04-29-2020, 04:06 AM
Anglinarcher wrote "... in the near future YES, I have high hopes."
I hope so too, but reality says maybe not so fast. Catfish grow a lot slower than most people realize. After the first couple of years they routinely add only about one inch a year. So it would take something like ten years for a 20"er to reach 30. And when they get really old they put on weight and girth and little additional length. I don't claim to be any kind of expert on the subject but I have read a lot of studies. BTW, I loved your analysis.
I hope so too, but reality says maybe not so fast. Catfish grow a lot slower than most people realize. After the first couple of years they routinely add only about one inch a year. So it would take something like ten years for a 20"er to reach 30. And when they get really old they put on weight and girth and little additional length. I don't claim to be any kind of expert on the subject but I have read a lot of studies. BTW, I loved your analysis.
The older I get the more I would rather be considered a good man than a good fisherman.