What the???

That ain't no walleye!

He wants to be though . . .

Walleye cat in the north?

Fry em up a little Cajun style..

Welcome to winter hole fishing in Minnesota. You may catch worse you know.

Osky

Still good to eat though.

That's always a nice surprise icefishin

An't that the truth!

I thought I had Moby's William on, if you know what I mean. Imagine my disappointment when I finally guided it's head through the hole. BTW, it still swims. Headed to Mille Lacs in the morning, shouldn't have to worry about kitties there.

that is one fish I have never caught in MN. Either summer fishing a winter fishing.

Won't see many kitties on the big lake but you sure may see some Meesi.


Osky

I would be curious how you do tomorrow. I may go up thee Sunday. I was up there a month ago and did real well.

Grrrrrrrrrossssssssss!

Were you on the river by any chance?

Thats what we call lunch around here!

Brown's Lake by Richmond, on the Horseshoe Chain, if you get the urge. Only bite I had in 3 hours.

Cats are one of the best eating fish there is. Breaded and fried up with some hot sauce.

St Cloud aint north, lol. Looks like a bullhead to me.

Holy crap, I threw back the new state record!

Brown's Lake by Richmond, on the Horseshoe Chain, if you get the urge. Only bite I had in 3 hours.

Better dan nutin'...it will fry up good,..and give energy to pursue loftier goals!.....like Walleye!

Dang it...what kind of a wannabe fisherman would ditch a record ?

If it would have been a sucker, it wouldn't have been so embarassin'.

Nice bullhead

It's North of here, duh..... And that ain't no bullhead.

Fit we're a bullhead, it'd be a world record...

It's almost too big to skin like a bullhead, roll in flour/egg/cracker crumbs and fry in lard. I wouldn't know how to put it up. Fillet it maybe .

I was thinkin' I'd just drop the whole thing in the turkey fryer and see what happens.

Get on youtube and a southerner will show ya how, you betcha!

That’s one of those that you leave the head on gut and drop in a fryer until the skin is crisp and eat the skin like potato chips and then eat the meat the only thing if you want is maybe a little flour salt and pepper on the outside.

Doubt you catch a kitty there. Might not catch a walleye there either though. It's February, walleye fishing is always slower the last week of January into the first two weeks of February. The weather (barometer) plays an ever bigger role this time of year. You will still have action the last hour of daylight if you are on the right spot, but the daytime bite will be slow.

Channel cat. Perfect eating size. Any bigger and I throw them back.

Nope...a Bullhead...yuk!

Lol u guys are hilarious. That's a channel cat. Mud cats(bullheads)dnt have fork tails.just nock the sides off it roll in corn meal and throw it in the fryer.shame u only got one.better cook it inside.around here soon as catfish hits the hot oil out on the back poarch everyone around can smell it and will be showing up shortly lol.since u only got one better just as well cook indoors.just in case some arkansas boys maybe migrated up that way lol.get ya some beans tater salad and a slice of white bread to go with it and u got it goin on!

Mudcat..Moby's William. Hmmm????

Channel cat..Moby's Richard is what we call those around here.

It's a channel cat. The horseshoe chain has a good population of them, some guys actually go there and fish them on purpose in the winter.

Around here any good restaurant that has fish that's what's on the menu.us farm raised catfish(channel cat).and about that size too.you yanks should just give it a try lol.roll fillets in corn meal and deep fry till it floats.if u can't eat that than u got something else goin on lol.I love walleye too dnt get me wrong but there ain't nothing wrong with a catfish dinner.I get more excited when I catch a walleye and would prolly choose cooked walley over catfish just cause its a little harder to come by down here but I think catfish has a tad more flavor

caught a carp bluegill fishin through the ice a few years back.get a few bullheads every year also.rip that skin off with a pair of vice grips and get eatin.

Actually had a warden tell me once if your catching cats threw ice your snagging them...They don't cold bite..
I told him well If I'm snagging them I'm snagging them right in the mouth.

Mac

Funny, 6 of the 8 and the two biggest walleye I caught yesterday were between 11 a.m. and 2:30 p.m.... Barometer was falling, so that was a positive.