Catfish in RI

One little known fact is that there are white catfish in RI waters. These are not horned pout or bullhead. Rather these are real catfish that grow to large sizes. They have super white bellies, a black back and large heads. They will average about three to four pounds, but they can grow to huge sizes. The state record is a whopping 16 lbs.! We occasionally catch them while fishing for carp at night, and when that happens no one is complaining. They especially like to hit dougbaits, but I have also caught them on corn and chick peas that were intended for carp. They are not in all ponds. Some of the places that I have caught them include Roger Williams Park, Lake Mashapaug and Lake Tiogue. The picture at the right is a PB seven pounder landed by one of our CAG members, Jeff Allard.