For all you dirty Catfish eaters ?

[Daplumma]

The dorsal fin will still get you long after the fish is dead.I had a bud step barefoot on one that was dead and dried up.The barbs on the fin broke off in the wound as he pulled it out.It takes a little manual dexterity to get them off the hook and the smaller ones are the worst.Still are much easier to handle than an eel.I would rather throw my rod and reel in the water than touch one of those.Just for the record...the whiskers are harmless,just watch the fins!

Joe

[tonyb]

When you stop to think about it, almost all the best seafood are bottom feeding scavengers

 

Lobster

Halibut

Crab

Whitefish

 

So it would only make sense that Catfish are great eating (they are by the way )

 

And although I haven't tried Ling, Carp, or Suckers I bet that they aren't so bad at all either.

 

Tony

[aplumma]

While catfish may feed from the bottom most of the food is minnows and crawfish and insects. One they get to be about 7-10 lbs they are full blow predators and eat baitfish just like the muskie, pike,and bass. Fishing for them with chicken parts or soap works because it is bloody or full of oils/fats that they can track too with the whiskers. What stinks to us in the air might be perfume to them under water.

 

 

Art