Just curious, why do people call a type of catfish a "Blue Channel"? Their is no such thing as a "Blue Channel Catfish". Their is a Blue Catfish and their is a Channel Catfish, but no Blue Channel Catfish.
We don't have Blues in my state (well, we do have some in one big river, but not that many yet and only in that one river). When I go fishing and someone next to me catches a channel, they say, "Its a blue channel cat".

Then the first thing I say is, "there's no such thing".

"It's a channel cat". Then they say, "Well. . .it's blue, it must be a blue catfish". Of course I have to reply back,

"Channel cats come in a few different colors. I've caught yellow ones, blue ones, silver ones, greenish ones, the color of the channel depends on it's environment. You can tell if a catfish is a Blue or a Channel by color." Of course they don't believe me, but o'well.
The biggest problem I have with this is, when I am talking to someone about catching catfish, I want to know what type of catfish they are talking about. Is it a Blue or a Channel. Big difference on many things and it is important to know which one they are talking about. I guess it's one of my little pet peeves.
I mean no offense to anyone, I'm just asking a question.
