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Picked up this biggun' today at LB. Male or female? It is either ready to give birth to a crowd or it just ate a large animal?? Gut on this thing looked like it swallowed a football. Little over 7 pounds, 27 inches -- not quite long enough to upgrade my contest score. Released him/her and kept the smaller ones..
Grandson and I caught four today, the others in the 22 inch range. Got 'em on small white bass. Nice day. Happy kid.
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Great looking cat. It has been eating good.
Just and FYI the catfish contest ended on the last day of August.
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[cool][#0000ff]That's a fat mama cat. Spawn is long over so it is probably full of the little white bass that are so thick right now.[/#0000ff]
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[cool][#0000ff]Pull down their genes. Ha ha.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]In Utah waters most male cats are easily identified by having heads wider than their bodies and a more greyish coloration...turning even darker at spawning time. Their mouths are also larger in proportion...with big fat lips at times.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Females are usually more of a light or coppery color...with heads that are slightly narrower than their body at its widest part. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]But, there are waters and times when even the females turn a darker grey color so you have to pay attention to the shape. Males will almost always have a skinnier body and will weigh less for the same length than females.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]In the attached pic the fish on the left is a male and the one on the right is female. As they get bigger the differences are even more pronounced.[/#0000ff]
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