Bait for catfish in river
May 1, 2021 20:36:29 #
Ranger1973
Loc: Bay Saint Louis, Mississippi
I have catfishes all my life in central MS and was able to catch a lot of catfish. Is there a better bait then the traditional bait for catfish on coastal rivers? Thanks.
May 1, 2021 20:42:13 #
Ranger1973 wrote:
I have catfishes all my life in central MS and was able to catch a lot of catfish. Is there a better bait then the traditional bait for catfish on coastal rivers? Thanks.
All I use is Sonnys stink bait. This was 3 weeks ago. 36
May 2, 2021 14:14:19 #
May 2, 2021 14:37:56 #
If you desire to use chicken liver, use Perdue chicken livers from the grocery. Field testing found these livers to out do all other.
May 2, 2021 17:16:57 #
Bcarfley
Loc: Santee,sc
Live baby bream/sunfish if you are fishing for flatheads.... blues we use cut eel... stays on hook for ever!!!
May 2, 2021 17:21:12 #
May 2, 2021 19:05:25 #
bobpie wrote:
Why would you want to keep all them fish?
I eat fish at least twice a week and I have a lot of neighbor's who can't get out. They appreciate my generosity.
May 2, 2021 20:33:35 #
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May 3, 2021 00:19:30 #
FixorFish
Loc: SW Oregon
bobpie wrote:
Why would you want to keep all them fish?
Hehehe....'cause they're tasty and I have a freezer !
Remove the head, gut and skin 'em, dip in egg wash, dredge through mixture of spices, crumbled Ritz crackers and Jiffy Mix Cornbread mix, fry in hot oil 'til golden crispy brown.....add coleslaw, baked beans, and corn-on-the-cob.
A meal to rival a rare filet mignon/lobster tail, big green salad and a baked potato with butter, sour cream and chives.
My "last meal" would be a coin flip between the two. Either can be washed down with a good Porter or two.
(And I would MUCH rather catch 30 catfish than put a .22lr through a steer's brain !.....and I could eat hearty this very evening, rather than "hang and age" and renew my PADI card and fill my tanks for a dive to hunt the crustacean.)
May 3, 2021 10:15:49 #
FixorFish wrote:
Hehehe....'cause they're tasty and I have a freeze... (show quote)
Dang, FixorFish. I'm going to have to try your recipe. Sounds good.
May 3, 2021 12:54:12 #
FixorFish
Loc: SW Oregon
Just like how my Mom, her Mom, my Dad's sisters and my ex-MIL used to do, both catfish and crappie. Same for chunks or filets, if you don't want to bother with bones (although, a whole catfish, up to the size of your largest frying pan, is easy to eat by gently using a fork to "release" the bottom half(fish is on its side), while tugging on the spine (helps if you go down the top of the spine with the fork tip first, just sorta "scoring"), flip over and repeat, voila', bones all gone.... ready for the cat !)
Bon Appetit !
Bon Appetit !
May 3, 2021 14:15:32 #
FixorFish wrote:
Just like how my Mom, her Mom, my Dad's sisters an... (show quote)
Do you mix the Ritz crackers and Jiffy Mix Cornbread mix equally?
May 3, 2021 17:57:06 #
FixorFish
Loc: SW Oregon
Gordon wrote:
Do you mix the Ritz crackers and Jiffy Mix Cornbread mix equally?
Usually pretty much a package of Jiffy Mix, a roll or two(depending on quantity of fish)of Ritz & spices of your choice, cayenne, garlic powder, dill, Badia Complete, what-have-you. It's hardly a strict recipe and not science, for sure.
I remember when my Dad's oldest brother became a Watkins salesman, and gifted each of his siblings a "starter kit rack" for Christmas one year, my Mom's and my Aunts' "recipes" stepped up considerably, imo !
I switch up spices and oils occasionally, just to experiment and not be too staid in "this is how it should taste". A few epic fails now and again (like the time I "wasted", but ate anyway (lol), some beautiful Sockeye chunks that I wanted to try frying using this method, by adding brown sugar (a usual ingredient when I cook salmon) and used too much Ritz crumbles..... don't do that... would have been fine if I had used only the cornmeal mix.
My latest penchant in oil choice is half peanut oil, half toasted sesame oil....mmmm, tasty crunch. I have also discovered garlic Ritz, can't wait to try 'em.
Again...Bon Appetit !
May 3, 2021 18:22:44 #
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