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Post by captainbrad on Jan 18, 2012 23:06:34 GMT -5
Hi all, Many of you know me from other sites I'm sure. I'm Brad Durick from Grand Forks, North Dakota "Home of the Red River of the North" I am very lucky to live up here and have the famous trophy channel cats that call the Red home right here. I also own and operate a catfish guide service, Brad Durick Outdoors LLC. It is a guide service that specializes in Red River channel cats but more importantly showing people how great catfishing can be. If you have any channel catfish questions please feel free to ask. Catfishing is my favorite subject. www.redrivercatfish.com |
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Post by Smoothkip on Jan 18, 2012 23:44:58 GMT -5
Glad to have ya Brad! You know anything about lake channelcats? I could use some help there!
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Post by Seanstone on Jan 18, 2012 23:56:25 GMT -5
I heard those channels on the red river had mutated genes. Must be a cross between a blue and channel. LOL Just kidding. Looking forward to hearing some good tips in the future.
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Post by captainbrad on Jan 19, 2012 10:00:31 GMT -5
Glad to have ya Brad! You know anything about lake channelcats? I could use some help there! I know nothing about lake channels because we don't have any lakes that have catfish. |
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Post by captainbrad on Jan 19, 2012 10:02:53 GMT -5
I heard those channels on the red river had mutated genes. Must be a cross between a blue and channel. LOL Just kidding. Looking forward to hearing some good tips in the future. Actually that whole mutated gene thing has been flying around for years. In October of 2010 I collected 12 DNA samples and cataloged the fish with photos which the ND Game and Fish Department sent to Auburn University for testing to prove or disprove that. Of course it was not a high priority study so we have never heard back since but they say that will be completing it this year. |
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Post by Seanstone on Jan 19, 2012 11:59:32 GMT -5
I heard those channels on the red river had mutated genes. Must be a cross between a blue and channel. LOL Just kidding. Looking forward to hearing some good tips in the future. Actually that whole mutated gene thing has been flying around for years. In October of 2010 I collected 12 DNA samples and cataloged the fish with photos which the ND Game and Fish Department sent to Auburn University for testing to prove or disprove that. Of course it was not a high priority study so we have never heard back since but they say that will be completing it this year. I honestly meant that as a joke, the only mutation or genetic diversity I have read of is with blue cats and channels. Didn't think there were blues cats out that way. More of a southern thing right? I have read in a few books that the areas along the east coast may have channel cat and blue catfish hybrids. It's a natural process and it wouldn't take much for it to happen in a river or blue stocked reservoir. I even read that they had genetically manufactured a hybrid blue/channel in a test lab. I'd like to get a few of those and put in a pond. Blues are kinda lazy fighters and not real aggressive eaters like the channels. It would be fun to land a blue sized fish with an attitude of a channel. That's an interesting study. I'd like to hear the results....if you're allowed to release them that is. |
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Post by rcbbracing on Jan 19, 2012 14:13:07 GMT -5
That's some neat stuff...I had also heard something about red river channels being mutated or hybridized a few years back... pretty neat it could soon be proved or disproved soon...can't wait to hear results if u decide to share them!
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Post by captainbrad on Jan 19, 2012 14:35:45 GMT -5
My guess and that of the biologist in charge of the river is that they are indeed channel cats.
1. 100% of the time they have the anal fin rays of a channel
2. They almost never get over 30 pounds
3. They just don't have that bluecat look about them
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Post by bobbybobber on Jan 19, 2012 16:17:10 GMT -5
i fish rivers with both and have never seen anything cross yet,but i can tell ya theres a differance between the james river blues and potomac river blues,alot of the potomac blues have a hump on there back where the james blues doesnt,and the potomac blues are alot more aggresive,we just had this discussion last weekend at a tournament i fished and a few of the guys that fish both rivers for awhile will say the same thing
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Post by skinfish on Jan 19, 2012 23:57:53 GMT -5
Welcome Capt. Brad!
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Post by Catfishrollo on Jan 20, 2012 13:04:15 GMT -5
Glad to see you over here Brad!  rollo |
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Post by catfishbates on Jan 29, 2012 9:29:30 GMT -5
Welcome to the site Brad
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Post by Skyline1506 on Jan 29, 2012 10:00:41 GMT -5
Brad keep us updated on that i am interested to hear the results. Wish we had em like that a 30lb channel would be the fight of a lifetime
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