catfish

noun
  • Nightcrawlers or liver may work for channel catfish.
    — Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2025
  • The result was a channel catfish about the size of my forearm.
    — Gary Garth, USA TODAY, 1 Sep. 2017
  • Giving anglers big tugs on their lines are lunker carp, sheepshead and channel catfish.
    — cleveland, 20 May 2021
  • Anglers come for the trout, crappies and channel catfish stocked here.
    — Roger Naylor, azcentral, 17 June 2019
  • The second was likely the largest channel catfish ever caught in our state.
    — Sean Quinton, The Seattle Times, 19 June 2018
  • The bass, channel catfish and sheepshead fishing should continue to be very good.
    — cleveland, 27 May 2021
  • Along with channel catfish, the lake is stocked with rainbow trout, rock bass, bass carp, brown trout and brown bullhead.
    — Sean Quinton, The Seattle Times, 19 June 2018
  • Even the bluegills, rock bass, crappies and channel catfish can be difficult to catch.
    — D'arcy Egan, cleveland, 25 Aug. 2022
  • The department put thousands of channel catfish into the ponds in the fall.
    — USA TODAY, 31 Dec. 2019
  • It is stocked with rainbow trout, largemouth bass, perch, channel catfish and is a great spot for kids and families.
    — Matt Wyatt, ExpressNews.com, 6 June 2020
  • One of Ohio’s best areas for channel catfish has been Sandusky Bay.
    — D'arcy Egan, cleveland.com, 7 June 2019
  • With bluegill, largemouth bass and channel catfish of all sizes stocking the ponds, young anglers could catch almost anything.
    — Rachel K. Hindery, chicagotribune.com, 2 July 2018
  • Through the summer, my go-to bait for channel catfish is hot dogs soaked in Kool-Aid and garlic powder.
    — Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Smallmouth, channel catfish, and walleye have been the most productive.
    — Tyler Mahoney, kansascity, 27 June 2018
  • Blue and channel catfish have a 15-fish limit without a minimum length.
    — Matt Wyatt, ExpressNews.com, 23 May 2020
  • Fly and spin tackle can be used, and mixed bags of smallmouth bass, stripers, white and hickory shad, white perch and channel catfish are common.
    — Bill May, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 10 Apr. 2021
  • The season for sunfish, crappies, perch, channel catfish and a few less popular species is always open.
    — Todd Nelson, Star Tribune, 14 May 2021
  • Rock bass and channel catfish also were dominant species in the lake trap net survey in 2014.
    — Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press, 1 Oct. 2017
  • The Black River is giving up the catfish, and the big channel catfish put up a real battle.
    — cleveland, 14 July 2022
  • Most of the blue and channel catfish hauled in by Choke Canyon anglers tend to be under 20 inches in length.
    — Ralph Winingham, San Antonio Express-News, 21 Dec. 2017
  • Horseshoe Bend Mill Pond is known to produce monster channel catfish.
    — Jordan Rodriguez, idahostatesman, 7 Mar. 2018
  • Anglers with a freshwater license can opt to bring a fishing rod to catch up to one channel catfish, five bluegill and 25 black crappie per day.
    — Patrick Connolly, orlandosentinel.com, 8 Oct. 2021
  • Like any other predators, channel catfish tune into spring migrations and movements of baitfish.
    — Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 9 Apr. 2026
  • The medium-heavy power spinning rod that will make quick work of a channel catfish in the local pond, for example, won’t stand a chance against a blue or flathead.
    — Pete M. Anderson, Field & Stream, 28 Sep. 2023
  • The pan-sized rainbow trout weighed about a pound apiece, and the channel catfish were 2-pounders, with a few trophy rainbow trout and albino catfish in the mix.
    — cleveland, 15 Oct. 2020
  • Walleye, Northern pike, largemouth bass, channel catfish, fathead minnows, green sunfish and bluegill are found in the lake.
    — Karie Angell Luc, Chicago Tribune, 25 Apr. 2022
  • The young biologist had watched the eaglets through a scope from across the water for weeks as the birds' parents brought them striped bass, channel catfish and what looked like a ringtail.
    — Brandon Loomis, azcentral, 1 Apr. 2018
  • On Tuesday, a truck hauling a trailer with 10- to 15-pound adult channel catfish arrived at the lake’s boat ramp.
    — Shannon Tompkins, ExpressNews.com, 6 June 2019
  • During the summer, the state’s 18 Neighborhood Fishin’ lakes and ponds are stocked every two weeks with channel catfish.
    — Matt Wyatt, ExpressNews.com, 27 Nov. 2020
  • Book a boat ride on the Desert Belle, relax at the boat-in campsites at the eastern end of the lake or fish for everything from rainbow trout to bass, channel catfish and more.
    — Meredith G. White, The Arizona Republic, 8 Sep. 2024

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