Tommeboy might want to think about coming north for those channels.
I live on the Red River of the north and it is one of the premier channel catfish fishery's in the world.
North of me by Drayton to Winnipeg they regularly catch 30 lb channels and up.
I live in Fargo and recently my best is a 13 # channel on light tackle. But I have hooked caught, and lost bigger ones in the past. I have seen a couple of 20 # fish close up. But one night on a smaller river I saw a monster cat take a beer can rolling on the top of the water sideways in his mouth. Made a big slurp, my buddy asked "what was that?"
Biggest channel cat I've ever seen just took my schmidt beer can, sideways.
"You lying son of a gun"
BLURP
And up the can popped, crushed almost beyond recognition.
"You son of a so in so, you were telling the truth!"
Yep
"how big was it?"
Scary big, ain't swimming in this river no more.
True story, and I have not been back swimming in it in 40 years.
Just cause.