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Did you Potomac guys know about this?
http://www.carolinaskiffowner.com/showthread.php?t=3644 Don't really care for catfish. My uncle could skin them real fast. He would hold a catfish head up, and somehow with his fingers playing on the nerves make them open/close their mouths and blink their eyes. He probably should have been an anatomist, or whatever. But he didn't have time for school. Too busy catching catfish. --Vic |
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On Wed, 13 Aug 2008 13:29:24 -0500, Vic Smith
wrote: Did you Potomac guys know about this? http://www.carolinaskiffowner.com/showthread.php?t=3644 Don't really care for catfish. My uncle could skin them real fast. He would hold a catfish head up, and somehow with his fingers playing on the nerves make them open/close their mouths and blink their eyes. He probably should have been an anatomist, or whatever. But he didn't have time for school. Too busy catching catfish. --Vic I've caught catfish in the Potomac, but they came from the channel, which is pretty much salt water. They were *not* good eating! I wonder where that guy was. Probably down closer to the bay. Hell, the Potomac is tidal clear up to Georgetown. Anyway, thanks for the post. Very interesting. I tried to send the guy a message, but I wasn't registered so the site wouldn't let me. If you're on it a lot, ask him where he was. Thanks again. -- ** Good Day! ** John H |
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Vic Smith wrote:
Did you Potomac guys know about this? http://www.carolinaskiffowner.com/showthread.php?t=3644 Don't really care for catfish. My uncle could skin them real fast. He would hold a catfish head up, and somehow with his fingers playing on the nerves make them open/close their mouths and blink their eyes. He probably should have been an anatomist, or whatever. But he didn't have time for school. Too busy catching catfish. --Vic I've seen lots of guys fishing on the Potomac, typically just south of a large sewage treatment plant that empties into it. That's enough to dissuade me from fishing those waters... :) -- Join the growing number of Republicans putting country ahead of party by voting for Barack Obama! |
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On Wed, 13 Aug 2008 13:29:24 -0500, Vic Smith
wrote: Did you Potomac guys know about this? http://www.carolinaskiffowner.com/showthread.php?t=3644 Don't really care for catfish. My uncle could skin them real fast. He would hold a catfish head up, and somehow with his fingers playing on the nerves make them open/close their mouths and blink their eyes. He probably should have been an anatomist, or whatever. But he didn't have time for school. Too busy catching catfish. --Vic Big fish, too bad they ain't good eats! TEST: if this post shows up, today is independence day, hurray beer! |
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On Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:13:14 -0400, RMR
wrote: On Wed, 13 Aug 2008 13:29:24 -0500, Vic Smith wrote: Did you Potomac guys know about this? http://www.carolinaskiffowner.com/showthread.php?t=3644 Don't really care for catfish. My uncle could skin them real fast. He would hold a catfish head up, and somehow with his fingers playing on the nerves make them open/close their mouths and blink their eyes. He probably should have been an anatomist, or whatever. But he didn't have time for school. Too busy catching catfish. --Vic Big fish, too bad they ain't good eats! TEST: if this post shows up, today is independence day, hurray beer! Don't care for catfish taste either. The poster said they throw them back. Said the big ones are about 20 years old. --Vic |
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On Wed, 13 Aug 2008 16:27:28 -0500, Vic Smith
wrote: On Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:13:14 -0400, RMR wrote: On Wed, 13 Aug 2008 13:29:24 -0500, Vic Smith wrote: Did you Potomac guys know about this? http://www.carolinaskiffowner.com/showthread.php?t=3644 Don't really care for catfish. My uncle could skin them real fast. He would hold a catfish head up, and somehow with his fingers playing on the nerves make them open/close their mouths and blink their eyes. He probably should have been an anatomist, or whatever. But he didn't have time for school. Too busy catching catfish. --Vic Big fish, too bad they ain't good eats! TEST: if this post shows up, today is independence day, hurray beer! Don't care for catfish taste either. The poster said they throw them back. Said the big ones are about 20 years old. --Vic I did try fixing one out of the Potomac. It tasted like rancid grease or something worse. Almost threw up. And I like collard greens, so it's not a weak stomach! -- ** Good Day! ** John H |
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On Wed, 13 Aug 2008 16:27:28 -0500, Vic Smith
Don't really care for catfish. My uncle could skin them real fast. He would hold a catfish head up, and somehow with his fingers playing on the nerves make them open/close their mouths and blink their eyes. He probably should have been an anatomist, or whatever. But he didn't have time for school. Too busy catching catfish. --Vic Big fish, too bad they ain't good eats! TEST: if this post shows up, today is independence day, hurray beer! Don't care for catfish taste either. The poster said they throw them back. Said the big ones are about 20 years old. --Vic Oh, I like catfish fine.. someone said these ones taste bad.. I used to go to a little place in the North end of Hartford when I worked there and get some great fried catfish.. ummmm.. |
