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Hey Hobie1dog... I've posted this fish before, but thought I'd throw it in your thread... Ya' know,
just so folks would know what a fish is...
Flathead - Caught 28 March 2012 (46" long, 58 pounds)
just so folks would know what a fish is...
Flathead - Caught 28 March 2012 (46" long, 58 pounds)
Heck Yes! Fileted 39 pounds of meat. I always hear people saying "Oh, I throw them back if over 20 pounds,
don't taste good"... well Ya' gotta get them clean and on ice.... don't drive around all day strapped to the
hood of the truck. Same with venison.
Trick to cleaning them too.....
don't taste good"... well Ya' gotta get them clean and on ice.... don't drive around all day strapped to the
hood of the truck. Same with venison.
Trick to cleaning them too.....
I LOVE the fact his string is up and running, the first i've seen it. post to come.
I flyfish and cathc and release so not a lot of picts.....
I flyfish and cathc and release so not a lot of picts.....
OK, here's the trick Lonestar. Chop the tail off with an ax and hang her up to bleed out. Only takes about 5 to 8 minutes
or so. That meat will be as white as a 3 pound fish and real soft. Clean her up and trim out any and all red streaks of
veins. Don't forget the belly meat on a Flathead. Most people don't know it's there and you'll get another 15% of what
the fish weighed out at.
An old timer taught me all that while he tamped his pipe with fish blood covered fingers years ago HaHaa. Now his smoke might have tasted muddy!
or so. That meat will be as white as a 3 pound fish and real soft. Clean her up and trim out any and all red streaks of
veins. Don't forget the belly meat on a Flathead. Most people don't know it's there and you'll get another 15% of what
the fish weighed out at.
An old timer taught me all that while he tamped his pipe with fish blood covered fingers years ago HaHaa. Now his smoke might have tasted muddy!
You know that makes sense Top. We used to do the same with Sharks. First thing you do is cut the tail and bleed them out. Another trick we used with shark is to soak the meat for half an hour in saltwater or milk and salt.
I like to soak them in boiling peanut oil! [
I know you're right !
Last time we did a batch of catfish I tried a buddies recipe. Roll the chunks in flour first, then egg, then roll in a mix of tortilla crumbs, cornmeal and cajun blackening season.
Man it was good.
Fishing has tanked here in North AL this Spring/Summer. I go about 3-4 times a week for at least an hour each trip. Its not that I am a great fisherman I just know where they are here and usually come back loaded. I have 3 churches that I keep stocked for their fish frys, but this year it has been a struggle to fill the quotas. My hopes are (and my 15 years of fishing journals I have kept lean towards) some great late fall fishing. Not sure if the rest of you guys have had similar issues so far this year.
@TopD I agree 100% no such thing as a bad tasting catfish no matter the size, just have to know how to store and clean them. I bleed them dry as soon as I catch them on my pontoon. Soak in a little saltwater in almost freezing temps the meat comes out as white as snow. Some bream or gar I cook straight on my little boat grill. Caught , cooked, then ate in 30 mins does not get much fresher.
@TopD I agree 100% no such thing as a bad tasting catfish no matter the size, just have to know how to store and clean them. I bleed them dry as soon as I catch them on my pontoon. Soak in a little saltwater in almost freezing temps the meat comes out as white as snow. Some bream or gar I cook straight on my little boat grill. Caught , cooked, then ate in 30 mins does not get much fresher.
It could be the 'climate change' phenomenon I guess... fishing has been kinda slow around here also. I haven't
gone as often as I usually do this time of year because of some physical issues... but we'll see as the year
progresses.
gone as often as I usually do this time of year because of some physical issues... but we'll see as the year
progresses.
I love to see kids having fun.... How I catch the big ones is by 'Jug Fishing'. Any kind of float... Clorox jugs, 2 liter
coke bottles, I use the store bought floats from Bass Pro or even WalMart. The 4" pool noodles cut to about 8" work great! Tie on about 3' of 300lb test trot-line, a 5oz sinker, #7 circle hook, and use big goldfish or small bream for bait (check your state law). Throw them out at dusk and go looking for them next morning. Get a shovel handle with porch swing hook screwed into the end to snag them with. These are my granddaughters...
coke bottles, I use the store bought floats from Bass Pro or even WalMart. The 4" pool noodles cut to about 8" work great! Tie on about 3' of 300lb test trot-line, a 5oz sinker, #7 circle hook, and use big goldfish or small bream for bait (check your state law). Throw them out at dusk and go looking for them next morning. Get a shovel handle with porch swing hook screwed into the end to snag them with. These are my granddaughters...
Had a hell of a morning yesterday. June and I were way up north on the lake when a storm snuck-up on us. Tried to
make it back to camp but saw that we wouldn't, so I headed to the bank and got up under some cypress trees. I know,
never get under a tree in a lighting storm, but that doesn't apply when it's better than being out on the lake. Never
saw such a boomer and was scared to death. But we made it.... A big cypress out in the lake didn't. We did catch some
fish regardless....
make it back to camp but saw that we wouldn't, so I headed to the bank and got up under some cypress trees. I know,
never get under a tree in a lighting storm, but that doesn't apply when it's better than being out on the lake. Never
saw such a boomer and was scared to death. But we made it.... A big cypress out in the lake didn't. We did catch some
fish regardless....
Top that burning stump sure drives the point home ! Glad you guys made out alright, been on the water when it gets ugly quick ! Some good looking fish too .
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