Catfish: Do you eat it?

[Mr. Flopnuts]

I haven't had it for years. Breaded some up lightly tonight and fried it. I forgot how good that stuff is. I've heard a lot of people refuse to eat it and I can't figure out why. So it's a bottom dweller, it's delicious.

How about you? Do you eat it?

[banyon]

Originally Posted by Stewie

There are Jumpin' Catfish restaurants in the KC area. Never been, probably won't go. I've only eaten catfish I've caught.

http://www.jumpincatfish.com/

Yeah, I try to avoid Olathe unless I'm absolutely required to be there, so I probably missed that one.

(You know, don't want to run the risk of running into petegz28 frothing at the mouth or anything )

[Easy 6]

A life without fried catfish, is no life at all... fillet or on the bone, which i like best, in cornmeal, black pepper & a bit of flour?

Put that with some buttered bread, thickly sliced onion of any kind & some sweet tea?

A Paupers Feast, Worthy of Kings.

[Easy 6]

Originally Posted by Demonpenz

I bet Mohillbilly grabs 100 pound blue cat picks it up and gives it a ****ing back breaker.

[RippedmyFlesh]

she loves it when i...
oh wrong poll

[MichaelH]

My wife is one of those people that loves fish and seafood but won't eat catfish. I think that she thinks they're almost like carp or suckers. I've tried to get her to try my fried catfish nuggets with a mustard dipping sauce but she refuses. To eat their own.

[Radar Chief]

Originally Posted by mikeyis4dcats.

never had the catfish there, but I did have frog legs and mountain oysters.

[Radar Chief]

Originally Posted by Iowanian

Hell yes I eat catfish...and bass and crappie and bluegill.

I'd wager that most of the catfish you eat at the catfish houses and other restaurants come from fish farms...they're not grubbing sludge off the bottom of a dirty river.

Yeah, that’s typically my problem with the channel cats and bullheads. You catch them on the most rotten shit you can keep on a hook.

Originally Posted by Iowanian

I know some guys who will run lines in the river, and they'll put the fish in a cattle tank for a couple of days to "flush them" before eating them.

That’s what we’ll do also. Motorcycle Drag Racing buddy and I will run trot lines through spring, in addition to pole fishing for a Friday Night get together, then throw what we catch in a stock tank full of fresh water.
MDRB has a pretty sweet set up with two aerated stock tanks, one for bait and one for what we catch.

Originally Posted by Iowanian

I wish this damn ice would melt....

No shit. This has been a long winter and I’m passed ready for it to be over with.

[MOhillbilly]

some of you guys put way to much work into fishing.

[Chiefnj2]

Originally Posted by Extra Point

Walleye is best, no doubt. Throw in a can of evaporated milk after frying in 2 tbsp of olive oil, throw in a bag of frozen veggie mix, like carrots, broccoli, and cauliflower, crack some pepper and dash some salt in it, let the veggies thaw and cook a bit, and you're done. Just like shore lunch near Minake, ONT.

Crappie is good, if you catch a mess of them enough to fry.

It's all a matter of how you prepare it and cook it. For grilling trout, an old gentleman recommended tabasco in the belly after cleaning, and just grilling it. That's about the best recipe I've found, so far. Catfish and bass are good, cooked in that fashion, too. The simplest things, one can write a book about, or just say it, and be done.

'nuf said.

Yes. Walleye is by far the best freshwater fish. I'd put crappie and perch 2nd. All others that I can catch - meh. Fish farm catfish and salmon are good too.

[Old Dog]

Originally Posted by dirk digler

My dad and I had a great crappie fishing hole in Truman Lake. We would just drop our line and get hits every minute or two. Crappie is good eating but it has alot of bones.

How in the world do you clean them? I just filet them and there are no bones left.

[Norman Einstein]

Nope, smells like pussy.

[bkkcoh]

I had some recently that was a Cajun with a jalapeno cream sauce with roasted red potatoes. Absolutely delicious.