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On Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:42:02 -0400, RMR
wrote: On Wed, 13 Aug 2008 16:27:28 -0500, Vic Smith Don't really care for catfish. My uncle could skin them real fast. He would hold a catfish head up, and somehow with his fingers playing on the nerves make them open/close their mouths and blink their eyes. He probably should have been an anatomist, or whatever. But he didn't have time for school. Too busy catching catfish. --Vic Big fish, too bad they ain't good eats! TEST: if this post shows up, today is independence day, hurray beer! Don't care for catfish taste either. The poster said they throw them back. Said the big ones are about 20 years old. --Vic Oh, I like catfish fine.. someone said these ones taste bad.. I used to go to a little place in the North end of Hartford when I worked there and get some great fried catfish.. ummmm.. Pritchett's Kitchen, Columbus, GA. All the catfish, hushpuppies, french fries and cole slaw you could eat for $5.95. Of course this was back in 1970, so it may be out of business. But it had the best catfish I've ever had. -- ** Good Day! ** John H |
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On Aug 13, 6:03*pm, John H. wrote:
On Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:42:02 -0400, RMR wrote: On Wed, 13 Aug 2008 16:27:28 -0500, Vic Smith Don't really care for catfish. *My uncle could skin them real fast. He would hold a catfish head up, and somehow with his fingers playing on the nerves make them open/close their mouths and blink their eyes. *He probably should have been an anatomist, or whatever.. But he didn't have time for school. Too busy catching catfish. --Vic Big fish, too bad they ain't good eats! * * * TEST: if this post shows up, today is independence day, hurray beer! Don't care for catfish taste either. *The poster said they throw them back. *Said the big ones are about 20 years old. --Vic Oh, I like catfish fine.. someone said these ones taste bad.. I used to go to a little place in the North end of Hartford when I worked there and get some great fried catfish.. ummmm.. Pritchett's Kitchen, Columbus, GA. All the catfish, hushpuppies, french fries and cole slaw you could eat for $5.95. Of course this was back in 1970, so it may be out of business. But it had the best catfish I've ever had. -- ** Good Day! ** * * * * * John H- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I-75, Live Oak Fl. Sheffield's Catfish House. It's a truck stop, the best catfish in the world!! You'll see neon colored signs advertising it. It's a dump, but stop there if you like catfish, and you'll stop again. I plan it so that everytime I go through there, it's eating time! |
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On Aug 13, 5:38*pm, John H. wrote:
On Wed, 13 Aug 2008 16:27:28 -0500, Vic Smith wrote: On Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:13:14 -0400, RMR wrote: On Wed, 13 Aug 2008 13:29:24 -0500, Vic Smith wrote: Did you Potomac guys know about this? http://www.carolinaskiffowner.com/showthread.php?t=3644 Don't really care for catfish. *My uncle could skin them real fast. He would hold a catfish head up, and somehow with his fingers playing on the nerves make them open/close their mouths and blink their eyes. *He probably should have been an anatomist, or whatever. But he didn't have time for school. Too busy catching catfish. --Vic Big fish, too bad they ain't good eats! * * * TEST: if this post shows up, today is independence day, hurray beer! Don't care for catfish taste either. *The poster said they throw them back. *Said the big ones are about 20 years old. --Vic I did try fixing one out of the Potomac. It tasted like rancid grease or something worse. Almost threw up. And I like collard greens, so it's not a weak stomach! -- ** Good Day! ** * * * * * John H- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Anybody with decent taste likes collards!! |
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On Wed, 13 Aug 2008 16:27:28 -0500, Vic Smith
wrote: Don't care for catfish taste either. The poster said they throw them back. Said the big ones are about 20 years old. You can't really throw them back, as they always swallow the hook. All you can do is cut the line, but you can't expect them to live. Best to find someone that wants them and give them away. Casady |
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Richard Casady wrote:
On Wed, 13 Aug 2008 16:27:28 -0500, Vic Smith wrote: Don't care for catfish taste either. The poster said they throw them back. Said the big ones are about 20 years old. You can't really throw them back, as they always swallow the hook. All you can do is cut the line, but you can't expect them to live. Best to find someone that wants them and give them away. Casady Are you referring specificially to "Potomac catfish" and hook swallowing? I don't fish in the Potomac, but when I fished in St. Augustine Inlet in Florida, I used to catch lots of catfish on circle hooks and chunk fish bait, and most of them were hooked in the corner of the mouth, as they were supposed to be hooked, and were easy to unhook, especially if you crimped down the hook's barb. I don't know what it is like now, but that inlet was one of the greatest fishing locales I ever encountered in Florida, and not just the fast-flowing inlet itself, but just about everywhere in the immediate vicinity. -- "In the 21st century, nations don’t invade other nations." John McCain, news conference, 13 August 2008, forgetting somehow that the United States invaded and occupied Iraq in 2003. Another McCain senior moment? |
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On Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:43:39 GMT, John H.
