On Sun, 20 Jan 2008 12:18:17 -0500, BAR wrote:
Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Sun, 20 Jan 2008 07:53:55 -0800 (PST), wrote:
And smallmouth, largemouth, spotted, white and hybrid bass. Along with
trout, bluegill, crappie, huge catfish, drum, etc.
I love cat fishing. Around these parts, the cats tend to be channel
cats on the small side - say, less than ten pounds or so. We also
have horned pout which can run up to 3/4 pounds sometimes.
Spent my high school years fishing the Potomac off of Ft. Belvior for
catfish. We would fish for channel cats and what we called mud cats. Use
worms to catch perch, back hook the perch to catch the cats. We were
fishing for that elusive 25 pounder. And, we allways had a case of our
favorite beverage along to sip while waiting for the poles to be pulled
over.
I grew up bow hunting for carp. That was a lot of fun.
My maternal Grandmother had a really good recipe for carp - it was a
chowderish type of stew.
Pretty good as I remember it.
I was fishing Lake Marion last summer with a guide out of Santee -
great guy, real knowledgable, put me on a channel cat that was 30
pounds easy. Used a commercial blood bait - we must have caught 10
fish that day, not one under 20 pounds.
Good eatin' too.
You folks have carp down there?
We have lots of Carp in the Potomac and Anacostia rivers. Not much for a
fight. People actually eat the Carp even after knowing what garbage the
Carp eat.
Heh.
People eat lobster and crab too. :)