• Characteristics - blue or slate-gray above and light below; no dark spots that are characteristic of channel cat; 30-35 rays in anal fin; deeply forked tail
• Distribution - lower reaches of Mississippi and Missouri Rivers in Iowa
• Foods - frogs, insects, crayfish, worms, host of other living and dead material
• State Record - 101 lbs., 53", Missouri River, Mills County, June 2004, Mike Rush of Bellevue, NE

For more blue catfish information, see Iowa Fish & Fishing.