wrote: Anyway, thanks for the post. Very interesting. I tried to send the guy a message, but I wasn't registered so the site wouldn't let me. If you're on it a lot, ask him where he was. Thanks again. Here you go, John. http://www.carolinaskiffowner.com/showthread.php?t=3644 --Vic |
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On Thu, 14 Aug 2008 11:00:01 -0400, hk wrote:
Most of the sal****er catfish I used to catch in Florida were five to seven pounds, and they were terrific fighters on the really light tackle I used in the inlets. Every catfish I caught in sal****er was a pound or less. Real pests. Never saw anybody catch a good sized sal****er catfish, which is why I posted that Potomac link. Don't know if those are real salt water catfish, or some brackish water variety of freshwater river cats. My favorite inlet fish, though, were the whiting. Really small, but school swimmers so you could catch a lot of them, and they were easy to clean and delicious. We used to catch these in Nassau Sound, just north of Big Talbot Island State Park, a little north of Jacksonville. The only inlet I fished was Sebastian, and I think I only caught a stone crab. It got me too. Had a nice dive about 6 feet down in the rocks to get a rod/reel my brother dropped. They were netting a mess of mullets there, and a guy told me they were good smoked. We were basically picnicking and watching the activity. --Vic |
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Vic Smith wrote:
On Thu, 14 Aug 2008 11:00:01 -0400, hk wrote: Most of the sal****er catfish I used to catch in Florida were five to seven pounds, and they were terrific fighters on the really light tackle I used in the inlets. Every catfish I caught in sal****er was a pound or less. Real pests. Never saw anybody catch a good sized sal****er catfish, which is why I posted that Potomac link. Don't know if those are real salt water catfish, or some brackish water variety of freshwater river cats. My favorite inlet fish, though, were the whiting. Really small, but school swimmers so you could catch a lot of them, and they were easy to clean and delicious. We used to catch these in Nassau Sound, just north of Big Talbot Island State Park, a little north of Jacksonville. The only inlet I fished was Sebastian, and I think I only caught a stone crab. It got me too. Had a nice dive about 6 feet down in the rocks to get a rod/reel my brother dropped. They were netting a mess of mullets there, and a guy told me they were good smoked. We were basically picnicking and watching the activity. --Vic Every fisherguy I ran into in Jax told me about "smoked mullet." I finally tried it...it was pretty good. But I prefer smoked salmon! |
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On Aug 14, 11:25*am, Vic Smith
wrote: On Thu, 14 Aug 2008 11:00:01 -0400, hk wrote: Most of the sal****er catfish I used to catch in Florida were five to seven pounds, and they were terrific fighters on the really light tackle I used in the inlets. Every catfish I caught in sal****er was a pound or less. *Real pests. Never saw anybody catch a good sized sal****er catfish, which is why I posted that Potomac link. *Don't know if those are real salt water catfish, or some brackish water variety of freshwater river cats. My favorite inlet fish, though, were the whiting. Really small, but school swimmers so you could catch a lot of them, and they were easy to clean and delicious. We used to catch these in Nassau Sound, just north of Big Talbot Island State Park, a little north of Jacksonville. The only inlet I fished was Sebastian, and I think I only caught a stone crab. *It got me too. *Had a nice dive about 6 feet down in the rocks to get a rod/reel my brother dropped. They were netting a mess of mullets there, and a guy told me they were good smoked. *We were basically picnicking and watching the activity. --Vic I loved the Sebastian area before it got over developed. I remember when there was nothing going on much there. Not crowded at all. Now it's just like any southeast florida coast, too crowded, too overdeveloped. |
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On Thu, 14 Aug 2008 11:38:17 -0400, hk wrote:
Every fisherguy I ran into in Jax told me about "smoked mullet." I finally tried it...it was pretty good. But I prefer smoked salmon! In Chicago smoked chub is probably the most popular smoked fish. They're pretty good, but fatty. Haven't had any for a few years. And I never saw a chub that wasn't sitting in a store smoked. So I wouldn't even recognize one in its natural condition. Probably dangerous to eat. --Vic |
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On Aug 14, 12:00*pm, Vic Smith
