Post by VFR on Mar 18, 2023 14:33:34 GMT -5
Blue catfish in James River a benefit or burden?
by Rex Springston
Giant catfish are taking over the James River.
The creatures, blue catfish, have grown in numbers and size ever since state workers stocked them in the tidal James in the mid-1970s to give anglers a new challenge. "They've gone crazy. . . . They reproduce like mad dogs," said Bob Greenlee, a state Department of Game and Inland Fisheries biologist. Read more.....
by Rex Springston
Giant catfish are taking over the James River.The creatures, blue catfish, have grown in numbers and size ever since state workers stocked them in the tidal James in the mid-1970s to give anglers a new challenge. "They've gone crazy. . . . They reproduce like mad dogs," said Bob Greenlee, a state Department of Game and Inland Fisheries biologist. Read more.....