I know many here don't like catfish

One of the things I love about fishing Ross Barnett is that typically you will catch a few catfish every trip out. I love tying into a 2 or 3 lb cat on a jig pole. I hate the slim on the line but it has never kept the crappie from biting it afterwards. I love to eat fish! Crappie, Cats, Bream, Chinq's. I guess the only fish I don't care that much for is bass. I eat yearling bass but not big one's.

Wow! Nice catfish. I love a catfish supper every now and then myself. What ever I catch is pretty well in the skillet I have even ate eel's back in the day.:biggrin

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Originally Posted by scrat

Wow! Nice catfish. I love a catfish supper every now and then myself. What ever I catch is pretty well in the skillet I have even ate eel's back in the day.:biggrin

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Eel's??? I couldnt imagine trying to eat one much less clean it. We have caught a few on lines in the river and those things will leave a line covered in slime for 10 -15 foot i couldnt believe how much slime them things made.

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Originally Posted by Muttly

I dont eat catfish at all dont care for them. fish for them once in a blue moon much rather catch crappie and other fish.

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Muttly, these are blue cats or as we call them in this area White hump backs. Clean them right and cut out the blood line, fry them up and mix with crappie and most could never tell the difference. Totally different taste than channels and some of the other catfish.

Attachment 258602 Caught this fella at work, still eating on her!


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Originally Posted by Muttly

I dont eat catfish at all dont care for them. fish for them once in a blue moon much rather catch crappie and other fish.

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Probably more of a regional thing, in certain areas of the south or Midwest refusing catfish would be considered down right peculiar, maybe even offensive to some.. :biggrin

Can someone post a pic of the noodle set up? Also, how do you do the dept or know how deep to drop the line? Bottom always? Obviously, I don't know squat about it! I'm game for any kind of fishing.

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Originally Posted by macpappy

One of the things I love about fishing Ross Barnett is that typically you will catch a few catfish every trip out. I love tying into a 2 or 3 lb cat on a jig pole. I hate the slim on the line but it has never kept the crappie from biting it afterwards. I love to eat fish! Crappie, Cats, Bream, Chinq's. I guess the only fish I don't care that much for is bass. I eat yearling bass but not big one's.

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exactly...................

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Originally Posted by cray

Muttly, these are blue cats or as we call them in this area White hump backs. Clean them right and cut out the blood line, fry them up and mix with crappie and most could never tell the difference. Totally different taste than channels and some of the other catfish.

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I would have to drive 7 to 8 hours to get to any blues or flatheads up here where I am at is channels and bullheads and to me they just taste nasty.

U can take a piece of pvc and cap it off on the ends. Wrap a piece of pool noodle around it and that's your jug. Take an eye bolt and screw into the pvc on one end. Take some #18 tarred nylon and cut 4 ft length. Tie one end to the eye bolt and the other to a hook. Bait the hook with cut up hot dog that's been soaking in red food coloring. Length of line really doesn't matter much in my experience. They are like a shark and come to that smell. Make about 20 of them and then go chase them down. I've done it several times but I had rather check drop lines or hand grab. I like catching the big ones