Originally Posted by
Mean Morone
Peter, I can't really help with being able to tell the difference between catfish and stripers, but I do have a friend that fishes catfish tournaments and he claims that he can tell the difference. He says that fish finders react differently because some fish are scaled and others like catfish aren't. Supposedly it's the difference between scales reflecting and skin absorbing shows up on his fish finder. He is pretty successful on catching big catfish and nearly caught the state record hybrid striper in Ohio many years ago. I do respect his opinion. I hope others might have more knowledge about this and would like to impart some of that knowledge to the rest of us.