7/5/2005: Largest fresh water fish ever caught - Page 2

capnhowdy · 07-05-2005, 09:07 PM

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

chrisinhouston · 07-06-2005, 10:24 AM

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

xoxoxoBruce · 07-06-2005, 03:16 PM

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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.

chrisinhouston · 07-06-2005, 04:43 PM

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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

chrisinhouston · 07-06-2005, 04:46 PM

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!

Queen of the Ryche · 07-06-2005, 01:32 PM

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 · 07-06-2005, 02:12 PM

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.

Hobbs · 07-06-2005, 03:19 PM

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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 · 07-06-2005, 04:14 PM

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.

xoxoxoBruce · 07-06-2005, 03:11 PM

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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 · 07-06-2005, 03:16 PM

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

plthijinx · 07-06-2005, 04:45 PM

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.

capnhowdy · 07-06-2005, 06:54 PM

I have a pond in the backyard. Stocked w/ channel cats. Only 2 acres at most. If you feed the regularly they taste much better. If you don't they eat mud, shit, etc, of course. (they WILL survive). The smaller they are, the better they taste. Bigger than 3-4 lbs......chunk'em.
The pond is creek fed as opposed to spring fed. In a dry, hot summer, even the small ones taste a little "muddy".
My Dad's pond, which IS spring fed, and therefore stays cooler & cleaner, seems to yield better fish. I have eaten some pretty big ones (which were cut into fillets) & they were rather tasty.
I'm thinking its a combo of the food AND the water.
Lots of folks think the taste comes from the bones, and insist on fillets.
xoB: Don't tell me you eat carp..............

capnhowdy · 07-06-2005, 06:58 PM

BTW, in my area the best bait for catfish is small sunfish (in the river) and raw chicken liver in ponds. I'm quite sure they are omnivorous........

xoxoxoBruce · 07-06-2005, 09:03 PM

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xoB: Don't tell me you eat carp..............

Not if I have a choice but I worked for a Jew whose mother used to put them in a tub with fresh water and corn meal for a couple days. Twern't that bad.
Some people even eat Shad instead of the board.

Oh.....catfish...omnivores...you bet. I've had them hit a Hawaian Wiggler.

07-05-2005, 09:07 PM	#1
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,200	poor Tim......he'll never get close to the new record. there goes the neighborhood....... __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please.

07-06-2005, 10:24 AM	#2
chrisinhouston Professor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Houston TX Posts: 1,857	This one looks bigger then the one in Tailand but maybe it's just the angle Attached Images

07-06-2005, 01:32 PM	#6
Queen of the Ryche is fleeing the scene Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Beautiful CO Posts: 1,510	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) __________________ Once, in an interview, Chuck Norris admitted that he was not the most awesome thing ever. He declined to elaborate; but I believe we all know that he was referring to the existence of chocolate covered bacon. I'd rather be judged by twelve than carried by six.

07-06-2005, 04:14 PM	#9
dar512 dar512 is now Pete Zicato Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago suburb Posts: 4,968	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. __________________ "Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain." -- Friedrich Schiller

07-06-2005, 03:16 PM	#11
Queen of the Ryche is fleeing the scene Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Beautiful CO Posts: 1,510	thanks. (I'm kinda partial to Sierra fresh caught trout - scrambled w/ eggs is great for camping breakfast.) __________________ Once, in an interview, Chuck Norris admitted that he was not the most awesome thing ever. He declined to elaborate; but I believe we all know that he was referring to the existence of chocolate covered bacon. I'd rather be judged by twelve than carried by six.

07-06-2005, 04:46 PM	#5
chrisinhouston Professor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Houston TX Posts: 1,857	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!

07-06-2005, 02:12 PM	#7
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	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.

07-06-2005, 04:45 PM	#12
plthijinx Master Dwellar Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 4,197	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. __________________ For your dreams to come true, you must first have a dream.

07-06-2005, 06:54 PM	#13
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,200	I have a pond in the backyard. Stocked w/ channel cats. Only 2 acres at most. If you feed the regularly they taste much better. If you don't they eat mud, shit, etc, of course. (they WILL survive). The smaller they are, the better they taste. Bigger than 3-4 lbs......chunk'em. The pond is creek fed as opposed to spring fed. In a dry, hot summer, even the small ones taste a little "muddy". My Dad's pond, which IS spring fed, and therefore stays cooler & cleaner, seems to yield better fish. I have eaten some pretty big ones (which were cut into fillets) & they were rather tasty. I'm thinking its a combo of the food AND the water. Lots of folks think the taste comes from the bones, and insist on fillets. xoB: Don't tell me you eat carp.............. __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please.

07-06-2005, 06:58 PM	#14
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,200	BTW, in my area the best bait for catfish is small sunfish (in the river) and raw chicken liver in ponds. I'm quite sure they are omnivorous........ __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please.

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