Cast Gill

Channel Catfish

Ictalurus punctatus · Ictaluridae

About this fish

Spawning
May, June and July
Largest length
up to 132 cm (52 inches)
Lifespan
up to 10 years
Matures at
about 3.5 years old

Values come from a national database of the United States, not Wisconsin surveys: maximum length is the species' largest recorded anywhere, and spawning months are range-wide (Wisconsin timing, in a colder climate, can be later).

USGS FishTraits 14.3 (CC0). Credit: Frimpong and Angermeier, U.S. Geological Survey.

134 open records of this fish in Wisconsin were used here.

Lakes where it has been stocked

Stocking shows what was added to a lake, not what lives in it.

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Lakes where it has been recorded

From open fish survey and museum records. A record shows the fish was found near the lake in that year, not that it is there now.

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