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'You've Come Far, Pilgrim': Flathead Caught In Missouri River Was Tagged On Mississippi In 2016

"Jeremiah Johnson" is one of the best movies ever. I bet my brother-in-law can quote every line from that movie. One of those lines, "You've come far, pilgrim," seems appropriate for the story I am about to tell.

In my position at the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission, I communicate with a lot of folks. It is not unusual that anglers report catches of tagged fish to me. I have not done the field work to tag any of those fish in recent years, but I know the biologists who have. Usually, I can figure out to whom the reports of tagged fish should be directed.

In late August, I received an email from an angler who had caught a tagged flathead catfish from the Missouri River in southeast Nebraska. The fish was estimated to weigh 10 pounds or so and was released after the tag was removed from the fish. The tag number was #11278, but no other information could be read from the tag.

Since it was a catfish caught from the Missouri River, I thought Dr. Mark Pegg at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln might have an idea who tagged the fish. Mark determined the fish was not one he nor any University of Nebraska students had tagged. No Game and Parks biologists were responsible for tagging the fish either.

After some networking, it was discovered the flathead had been tagged some time ago and far away. The fish was tagged by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources on the Mississippi River north of St. Louis. It was tagged in June of 2016 when it weighed a little more than 2.5 pounds.

It is amazing to consider the time and distance that fish covered. It also exercises the imagination knowing how much the catfish had grown and how many crayfish and small fish had been gulped to fuel that growth.

More importantly, it illustrates how fish communities in river systems can move long distances. It indicates just how broad and inclusive habitat is for riverine fish species. The habitat for that flathead catfish was not just the Missouri River in southeast Nebraska. It was an entire Missouri/Mississippi river drainage. Activities on any stretch of that river basin can and do have an impact throughout the entire system.

It's nice to have a 10-some-pound flattie to teach us that.


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NM Department Of Game And Fish Adding More Flathead Catfish To Elephant Butte

ELEPHANT BUTTE, N.M. (KRQE) – For anglers going to Elephant Butte, your chances of reeling in a big one are about to get better. The New Mexico Department of Game and Fish is relocating more flathead catfish to control the rampant bullhead fish population taking over the lake.

New Mexico State Police offering 'Tag Your Tots' program at state fair

The department is using "electrofishing" to relocate the catfish. They do this by using small pulses of electricity to stun and capture the fish. Game and Fish plans on stocking more "flatties" next week.

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