Ahhh, that's it, a Budweiser Bass!

He is supposed to call me next time he catches one so I can drive up and take a look. Hope he saves some bait for me:)

Norm

Hmmm, maybe he had a Pleco?

I had considered that possibility. I think I am familiar with all the local fishes so I eliminated those. The only fish I could come up with (without going to a book store) was a loach. I used to have some yellow and black striped loaches. The hard scales and body made me think of Corys. And, from ...

I fielded a call from a gentleman who described a catfish he had caught and wanted an ID. I have some experience with fish, including aquarium fish, and from his description it sounded like a Cory of some type. He described it as having hard scales, hard body, subterminal mouth, "pointy round nose ...