2.75 lb Blue Catfish

Been Lazy - didn't report 4-5 small (1 lb) channel that I cleaned this past week - but got over lazy spell and baited yoyo's since lake is high (water deeper at my fishing pier)

Rain - high water - weather front made fishing tough last few days (only got small channel cats) - so last night I baited 5 yoyo's on my fishing pier with Secret-7 / Magic bait - and I got my first Blue catfish in a long time - it was 2 lb 13 oz and I made this video to show the shape of the fins and to explain that you can count the 'splines' to tell difference in a real Blue and a Blue Channel. This Blue had 33 splines and a channel catfish always has less than 30 i.e. 30 to 35 and it's a blue
Also note it's color is very similar to Channel - BUT it does not have any spots on it's belly. BTW: Bigger catfish are ever harder to tell apart cause Channels do not always have spots on the belly - so the count and the shape of the fins (squared off - instead of round / smooth) are positive ways to tell a Blue from a Channel