The stories are many and the themes are the same.
You walk in any bait store,any resort,any large outdoors retailer and there they are posted on the trophy board.
The photos are well documented.
“I was out fishing for cats and caught this nice walleye;”
“I was out fishing for walleyes and caught this nice cat;”
Seems to me that these two species have some kind of nocturnal tendencies, and depend on each other for feeding, kind of like a pilot fish swimming along with a great white shark.
My theory that I would like to lay out here is as follows.
I think the catfish is much like that pilot fish; it follows the mighty walleye around and eats the damaged or wounded prey left over from a feeding frenzy by this mighty predator.
This theory further explains the bullhead connection, between said species. If you are catching walleyes on bullheads while you are cat fishing, it is simply because the mighty walleye is on a feeding frenzy and the cats are there for the leftovers.
It’s natures way of making sure our cats have something to eat also.
So next time you see a walleye guy and catfish guy hanging out to together in the same environments, just remember its because of the natural order of things.
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