Sounds good Mauser( i can undertsand where your coming from)- we can have a lot of wildland& forestfires here in wy & it can get pretty hot in some locations even without the fires .
Catfish you will find asome in some locations here &other places like the mtn streams etc none or even the platte river( biggest major river in wy i think) not so many cats someplace or none that i know of nearby to me anyways.

Much of game& fishs moneys& efforts go into trout esp rainbows.( i do wish they would put efferts into a bigger varity of fish in some locations)

I wouldnt mind checking out alaska more myself- cats or no cats