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Dark cloud is a swarm or school of babby catfish
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06/08/16 01:04 AM
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Mike Doran
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I have seen this several times in the years past around this time of year. Looks like a big dark fish at first then I realize its hundreds of baby catfish! https://youtu.be/8we4vV2fQ60
Last edited by Mike Doran; 06/09/16 08:13 PM.
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Re: Dark could is a swarm or school of babby catfish
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06/08/16 02:28 AM
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Re: Dark could is a swarm or school of babby catfish
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06/08/16 12:56 PM
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Looks like baby mud cats. I once had the misfortune of stepping on one of those clouds while seining for minnows. Had two of those things stuck in the bottom of my foot. One of the most painful things I ever felt. Couldn't even wear a shoe for about 2 weeks. Foot swelled up twice its size.
From Genesis: "And God promised men that good and obedient wives would be found in all corners of the earth."
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Re: Dark could is a swarm or school of babby catfish
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06/08/16 01:41 PM
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Re: Dark could is a swarm or school of babby catfish
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06/08/16 02:32 PM
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Cast I have a short attention spa
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Re: Dark could is a swarm or school of babby catfish
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06/08/16 08:14 PM
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Re: Dark could is a swarm or school of babby catfish
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06/08/16 08:31 PM
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Where's Ol TXMedic and his tapped cast net when you need him
Last edited by Magged Out; 06/08/16 08:31 PM. Reason: stupid auto correct
I'd Tack That!!
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Re: Dark could is a swarm or school of babby catfish
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06/08/16 09:13 PM
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Mudcat and I have seen BowFin do the same thing
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Re: Dark could is a swarm or school of babby catfish
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06/08/16 09:20 PM
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Re: Dark could is a swarm or school of babby catfish
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06/08/16 09:23 PM
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Look like bullheads, that would be my go to flathead bait pond now
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Re: Dark could is a swarm or school of babby catfish
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06/08/16 10:26 PM
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I've seen it a zillion times. When I was a kid, we'd blast them with cherry bombs. I hate bullheads.
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Re: Dark could is a swarm or school of babby catfish
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06/08/16 11:15 PM
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Obviously no big channel cats in that pond because they would've devoured those nasty little suckers
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Re: Dark could is a swarm or school of babby catfish
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06/09/16 12:42 AM
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I had that cloud swimming around my pond (about 10 months old) and thought it was tadpoles. As they got bigger, they turned out to be catfish. They are about 1-2 inches long now. I put in about 5 blues and 5 channels in the pond last summer, so hoping its from them and not some bird/nature-transplanted bullheads.
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Re: Dark could is a swarm or school of babby catfish
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06/09/16 12:51 AM
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The channels and blues will eat up those little bullheads.
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Re: Dark could is a swarm or school of babby catfish
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06/09/16 02:42 AM
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I had that cloud swimming around my pond (about 10 months old) and thought it was tadpoles. As they got bigger, they turned out to be catfish. They are about 1-2 inches long now. I put in about 5 blues and 5 channels in the pond last summer, so hoping its from them and not some bird/nature-transplanted bullheads. That will do the trick dinner is served.Every fresh dug pond or lake will have bullheads and bream in them without any stocking.I even drained a pond dry so as to stock it with bait perch only to find a black wadd swiming in it and right under it was the mama bowfin /grennel that Bowfin can tunnel down into the mud and come back up when it rains.
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