Sentence examples for flathead catfish from inspiring English sources

Even in Missouri, where Senator Claire McCaskill is the Democratic equivalent of the state's flathead catfish — perpetually in open season — a group of Republican challengers have faced a series of setbacks, including fund-raising problems, and the state's most popular Republicans declined to jump in the pool.

Texas Parks and Wildlife Department officials will not speak for or against pending legislation, but officials have expressed some concern that noodling could deplete isolated populations of the long-lived and difficult-to-breed flathead catfish, the species that noodlers typically pursue.

The shiner is threatened by numerous predators, such as crappie, bass, and the introduced Flathead Catfish.

However, the adult Flathead Catfish does not pose a significant threat because of the differences in habitats of the two species within the river; the juvenile catfish, which share the same habitat as the shiner, may pose a larger threat.

For conservationists, however, the legalisation of noodling threatens to accelerate the declining numbers of flathead and blue catfish.

Salmonids belong to a basal teleost Protacanthopterygii suborder (smelt, pike and salmon) group, which has been separated from other well studied euteleost lineages such as Ostariophysi (zebrafish, catfish, flathead minnow, etc)., and Acanthopterygii (cod, cichlids, fugu, sticklebacks, rockfish) for 217 290 MY [ 2- 5].

THIS year's most fascinating food book, "Noodling for Flatheads: Moonshine, Monster Catfish and Other Southern Comforts," is not at first glance a book about food.

"Noodling" is slang for this method of fishing; "flatheads" are a variety of catfish that don't bite as hard as "blue cats".

Yes, catfish have teeth, and Mr. Bilger loses some skin noodling a 25-pound flathead.

At the moment, the downtown features a collection of ceramic flatheads painted in different getups -- overalls, fur coats, top hats -- for "Catfish on Parade," a down-home take on Chicago's popular "Bulls on Parade" public art exhibit.

Catfish Hunter, Ed Figueroa.