04-12-2004, 11:23 AM
[cool][blue][size 1]Hey, FB2, if you punch a catfish, wouldn't that be a "catfish punch"?[/size][/blue]
[#0000ff][size 1]Truth to tell, I whimper when I make "unscheduled releases" on big fish. But, at the same time, it always adds something to the trip and I really do always salute any fish who outmuscles or outsmarts me.[/size][/#0000ff]
[#0000ff][size 1]I do keep some fish for the table, but I am never desperate enough for a meal of fresh fish that I mourn the loss of the protein when a fish escapes. Although, we all have seen people who are fanatics about keeping everything they catch.[/size][/#0000ff]
[#0000ff][size 1]The ongoing saga of the Houdini catfish clan is a fun story, but it only adds an extra element of challenge to a day's fishing trip on that lake. There is a vast population of those cats in there, and the average we catch is about six or seven pounds. It is rare that we catch one smaller, and we have taken many over ten. If I am fishing for catfish to bring home to eat, I would rather find a population of two pounders. They are ideal size for filleting and eating. I am just as happy to get a good fight out of the big ones and send them back to tell their buddies about the big ugly dude in the float tube that almost caught them.[/size][/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff][size 1]Truth to tell, I whimper when I make "unscheduled releases" on big fish. But, at the same time, it always adds something to the trip and I really do always salute any fish who outmuscles or outsmarts me.[/size][/#0000ff]
[#0000ff][size 1]I do keep some fish for the table, but I am never desperate enough for a meal of fresh fish that I mourn the loss of the protein when a fish escapes. Although, we all have seen people who are fanatics about keeping everything they catch.[/size][/#0000ff]
[#0000ff][size 1]The ongoing saga of the Houdini catfish clan is a fun story, but it only adds an extra element of challenge to a day's fishing trip on that lake. There is a vast population of those cats in there, and the average we catch is about six or seven pounds. It is rare that we catch one smaller, and we have taken many over ten. If I am fishing for catfish to bring home to eat, I would rather find a population of two pounders. They are ideal size for filleting and eating. I am just as happy to get a good fight out of the big ones and send them back to tell their buddies about the big ugly dude in the float tube that almost caught them.[/size][/#0000ff]
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