wrote: On Thu, 14 Aug 2008 08:45:47 -0700 (PDT), wrote: I loved the Sebastian area before it got over developed. I remember when there was nothing going on much there. Not crowded at all. Now it's just like any southeast florida coast, too crowded, too overdeveloped. As I recall it wasn't too bad when I was there - about 20 years ago. Nothing like Boca Raton anyway. Though it's better fishing on that side, I really like the gulf side better. *Easier to find peaceful waters, fish or no fish. --Vic Oh, yeah, when I lived in the Tampa area, you could still see OLD coastal Florida at it's finest. I also remember when I was a kid, we camped at a fish camp on the east coast around Ormond Beach, and man it was in the sticks! They'd go out on the docks at night, shine a lantern and shrimp would come right up to the docks so that they could cast net them! |
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Vic Smith wrote:
On Thu, 14 Aug 2008 09:08:19 -0700 (PDT), wrote: Oh, yeah, when I lived in the Tampa area, you could still see OLD coastal Florida at it's finest. I also remember when I was a kid, we camped at a fish camp on the east coast around Ormond Beach, and man it was in the sticks! They'd go out on the docks at night, shine a lantern and shrimp would come right up to the docks so that they could cast net them! I really regret not getting down to Florida until 1980. Pine Island was still undeveloped and Cape Coral was just starting the building boom. Everything down there has gone downhill in my eyes. Too bad they invented air-conditioning. --Vic Wrong part of Florida in which to live. If I were to move back to Florida, I'd pick a latitude on either coast north of a line drawn from Clearwater to Melbourne. |
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On Aug 14, 12:34*pm, HK wrote:
Vic Smith wrote: On Thu, 14 Aug 2008 09:08:19 -0700 (PDT), wrote: Oh, yeah, when I lived in the Tampa area, you could still see OLD coastal Florida at it's finest. I also remember when I was a kid, we camped at a fish camp on the east coast around Ormond Beach, and man it was in the sticks! They'd go out on the docks at night, shine a lantern and shrimp would come right up to the docks so that they could cast net them! I really regret not getting down to Florida until 1980. Pine Island was still undeveloped and *Cape Coral was just starting the building boom. *Everything down there has gone downhill in my eyes. * Too bad they invented air-conditioning. --Vic Wrong part of Florida in which to live. If I were to move back to Florida, I'd pick a latitude on either coast north of a line drawn from Clearwater to Melbourne.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Just because you don't like some parts of Florida means that to everyone, it's "wrong part of Florida in which to live"? WAFA.... |
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On Thu, 14 Aug 2008 09:47:07 -0500, Vic Smith
wrote: On Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:43:39 GMT, John H. wrote: Anyway, thanks for the post. Very interesting. I tried to send the guy a message, but I wasn't registered so the site wouldn't let me. If you're on it a lot, ask him where he was. Thanks again. Here you go, John. http://www.carolinaskiffowner.com/showthread.php?t=3644 --Vic Got it Vic. Thanks a lot! -- ** Good Day! ** John H |
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On Thu, 14 Aug 2008 10:32:53 -0400, hk wrote:
Richard Casady wrote: On Wed, 13 Aug 2008 16:27:28 -0500, Vic Smith wrote: Don't care for catfish taste either. The poster said they throw them back. Said the big ones are about 20 years old. You can't really throw them back, as they always swallow the hook. All you can do is cut the line, but you can't expect them to live. Best to find someone that wants them and give them away. Casady Are you referring specificially to "Potomac catfish" and hook swallowing? I don't fish in the Potomac, but when I fished in St. Augustine Inlet in Florida, I used to catch lots of catfish on circle hooks and chunk fish bait, and most of them were hooked in the corner of the mouth, as they were supposed to be hooked, and were easy to unhook, especially if you crimped down the hook's barb. I don't know what it is like now, but that inlet was one of the greatest fishing locales I ever encountered in Florida, and not just the fast-flowing inlet itself, but just about everywhere in the immediate vicinity. Bullheads and channel cats caught on nightcrawlers, in an Iowa lake. Maybe I need different bait and hooks. |
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Richard Casady wrote:
