Nice looking feed.

Don know much about catfish,but I would assume those are much better for eating than the big huge ones you see posted.

Both are good eating.

Old wives tail…I can get a lot of fillets out of a couple 30# Appaloosa’s and no one has ever been able to tell a difference.

A rule of thumb my fishing buds and used to use checking set line we'd turn loose channel cats over10# and flathead over 15# . I think the quality of the fish varies with water temp and quality, especially on the bigger fish.

That is a good mess!!!

MAN turn lose a big flat head ??!!! ARE YOU CRAZY ? The best meat of any kind fish deer or fowl is the belly steak from a flat head. NO BONES NO RED MEAT !!!!! 2-3 inches of pure tasty goodness !! Caught a 45 lber one night on a bass jig feed the whole family 4 times on the steak from the belly . Big as a hub cap and 4 inches thick Smells like popcorn popping when you cook it

I'm with you . Can't cut the red meat out of those little fillets. Give me a big one I'll trim out that mud line and it's hog heaven !!!

Like I said,not familiar with catfish.
I prefer pike under 6-8lb,bigger than that they are not near as good eating.
Pickerel same thing 2-3 lbs are best eating fish.

Not to mention larger fish have higher levels of contaminants,which is not a big concern to me at my age but would be for children or women who may be with child or plan to.
Even in the most pristine waters large pike pickerel etc accumulate natural mercury.

Yes they are

Nice! Good eatin’ there!

Nice!

... big blue cat get that mud fish taste in them after 12 pounds or so... and you ain’t trimming it out... the fat is in the meat

... throw them back in to make more small ones..unless someone’s buying them

^^^^ I see you're wearing them fancy jeans that you pay extra for to have holes in them..........................

Im over here trying to dye a truck load of tangled up rusty gov traps and your off goofing off again!

ALL catfish taste like mud, is what they eat off the bottom along with any other trash that's down there.

Get Bozo to send you some pike, lol.

Give Benson a rearview Make his Day

I guess there's no turning back for me to try those big cats now, been allergic to fish for 20 or so years now.

Lol... y’all are dumb as (This word is unacceptable on Trapperman)

... (Jtrap , Gary and the like lol)

Hey Savell,I'll trade you a small skinny spawned out hammer handled pike for your J-trap signed Nutria skin.

Just got to trim all the red out and they are excellent.

Id forgot you had an arm wrestling competition coming up at some swamp johns catfish place, looks like your having to provide the fish as well, least it's going for a good cause, lol.

... lol Jtrap... I never got an answer back on that challenge... guess them big flat top wearin lbgto’s are all talk lol

.. a bout to fry some up for a few friends here in awhile though... ride on over

Looks good.Another week and I will be catching them.

... get after em Bruce... they’ve been up shallow for about month here

That's when the getting is good.

... I’m going to put a fish fry demo in here shortly for the poor souls I see posting panko and cracker / chip crumbs and other such sacrilege lol

... Cajun seasoning,, cornmeal, masa, eggs and milk



... season the fish ...





... season the egg/milk wash



.... 3/4 to 1/4 cornmeal/ masa

.... peanut oil at 375 until just a hair after they float ..

... it’s beautiful...

That looks some good.

Great looking food, savell.

Looks real good

Looks good I’d say you’ve done that before, , I’d stick with the catfish I’ve never cared for northern pike they’re either slimy or full of bones, in my experience.

Do you eat your pike raw,lol.Not as good as Pickerel,but some of the older people prefer Pike.
I skin them and fillet boneless-pretty good eating out of cold water,I dont care for fish out of warm water.
My favorite fish is smoked sturgeon-they have no bones.
Never tried catfish except the brown bullheads..

Around here they’re get as bad as bass for slime, if we go north we fish for walleye or perch.

Do you eat the slime?What has that got to do with the meat?

Do you eat the slime?What has that got to do with the meat?
The red flesh pike that feed on the freshwater shrimp are excellent eating.

After they’re cooked the meat has a slimy texture instead of a dryer flakey texture.

Bull.Firmer meat than pickerel.Not as firm as sturgeon.

That hasn’t been my experience but like I said when I used to go north I never fished for them, the northern I’ve had have been from here, so maybe that’s the difference, our water gets pretty warm and I don’t walk on the ice to fish.

Probably,but all fish from warm water in my experience is unpalatable for the most part including perch and pickerel.
Thankfully we have some coldwater streams and lakes where the fish are good eating all summer.

Did the bus full of Mexicans ,that Abbott sent to Washington. DC.. throw all that stuff at yah,as they drove by ?

....welcome to your future Yank ...trileungal mess of English Spanish and Ebonics headed y’all’s way ... at least y’all can claim victory at Appomattox I guess

She still flies down here on this piece of land .... enjoy your self inflicted reconstruction Ness... cause it’s comin lol

Only way to mess up any freshwater fish is to fail to have the oil hot enough. It you ain't splattering oil everywhere, it ain't hot enough.

Go easy on the yankees Savell,they are keeping your post alive.

... don’t get me started on y’all “stand for nothing “ wanna be eskimos with big bellybuttons...lol

Fine mess of fish.

... thanks Mister... now buck up and tell Ness he ain’t nothin more than a bread bakin yank lookin for love in all the wrong truck stops lol

Around here during the summer you get a few between 12 and 20 pounds that have the fat marbeled in the muscle and are just nasty no matter what you do . I've never caught a 30 + that had fat in the muscle . The fat is just on the surface and easy to trim . I'm not saying it's that way in Texas things are different down there

I agree with the corn meal and cajun seasoning. When I worked in PA , NY , WV, ND , I hated that flour or ,panco ,breaded stuff. It can sure ruin some good fish . I did find some edible beer batter fish .

... same here Bigfoot... tried to tell Mr. Bruce that earlier... and he said a man can just trim a big blue out

.. some people go to their graves old with a lot left to learn I guess lol

... never mind ... I see you had a slot set up there Bigfoot... sorry Mr. Bruce lol

... but yes Bigfoot.. this hot water down here .. best to keep em under 12 pounds or so

TTT for Gary….. there’s my catfish cooking tutorial somewhere in here amongst all the nonsense lol

Nice haul!

Well I like fish. All this chatter about the best makes me laugh a little. I don't expect catfish to taste like walleye [ pickerel for those who lost the war] or trout to taste like Bluegill [brim for those who lost the other war]. I guess I'm all for diversity and inclusion when it comes to fish.