But I love eating those White cat. Did pretty well this morning on jugs. Finished with 19. There's 8 left in this cooler when I took this picture
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But I love eating those White cat. Did pretty well this morning on jugs. Finished with 19. There's 8 left in this cooler when I took this picture
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Good eating there.
Thats a good mess there! River or Lake? I enjoy a good mess of cats from time to time.
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Nothing wrong with those!! Skin them, and call me when they are done.
I don't mind eating them, just don't like catching and cleaning them.
Oh no Grasshopper! I'd rather eat a catfish anyday, Specially a Tombigbee River yellow cat.Quote:
Originally Posted by mississippi
I don't mine a few whiskers with my fillets! I've been known to still run a trotline from time to time.
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Lots of sandwiches in that cooler.
Just made up 25 noodles! give me a shout sometimes -----------------------after june .:biggrin
need to be finding yourself another site if you plan on keeping on posting those ugly critters. they are gooooooood to eat, but i have to wear my strongest shades when i see the whiskers :biggrinQuote:
Originally Posted by mississippi
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Originally Posted by Erin Brewer
those noodles are fun. where you from eagle?
UGLY??? that is beauty in dat box. i still crappie fish plenty,but the older i get, the more id rather eat a hump or a yellow cat.
What you baiting with?
shadQuote:
Originally Posted by broharrell
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.
Love the whites in cold water.
I've had my fill/feel. Can't stand them on a hook or on the table. I raise them up and say "Anyone want this?" If no reply into the garden bag it goes.
Good catch sippi👍 I don't fish for them much anymore but I'm blessed to live in minnow an catfish farming country. It's nothing for me to go get a couple pounds farm raised cat fillets an fry em up at least once a month. Yeah I pay but prefer farm raised now days myself.
Gimme a holler in may/June , got 50 good made noodles & a big Miss River boat, around the sand bars is great up here!!Quote:
Originally Posted by eagle 1
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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
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by scrat
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by Muttly
Attachment 258602 Caught this fella at work, still eating on her!
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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.. :biggrinQuote:
Originally Posted by Muttly
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.
exactly...................Quote:
Originally Posted by macpappy
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by cray
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
Ugh! Not eel! I wont even take em off the hook. Just cut the line and leave em on the bank!!!! Don't want em back in the river to make baby eels.Quote:
Originally Posted by scrat
Eels are a mess no doubt, but not to bad after they come out of the smoker!
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That's how I've made them as well. I also put a 6" long piece of steel round stock inside the pvc. Make sure to slide it to the top of the jug when setting them out. If the jug gets a bite but no fish, the round stock will slide to the line side of the jug and make it stand up like a flag so you know to check the bait on that oneQuote:
Originally Posted by bird down
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I also wrapped reflective tape around the upper end of the noodle so they are easy to spot at night.
Alot of folk spend alot of money making them but i do it cheap and it works fine for me. I have never had a fish break one. I fish the tallahatchie river which mite be different from lake fishing but I set the hooks anywhere from 1.5' to 3' deep and its shocking that the fish will come up that shallow to hit the baits but they do. Alot of time when they hit they will go wild and its a ton of fun. I just cut a noodle into three pieces tie onto the center, I use old cast net weights and a 6/0 stainless hook.Quote:
Originally Posted by 27458
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Good video. I may work me up some of these and give it a try on a lazy day. Hard to give up that thump of a crappie, but I enjoy most fishing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Speck
I like doing things the poor mans way. :) Thanks for the info.Quote:
Originally Posted by Erin Brewer
Your very welcome! We catch some pretty big cats down here 30-40lbs and this way holds up. Plus if one gets into a drift and you cant reach it your not loosing much. If you keep a eye out at the dollar stores towards the end of the summer you can get pool noodles super cheap. I bought a bunch last year for a quarter each.Quote:
Originally Posted by 27458
Flatheads are the best eating catfish in my opinion.