OT----WoooooHoooooo

Congratulations. So -- did you eat him or was he catch and release?

Last summer my middle grandchild caught a nice bass on the third day of trying - we found some of her earlier gear on him when we finally got him netted - and decided she was going to eat that fish. (Normally fish isn't her first choice for food but she was feeling victorious and evidently decided that eating him was the way to finish this saga.) He wasn't as big as your catfish though.

The only big fish I have caught were salmon caught just off the coast.

Somehow both my son and my uncle had their pictures taken with my fish. Hmmm. (I guess there was also an Ono off Maui - I got that one because the other folks on the boat seemed to be busy "feeding fish" -- and I don't seem to be as bothered by a the rolling action as my DH -- so I got the chair. )

How do you cook your catfish, Bart? Keith likes Cajon style.

Higs, Kather> Been doing a lot of fishing lately, been trying to catch some big

Bart, good 4 YOU! I personally don't 'like' catfish (or bullheads, for that matter), I'm a lake-perch gal myself, but I totally relate to the elation you must be feeling! Hugs, Noreen

Oh, ick............... we have catfish here, but they call them "channel cats". They are the ugliest things I have ever seen, and I'd have to be starving to eat one. (not to rain on your parade Bart - I'm just commenting) ;>) And hey - if that fish makes you happy - I'm happy for you!!

Shelagh

I have a bullhead story. One summer long ago my cousin and I were fishing on a lake in Minnesota. We each got a bullhead on our lines and didn't want to touch those ugly things- so we rowed in to the dock with the lines in the water and got Uncle Bob to take them off. We got teased about it for years. (We regularly caught perch and other lake fish and cleaned them etc with no problems but though bullheads were yukky.) Actually I don't mind eating bullheads if someone else deals with them up to the time they go in the frying pan. I like catfish just fine - and agree with Keith about Cajun style.

Bart do you eat the catfish, deep fried....??

Els

Wild catfish from a nice clean river is as fine a food as there is. It is not at all like those muddy tasting, farmed catfish!

Ugly? Not when neatly filleted, dredged in cornmeal, and sautéed to a beautiful golden brown!

If you must get French, any of recipes for Burbot will work exquisitely. But, my first impulse would be to invite a bunch of friends over for "fish and chips." The hard part of the menu planning would be what kind of beer to serve : )

Aaron

Do you make your own Cajun spice?

Higs, Katherine

If you invite me over, I'll bring beer from a micro-brewery in Newfoundland. You do the fish and chips, and I'll provide the drinks!

Higs, Katheirne

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No -- I'm no expert on Cajun cooking, leave that up to others and just enjoy the eating. Judy

Aaron you catch the fish, and I come over on my broom, that sounds so yummy. Take those fancy knitting needles out as well, so you can give us a demonstration, while we are having the catfish, pan fried, dipped in cornmeal.

Els

sounds like party time......revving up the broom engines

Els

California is not a big catfish state. Some years we have salmon, but not this year.

I learned about catfish during my early summers near the Republican River in Kansas. We were young, and our fishing instructor was old, so the "big ones" got dragged out of the river with his old 'Power Wagon" (farm truck) : ) Not sporting, but very effective.

We had very good beer, fish, and chips at the Pub by the Ferry at Yarmouth. And, they had Digby Scallops. Yum! This spring, I have been buying fish from Alaska.

Aaron

Newfoundland.

Excellent!

Higs, Katherine

There is a Yarmouth in California???

Higs, Kather> California is not a big catfish state. Some years we have salmon, > but not this year.

Best Ferry Terminal food that I every had was Yarmouth, Nova Scotia --

I was wondering why you would come to California when you have such good seafood closer, and we folks out in CA are buying our seafood from Alaska?

WHew! OK, then, I know that Yarmouth. But, actually, the very best fish and chips I had in Canada was in Saskatchewan!!!

Higs, Kather> Best Ferry Terminal food that I every had was Yarmouth, Nova Scotia -- >

See it is more than where the fish is caught, it is the cook as well. We had a great fish and chips place in the valley, Hoochys. The couple split I think, and that was the end of the lovely fish and chips restaurant.

Groan, Els

LOL In this case, the cook was from Newfoundland, which probably helped. Mind you, I went to Harry Ramsden's in London last month, and that was even better.

Higs, Katherine