What kind of Catfish is this?

[J Francho]

^^^That's a cool fish!

Not quite albino, but on the right track.  It's a xanthic morph bullhead: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xanthochromism

[Some tissues]

2 minutes ago, J Francho said:

^^^That's a cool fish!

Not quite albino, but on the right track.  It's a xanthic morph bullhead: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xanthochromism

Lol it wasn't my fish I grabbed that pic from Google but the one I caught was identical in color and close to that size. I've caught him three times ik it's the same fish cuz it's missing a left whisker if I catch it again I'll post a pick

[soflabasser]

1 hour ago, N Florida Mike said:

The yellows are the only ones that are light brown to pale yellow like that.They are the palest of the bullheads .They can have some dark coloration but are mostly yellowish.

The browns are specked dark/ white blotches.

Blacks are very dark.

I have actually caught a few albino channel cats in a stocked farm pond.

The tail is also rounded,which indicates a yellow too

There was a albino catfish that I caught at least 2 times in one of the lakes I fish in. Me and my friend named this albino channel catfish ''Meow Mix'' and it was one of our ''pets'' in that particular lake.

[Bluebasser86]

One of the lakes I fish occasionally produces quite a few albino and piebald blue cats every year. I've caught one of each, the albino earlier this year on  Ned rig fishing for smallmouth.

[N Florida Mike]

Caught this one a little while ago.Its a great example of a brown bullhead.

She's also pregnant so I let her go.

The male's usually don't get off so easy.Love em fried!!! 

Don't know why all my pics are crooked lately.

[soflabasser]

On 10/29/2016 at 2:54 AM, Bluebasser86 said:

One of the lakes I fish occasionally produces quite a few albino and piebald blue cats every year. I've caught one of each, the albino earlier this year on  Ned rig fishing for smallmouth.

Nice blue catfish.Wish we had those in South Florida since they can weigh over 100 pounds. I don't think it's a true albino since it has dark eyes and albinos have red eyes.The albino channel catfish that I caught was completely white with red eyes. Have not caught the piebald coloration yet,that's a unique coloration that I have only seen in pictures.

[Bluebasser86]

2 hours ago, soflabasser said:

Nice blue catfish.Wish we had those in South Florida since they can weigh over 100 pounds. I don't think it's a true albino since it has dark eyes and albinos have red eyes.The albino channel catfish that I caught was completely white with red eyes. Have not caught the piebald coloration yet,that's a unique coloration that I have only seen in pictures.

I've seen the pure albinos from this lake and they do have pink eyes like you're saying. This one wasn't 100% white (the adipose is nearly black), but it's easier to call it an albino than a white blue catfish or a white cat, which we have none of here (despite lots of river rats calling our blue cats "white cats" or "Mississippi white cats" due to their washed out look in the muddy water). The piebalds, or holstein catfish as they're sometimes called, are pretty wild looking fish.

I'd like to catch a big one of either. Kansas' state record blue is over 100 pounds and the lake record for this lake is over 80 pounds, so catching a huge one isn't out of the question.