. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. inn CALIFORNIA FISH AND GAME preference, it has not kept it from inhabiting some of the muddiest sec- tions of the Colorado drainage. It has been taken from the Grand Canyon where the silt load is still extremely great, and from the Alamo and New rivers wliich run '^ The collections made in 1942 would lead one to believe that it has shown a greater degree of suc- cess in all types of Colorado River water than has any
. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. inn CALIFORNIA FISH AND GAME preference, it has not kept it from inhabiting some of the muddiest sec- tions of the Colorado drainage. It has been taken from the Grand Canyon where the silt load is still extremely great, and from the Alamo and New rivers wliich run '^ The collections made in 1942 would lead one to believe that it has shown a greater degree of suc- cess in all types of Colorado River water than has any of the other game fishes. Size. In the Colorado it reaches a large size which is comparable in every way to that usually attained in its native waters. Forbes and Rich- ardson (1920) say that in Illinois "It is seldom taken of more than five pounds weight, although specimens are occasionally seen weighing from fifteen to twenty ; Similar statements are given by other Fig. 68. Catfish fishermen at the head of the Alamo Canal. Jan. 1942. There is a photograph at Needles Boat Landing of a catfish caught in Lake Havasu in 1941 and reported to weigh 22 lbs. 9 oz. Since 1940 the Yuma Valley Rod and Gun Club has held a "prize fish contest" dur- ing the February-April period of each year. The weights of the largest channel catfish entered in these contests are as follows: 1940, 19 lbs. 12 oz.; 1941, 14 lbs. 8 oz.; 1942, 20 lbs. 8 oz.; 1943, 16 lbs. 12 oz. (All fish are weighed on accurate scales.) Of course, as for all fish, there are reports of some phenomenal catfish in the Colorado which—had they been caught—would have far exceeded these weights. While the reports of local game wardens, the accurate records of the Yuma Club and other 2" Several specimens taken from the Grand Canyon in 1937 have been examined by the author in the collection of the United States National Park Service at Grand Canyon Village. ,. Please note that these imag
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