"Michael (Piedmont)" > wrote in message
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> Catfish - How to Catch 'Em and Cook 'Em
> By Pat Leff Hartwell
> (As published in Utah Fishing magazine)
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> "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.
>
> 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.
>
> Michael2590
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Thannks for the good memory. My favorite uncle used to run a
bait/tackle/bicycle repair shop/general merchantile when I was a kid. Since
he worked on or at least baited every hook for a good fifty miles, whenever
there was a big catch it was brought by the store and a picture was taken of
it and sent to the local paper and a copy posted on the wall of the store.
You REALLY don't want to know how big those channel cats can get.........I
remember one tied to the front bumper of a pickup and posted next to a
picture of the same pickup with a deer on the front......catfish was WAY
bigger.

Rumor was if you wanted to commit suicide, do it near Blewitt Falls on the
PeeDee River. Seems the catfish near the dam were supposed to eat the
evidence if you didn't want to be found. Yes, they WERE that big.

My daddy nailed them to a tree so they couldn't escape before he skinned
them. Kept him from being 'finned' as well.
-ginny