06-30-2002, 12:31 PM
I have found that if you hold the catfish in the palm of your hand with the fins going through your fingers, the catfish can't fin you. However, they are quicker than an ex-wife on a winning lottery ticket so be careful anyway.<br> Another method is to use cut-proof gloves, the type used by butchers, knive builders and Jack the Ripper type personalities. Of course you can always clip the fins off after you have them on shore, or in the boat, but you'd probably get pounced on by PETA members and others of that ilk. I'd suggest that only if you're going to keep the fish and invite him/her (gotta be gender correct) home to dinner.<br>I believe our anchestors used the fins as spear tips, very successfully I might add, because the slim would paralyze their prey, and those big dinosaurs needed paralyzing if anything did. Ever try to skin a four ton dinosaur while it was still alive and kicking? Very nasty job.<br>Anyway, hope this helps.<br><br>