On Thu, 14 Aug 2008 10:32:53 -0400, hk wrote: Richard Casady wrote: On Wed, 13 Aug 2008 16:27:28 -0500, Vic Smith wrote: Don't care for catfish taste either. The poster said they throw them back. Said the big ones are about 20 years old. You can't really throw them back, as they always swallow the hook. All you can do is cut the line, but you can't expect them to live. Best to find someone that wants them and give them away. Casady Are you referring specificially to "Potomac catfish" and hook swallowing? I don't fish in the Potomac, but when I fished in St. Augustine Inlet in Florida, I used to catch lots of catfish on circle hooks and chunk fish bait, and most of them were hooked in the corner of the mouth, as they were supposed to be hooked, and were easy to unhook, especially if you crimped down the hook's barb. I don't know what it is like now, but that inlet was one of the greatest fishing locales I ever encountered in Florida, and not just the fast-flowing inlet itself, but just about everywhere in the immediate vicinity. Bullheads and channel cats caught on nightcrawlers, in an Iowa lake. Maybe I need different bait and hooks. Never been fishing for freshwater catfish, never caught one. Don't know anything about catching catfish on lakes in Iowa. |
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On Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:19:15 -0400, hk wrote:
Never been fishing for freshwater catfish, never caught one. Don't know anything about catching catfish on lakes in Iowa. It is very simple. You use a so called bullhead rig, a y shaped leader. 1 oz sinker on one arm, baited hook on one, and the third attaches to your line, Use a bobber of course and when the bobber goes down, give the line a healthy jerk to set the hook. I use 20 lb line and you don't play 1 lb fish. You just reel them in. I always used nightcrawlers for bait. They sell some really evil smelling stuff in jars, but I never used it. You might also catch a Northern pike, a perch, or a walleye in Spirit Lake, where my family has a place. Casady |
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"HK" wrote in message ... Vic Smith wrote: On Thu, 14 Aug 2008 09:08:19 -0700 (PDT), wrote: Oh, yeah, when I lived in the Tampa area, you could still see OLD coastal Florida at it's finest. I also remember when I was a kid, we camped at a fish camp on the east coast around Ormond Beach, and man it was in the sticks! They'd go out on the docks at night, shine a lantern and shrimp would come right up to the docks so that they could cast net them! I really regret not getting down to Florida until 1980. Pine Island was still undeveloped and Cape Coral was just starting the building boom. Everything down there has gone downhill in my eyes. Too bad they invented air-conditioning. --Vic Wrong part of Florida in which to live. If I were to move back to Florida, I'd pick a latitude on either coast north of a line drawn from Clearwater to Melbourne. IMO, there are some delightful places to be in Florida in February. Eisboch |
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Eisboch wrote:
"HK" wrote in message ... Vic Smith wrote: On Thu, 14 Aug 2008 09:08:19 -0700 (PDT), wrote: Oh, yeah, when I lived in the Tampa area, you could still see OLD coastal Florida at it's finest. I also remember when I was a kid, we camped at a fish camp on the east coast around Ormond Beach, and man it was in the sticks! They'd go out on the docks at night, shine a lantern and shrimp would come right up to the docks so that they could cast net them! I really regret not getting down to Florida until 1980. Pine Island was still undeveloped and Cape Coral was just starting the building boom. Everything down there has gone downhill in my eyes. Too bad they invented air-conditioning. --Vic Wrong part of Florida in which to live. If I were to move back to Florida, I'd pick a latitude on either coast north of a line drawn from Clearwater to Melbourne. IMO, there are some delightful places to be in Florida in February. Eisboch That's true. In December, January and February, and part of March, south Florida is bearable, climate wise. When I lived in Florida, I had to fly down to Tampa once a month on business. Most of the year, it was really just too hot for my taste. For "living" purposes in Florida, I prefer the areas of the state that have three nice and distinct seasons and a modest winter. That pretty much limits me to latitudes higher than Orlando. If I relocated to that state again, I'd probably head for an area between St. Augustine and Palm Coast, or I'd head up north to Fernandina. The coastal fishing between there and Jacksonville is terrific, and the ICW and ICW creek fishing is some of the best in Florida. |
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