On Dec 28, 7:35*pm, "Michael \(Piedmont\)" > wrote:
> * * * Catfish - How to Catch 'Em and Cook 'Em
> * * * By Pat Leff Hartwell
> * * * (As published in Utah Fishing magazine)
>
> * * * "How did you catch that thing? What do you do with it?"
>
> * * * These are two of the most common questions my husband and I are asked
> when we come into dock with a livewell full of catfish. The old opinion
> sticks, no matter how worldly and informed people become, that catfish are a
> trash fish and therefore not fit for eating.

To catch one, you bait a treble hook with actively decomposing chicken
innards. Catfish are the possums of the freshwater ecosystem. They
like putrefication and decay.
>
> * * * They are not inedible, folks, and you don't have to be poor and living
> on the Bayou to enjoy them. It seems that most folks simply are uneducated
> about catfish and the few who do enjoy this tasty whiskered fellow are
> criticized. I am here to support those fellow catfish lovers and to
> encourage others to try something new...
>
> * * *http://www.utahoutdoors.com/fishspec...tfishhowto.htm
>
> * * * Make a note that in the article it suggests to pre-soak catfish in
> salted water or milk a few hours before cooking to relieve the muddy taste..

A waste of milk if you ask me. All the sweet mammary secretions in
the world are not enough to divorce a catfish from the essence of the
grave.
>
> * * * Michael2590

--Bryan