Pumped for another year of catfishing.

[treed942000]

treed942000.. that is the fattest, shorty kitty I've ever seen. Wow, WTG

28.4 pds worth and tasted great.  Now that I look back, I wish I'd have had her mounted.

[Hookset]

Trred942000:   F A T T Y ! !  What a slug. What did she take??

Hey Grump...Take off the gloves, go mano-a-mano.  I didn't think Canadians needed gloves, I thought you were all toughened by the gnarly winters and the fact that you hunt with your bare hands up there. At least that's what we hear in NY...

[treed942000]

Trred942000:   F A T T Y ! !  What a slug. What did she take??

I was actually spring bass fishing, so she was caught on a Rapala.

[Trophy Hunter639]

Nice cat treed!! How do you clean and cook cats? Up here in Manitoba we can't keep any over 24" but can keep 4 under that length.I catch lots of pigs but wouldn't mind trying to get a little one to try eating . I have never tried em yet. how heavy of line were you using for bass awesome fight I bet keep em coming!!!!

[treed942000]

Trophy Hunter,

Depends on the size how I clean'em.  That one was skinned, then filleted out, then cut into meal size portions.  If there under 2 pounds, they are just skinned and then fried up for eating.  I always skin them before filleting.  To me it's easier and you get more meat.  Some people fillet them like a normal bass or what have ya but the skin tears really easy that way and you end up losing meat.

TReed

[Stink Bait]

Never thought of skinning before I fillet. Great Idea!!! Thanks for the tip Trophy Hunter.

[Trophy Hunter639]

Thank treed Stink-bait it is a great tip sounds kind of similar to cleaning a burbot

[Stink Bait]

Ahh, right you are. I thought that was your post. Thanks for the tip Treed!!!

[Josh12]

A couple weeks ago me and a few friends tried eating a couple smaller cats (18-20") and they were quite tastey, ended up starting a fire in a fire pit and cuting the cats stomach open to get the uneatable stuff out then we hung it on a stick pretty high up from the fire for about 3-4 hours after the skin was pretty dry we cut a little slice in the skin and it came right off, and then we just scraped the meat of the bones ( all bones are attached and are pretty big) then we just put the meat in a frying pan with some butter and some batter my buddy made up and i actually kind of like it more then walleye. I always thought that catfish would be on of the last fish i would ever want to try and eat.