A couple of weeks ago,I cleaned an eater sized blue that had an extra wide head with "shoulders" of meat on it's head,like a flatty ...then today,I cleaned another average eater sized blue,that had NO spots,No brownish coloration on it,but had the trademark yellow strip of meat on the top like a channel cat. Soooooo, When did catfish start cross-breeding ? Or,Has my lake been NUKED?

Wheres the pics?

Shoulda took some,but my hands were too slimy.(and I was too tired at the times)

Did you count the anal fin spines to conferm it was indeed a blue?

I counted 30 rays on that one with the blue coloring and the yellow meat, but didnt check that on the "blue-flattie" a couple weeks ago...It had the forked tail of a blue,and no yellow meat,only the strange looking head on that one.

Well just saying, channels have forked tails as well, and it should be. 29 rays for a channel and. 32 for a blue. (I'm not 100% positive on the blue) but most blues have a hump in their backs.
I have caught channels like you said, but only if I was no where near a river channel, seems like the closer I am to a channel, the more I see their spots IMO

Well I have had old timers tell me that it was just a male thing goin on with its head. I have caught channels like that.