Pa. Fish and Boat Commission stocking rivers with aquatic alpha predator
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - This morning the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission is going to resume stocking the Ohio River with blue catfish.
It's the first time in more than 100 years the aquatic alpha predator is swimming in waters off of Pittsburgh.
Yesterday, the commission planted 13,000 blue catfish off the point in Pittsburgh and 13 miles down the river in Kilbuck.
According to our news partners at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, there will be another stocking happening in Leetsdale and Monaca.
The commission's goal is to establish a self-sustaining, naturally reproducing population of blue catfish in Ohio, Monongahela, and lower Allegheny rivers.
