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Rippin Lips’ Scent Trail

Ask science fiction to conjure a superhero with otherworldly senses of taste and smell and the resulting futuristic freak would likely resemble a catfish. In space age intelligence and acuity, catfish are off the piscatorial charts—finned freaks of nature that beat bass, eagles and bloodhounds, combined. Indeed, their superior senses of taste, sight and certainly scent read more like science fiction than fact. “Olfactory folds" are the microscopic sensors that help fish detect ‘stuff that stinks.’ A 2-pound channel catfish has 142; a 7-pound largemouth bass, just 13. When a catfish detects certain succulent amino acid at just one part per 10...
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Sauger Fish Species Information

Scientific Fish Name: Stizostedion canadense
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World Record: 8.1 kg (17 lbs, 12 ounces.)
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3 or 4 saddle shaped blotches on back and sides, spotted dorsal fin. The average sauger in an angler's creel is 300 to 400 g (0.75 to 1 lbs) in weight.


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