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The blue catfish (''Ictalurus furcatus'') is the largest species of North American catfish, reaching a length of and a weight of . The average length is about 25-46 inches (64–117 cm). The fish can live to 20 years. The native distribution of Blue catfish was primarily in the Mississippi River drainage, including the Missouri, Ohio, Tennessee, Arkansas, and Rio Grande Rivers, and south along the Gulf coast to Belize and Guatemala. .〔 〕 These large catfish have also been introduced in a number of reservoirs and rivers, notably the Santee Cooper lakes of Lake Marion and Lake Moultrie in South Carolina, the James River in Virginia, Powerton Lake in Pekin, Illinois, and Springfield Lake in Springfield, Illinois. This fish is also found in some lakes in Florida.〔Hook and Bullet website, at http://www.hookandbullet.com/fishing-lake-placid-placid-lakes-fl/ .〕 The fish is considered an invasive pest in some areas, particularly the Chesapeake Bay. Blue Catfish can tolerate brackish water, and thus can colonize along inland waterways of coastal regions.〔Graham, K. (1999) ("A review of the biology and Management of Blue Catfish." ) American Fisheries Society Symposium 24:37–49〕 ==Record-setting fish== On June 18, 2011, Nick Anderson of Greenville, NC reeled in a 143-pound blue catfish. The fish was caught in John Kerr Reservoir, more commonly known as Buggs Island Lake, on the Virginia-North Carolina border. On June 22, 2011, the Virginia Dept of Game and Inland Fisheries certified the blue catfish as the state's largest, setting a new state record.〔Dixon, Julia (June 22, 2011) (News Release 143-Pound Blue Catfish Certified as State Record ). Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries.〕 The fish had a length of 57 inches (145 cm) and a massive girth of 47 inches (120 cm). On February 7, 2012, a 136-lb blue catfish was caught on a commercial fishing trot line in Lake Moultrie, one of the two Santee Cooper lakes, near Cross, South Carolina. It was 56 inches long. The fish is the largest blue catfish ever weighed on a certified scale in South Carolina, but it is not eligible for state record certification because it was not caught on a rod and reel. On July 20, 2010, a yet to be certified new world record blue catfish was caught by Greg Bernal of Florissant, Missouri, on the Missouri River. Greg's girlfriend, Janet Momphard, a nurse from St. Charles, helped land the world-record fish. The record catfish weighed in at 130 lbs. It was 57 inches long and 45 inches in girth. The previous angling world record, 124 lb, was caught by Tim Pruitt on May 22, 2005, in the Mississippi River.〔(Blue catfish receives world record status from the IGFA ) Retrieved 5 September 2006〕〔(IDNR Announces World's Largest Blue Catfish Caught ) Retrieved 5 September 2006 〕 This record broke the previous blue catfish record of 121.5 Lbs caught from Lake Texoma, Texas. The Indiana Record for a blue catfish was set in 1999 by Bruce Midkiff. The fish was caught in the Ohio River and weighed in at 104 pounds.〔(Record Fish Program | Indiana Fishing Regulation Guide ). eRegulations.com. Retrieved on 2015-06-18.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Blue catfish」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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