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View List Detailed Description: These white catfish fish photos shown below are close up pictures showing you exactly what a white catfish fish looks like. White catfish are not well known by most fishing anglers, because they are only found in brine water, where the water is part fresh water and part salt water. Most fishermen are familiar with channel catfish, blue catfish, and flathead catfish, but white catfish are commonly confused with bullhead or even blue catfish due to their color. These white catfish are good eating, but do not grow nearly as large as other catfish do. A 15 to 20 inch whitecat is a nice catch, as many are smaller. They have a black and blueish tint, with combination of grey and white, and this can vary. They look alot like small blue catfish, but if you are catching them in brine creeks then you know they are not blue catfish as blue catfish are fresh water fish. White catfish are like other catfish and feed on many different things, bait such as shrimp, fiddler crabs, clams, cut up fish, or minnows may also work as white catfish bait. These fish are found in the southeast united states, in areas where the creeks meet the ocean where you have combinations of both fresh and salt water. You can see the tail is forked but more like a bullhead, not as forked as a channel catfish. The color has some blue tint, and they are usually very light on the bottom and dark on the top.
Please remember to always following fishing regulations for catch and release, as it is important to release fish to help keep the population strong for the next time you go out fishing. Releasing larger fish that produce the most eggs is also critical, and remember when releasing fish that you handle them as little as possible, and get them back into the water as soon as you can.
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