. Fishes and fishing;. in the west except those which find their way up theMississippi or Missouri rivers. The channel catfish is extremely shy and is rarely caughtin daytime, and then only in deep water, except during springfreshets. When the water is roily enough to be almost liquidmud, allowing so little light to penetrate the water that allminnows and most scale fishes hunt the shallow water nearshore, the channel cats may be found foraging in the deepwater of the swiftest and most turbulent portions of the chan-nel. Dark summer nights are the best to catch channel catfish,and the darker t
. Fishes and fishing;. in the west except those which find their way up theMississippi or Missouri rivers. The channel catfish is extremely shy and is rarely caughtin daytime, and then only in deep water, except during springfreshets. When the water is roily enough to be almost liquidmud, allowing so little light to penetrate the water that allminnows and most scale fishes hunt the shallow water nearshore, the channel cats may be found foraging in the deepwater of the swiftest and most turbulent portions of the chan-nel. Dark summer nights are the best to catch channel catfish,and the darker the better. Between midnight and daybreakof very dark nights, especially if a heavy fog has settled lowon the water, the fisherman, slipping along quietly in his boatwill hear the hoarse bellowing of the bullfrog, the plaintivecry of the whip-poor-will, and occasionally a splash as if anold cow had fallen into the river. The splash is made by alarge catfish chasing minnows into very shallow water. FISHES AND FISHING 61. 62 FISHES AND FISHING
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