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First Texas catfish!
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05/17/19 12:30 AM
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Michael Scott Ratliff
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Green Horn
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This is my first Texas catfish! I caught it on the Brazos River in Granberry, Texas . I’m still an inexperienced Texas fisherman; I have no idea what species this is. Can anyone help? What species of catfish is this?
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Re: First Texas catfish!
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#13156892
05/17/19 01:47 AM
Joined: Jun 2016
Posts: 10,365
Nickbyrd
TFF Guru
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Congratulations sir and welcome to texas
Re: First Texas catfish!
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#13156921
05/17/19 02:17 AM
Joined: Jul 2010
Posts: 75,759
banker-always fishing Pumpkin Head
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Congratulations sir and welcome to texas
Hopefully the first of many more to follow! Flathead.
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Re: First Texas catfish!
[Re: Michael Scott Ratliff ]
#13156967
05/17/19 02:58 AM
Joined: Jul 2018
Posts: 1,149
Ocelot
Extreme Angler
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Posts: 1,149
Welcome and everything is bigger in Texas.
Are you sure you caught that here?
Guessing someone smuggled it into the state.
Re: First Texas catfish!
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#13157028
05/17/19 05:18 AM
Joined: May 2011
Posts: 2,710
lowew79
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Posts: 2,710
Little Flatty, no offense but they get way way bigger. I hope you catch one of the large ones they are a blast.
Re: First Texas catfish!
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#13157035
05/17/19 06:55 AM
Joined: Jun 2010
Posts: 1,639
Catfish Lynn
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a really colorful Op (splotchy YellowCat), which needs to be 18 inches long to be legal. And yes, they do get much bigger.
Re: First Texas catfish!
[Re: Michael Scott Ratliff ]
#13157352
05/17/19 03:37 PM
Joined: Aug 2008
Posts: 1,181
Big Sam
Extreme Angler
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Posts: 1,181
Welcome to the TFF all the way from Arkansas
you broke the ice....
Re: First Texas catfish!
[Re: Michael Scott Ratliff ]
#13159890
05/20/19 12:38 AM
Joined: Sep 2017
Posts: 3,843
Osbornfishing
TFF Team Angler
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Posts: 3,843
Congrats on the flathead catfish. Now try for a channel catfish and a blue catfish.
Re: First Texas catfish!
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05/20/19 02:41 AM
Joined: Nov 2009
Posts: 39,371
Dan90210 ☮
Jr Deputy Dan
Jr Deputy Dan
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Cool colors and the young ones.
Re: First Texas catfish!
[Re: stubby77 ]
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05/22/19 04:02 AM
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Posts: 17
Michael Scott Ratliff
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Green Horn
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Congrats on your flathead
Me too!
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