*PRE-ORDER* Channel Catfish

They're beautiful. I also had a really nice experience with Lori on the phone. I liked the blue channel cats so much I decided to purchase some of the albino ones. They just arrived today and just as awesome. I would highly recommend this company and their fish.

Overnight delivery and no fish were lost. All the catfish arrived healthy and took to their new home like it was the start of a long overdue vacation!

They all arrived live and healthy and on time going to purchase the sun fish next . Toledo fish company is very professional hard to come buy now days

Bought 50 from them. Arrived in couple days even though it said overnight. But I figured that it wouldn't be overnight anyway. Coming to middle illinois. Fish were very healthy looking. And couple weeks in now. I have yet to lose 1 single fish. Will buy from them again

Short review: Absolutely fantastic service and wonderful healthy fish!!

Long review: I was legitimately sketched out about these guys being fake mostly on lack of reviews and information other than a small reddit thread. At the time I wanted channel cats they were out of stock. I sent an email to them and got a same day response that they would be back in stock about 2 weeks. Was about 3 weeks and I was checking daily so I emailed again and they said there was a delay but they would have them shortly. Last Friday rolled around and I ordered 50. They shipped on Monday and arrived Tuesday. The packaging was good, one bag full of water and fish inside of a second bag that had some ice packs. the whole inside of the box was insulated and the box was taped well. Box was very obviously labeled "live fish" for the shippers and showed no signs of damage on arrival. I opened the box up and was a little worried to see a few catfish on their sides but it was just because the water level was a little low. Not a single fish DOA. My only complaint was to have just a tad more water (it may have leaked). Channel catfish like most species of freshwater fish turn color when stressed and they were on the lighter color, some were sluggish. However I quickly got them unboxed and in a 5 gallon bucket with an aerator. They very quickly perked up. They also darkened up and started looking much better immediately. I didn't do an exact count but seemed to be a tad over 50. I should note that I'm in northern California and these guys are closer to the east coast so this was a large climate jump for them. Day they arrived was about 70F air temp. I took them up to my landlocked recreational pond and set the bottom of the bucket in the water. I gave it 10 minutes to allow the temperature to balance. Checked with a thermometer. Then every 5 minutes I started adding small portions of water to the bucket. I did this for about half an hour. Overall my acclimation was very slow but these guys just kept perking up more and more. I finally cut them loose in the pond and they all took off pretty quickly, some in a nice little school. only one sat on the bottom for a few minutes before swimming off. They were all very chunky, very lively. This is a huge difference in my previous experience ordering channel cats online. The only other company I have ordered from is called Live aquaponics and I would not recommend them for anything except tilapia. In comparison their fish are very skinny, have DOA's and often a couple die within 24 hrs of being planted. Price per fish is also a couple dollars more.

The combination of customer service, quality fish, fast and free overnight shipping (HUGE) and price per fish, I will be ordering from these guys in the future.

Do your part and make sure you are home when your fish will arrive.

All arrived healthy

Excellent products, and customer service. Highly recommended!!

2/3rd of them survived out of 100 catfish. I kind of expected a little die off on the shipping. Just grateful the rest made it.

This is my 2nd order and I am still impressed with how quickly I received my order. The fish were healthy and lively.

Easy to order online. I’m very pleased with how quickly they came and they were all alive and healthy! I will be ordering again!

All was good, got some useful info before purchasing that I think helped, only downside was that some of it sound a bit like a sales pitch. Just telling me what I wanted to hear. But on balance it was useful.

Great product

Cats arrived healthy and quickly. They have disappeared into the depths but I’m sure they are fine

They showed up healthy and vibrant. Awesome supplier.

Ordered from other sites and orders never came. Made small order here to try it out. Fish arrived on time and healthy! Time to make a larger order!

Fish were lively and healthy on arrival. Shipped fast and on time with great packaging. Will always be coming back to this site for future fish purchases.

6 died within the first 6 hours. Of the 50 bought I guess I think that at least 5 extras should be shipped as you are going to always loose some in shipping or just after. The place we usually get ours does ship extras at no charge knowing this. Other than that super happy so far.

All arrived lively and healthy and are doing well in their new environment

Fast shipping and great channel catfish babies. All are doing great ! They are growing very fast !

All fish arrived healthy. Fish were packaged extremely well. Very happy with my purchase and will be ordering more Fish soon.

I've ordered fish from multiple sources before, and the results vary a lot. Most of the time there is some loss in the number of survivors due to the stress of shipping.

I ordered 50 catfish from Toledo Goldfish.They came carefully packaged, shipped over night, and there was a 100% survival rate, despite the incompetent UPS delivery driver leaving the package in full sun with lots of shade just two feet away, and failing to ring our doorbell like 99% of drivers do. This, despite the large and quite conspicuous "live fish" labels. I did not discover the delivery for a full hour after it's arrival.

It is a testimony to the careful packing that none of the fish were lost. I highly recommend Toledo Goldfish for the meticulous care they take in shipping.

We have a few ponds around the house hoping to "wild" our area in mid-city. Toledo is our source for pond stocking and we are never disappointed. Every catfish in our recent order was delivered in perfect condition and there were even a couple extras in case any didn't make the trip. THANK YOU TOLEDO.

They were all very healthy!

ANOTHER ORDER DELIVERED WITH 100% LIVE FISH! LOVE THIS COMPANY. ALWAYS EXCELLANT SERVICE

They arrived healthy and very active. They also were either 3" to 4" with no runts or weaklings. Can't ask for anything more than that.

Bravo, well done on the packaging of my 200 catfish. Speed, quality and service are on point👉. Thank you

Healthiest catfish I’ve ever received. All 100 channel catfish were large and healthy had been well fed and were even feed trained already. Not one fish died and they were delivered in 98 degree weather across the country. They went in a small pond and the next day they were eating food more aggressively than anything in the pond.