uz051235198 wrote:
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>>Did you have to nail these fish to a tree and pull their skin off first?
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> Hey, that's catfish and that is good eating! They are scavengers but so are
> blue crabs, and they are good eating too. (Present conditions of the
> Chesapeake bay aside ...)
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I have to disagree about catfish :P The stuff my nephew catches in
South Carolina tastes like mud *blech*. Part of it may be a mental thing
- I grew up in Michigan, knew a lot of people that fished - I didn't
know anyone that would eat catfish. It was a "trash" fish and got
thrown back. I haven't had farm raised - that may be better. (apparently
they are fed on the top of the water so that they don't eat the bottom
"garbage") I do find that where fish lives does make a difference in
taste. I haven't found any fresh water fish in the south that I like.
I grew up eating fresh water fish in Michigan *shrug*. I love Walleye
yummmmm - man I miss that stuff. Perch are good too.

Roberta (in VA)