7/5/2005: Largest fresh water fish ever caught

[Leah]

They eat all kinds of strange stuff in Thailand. I was there recently and in the fridge/esky there were frogs on a skewer. Not the kind of frogs they eat in Europe, just ordinary run of the mill frogs. Needless to say I didn't eat them. Catfish and other bizarre fish were also on the menu.

[capnhowdy]

poor Tim......he'll never get close to the new record.
there goes the neighborhood.......

[chrisinhouston]

This one looks bigger then the one in Tailand but maybe it's just the angle

[YellowBolt]

Originally Posted by Leah

They eat all kinds of strange stuff in Thailand. I was there recently and in the fridge/esky there were frogs on a skewer. Not the kind of frogs they eat in Europe, just ordinary run of the mill frogs. Needless to say I didn't eat them. Catfish and other bizarre fish were also on the menu.

It may be strange to you...

Catfish tastes really nasty. I don't recommend it...

[Hobbs]

Especially 100 year old cat fish. Cripes! It depends on whether you are eating farm raised cat fish or something you drug off the bottom of Lake Pleasant. Farm raised isn't too bad, it's the ones you catch yourself that will taste like the bottom of the lake bed.

[Queen of the Ryche]

I don't undestand why catfish taste so yucky, but their seafaring counterparts w/ shells taste so yummy? they're all bottom feeding scumsuckers.....(insert lawyer jokes here)

[glatt]

I don't exactly eat a lot of catfish, but I've enjoyed every one I've eaten. In fact, I'd say they were all yummy. The biggest was probably only a pound though.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by Queen of the Ryche

I don't undestand why catfish taste so yucky, but their seafaring counterparts w/ shells taste so yummy? they're all bottom feeding scumsuckers.....(insert lawyer jokes here)

Because of all the mud the catfish ingest along with the food. Like carp, if you put them in clean water for a while they taste better.

[Queen of the Ryche]

thanks. (I'm kinda partial to Sierra fresh caught trout - scrambled w/ eggs is great for camping breakfast.)

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by chrisinhouston

This one looks bigger then the one in Tailand but maybe it's just the angle

That looks like a carp and way before they were worried about saving anything except leftovers.

[Hobbs]

Originally Posted by glatt

I don't exactly eat a lot of catfish, but I've enjoyed every one I've eaten. In fact, I'd say they were all yummy. The biggest was probably only a pound though.

It depends on what the catfish is eating. They tend to dine on certain types of algea that other "bottom-feeders" don't eat. apparently, catfish also process the algea compounds differently. This flavor can be removed from the fish if you wait for the fish to purge the compound out of their system, so apparently it's not a permanent affliction.

[dar512]

Anybody else think the guy on the left in the old picture looks like Robin Williams?

On catfish - I guess it depends on where you catch them. I've had a number of catfish from Lake of the Ozarks and they all tasted just fine. That was 35 years ago, so I can't vouch for what they taste like these days.

On another topic - I can't believe I'm old enough to say shit like "That was 35 years ago". How depressing.

[chrisinhouston]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

That looks like a carp and way before they were worried about saving anything except leftovers.

Actually it is a Jew Fish which is a type of Grouper, the world record was something like 680 lbs caught back in the 60's

[plthijinx]

i've caught plenty. to me, channel cat's are the best. i've had a blue, hard head, and gaftop-sail before, yeah, channel cat is the best tasting.

[chrisinhouston]

When my kids were little and in Cub Scouts we used to go as a group to one of these cat fish ponds where you pay by the pound for what you catch. One place had a big diesel engine running some kind of airtion pump. I remember the catfish tasted a little like diesel fuel so we pitched them out!