Monday is a good day

[66KingFisher]

Wow, those are some great pictures, and even better memories. Since the subject of "eating" those big cats came up, i'd like to ask a question.

When it comes to catfish, whats the best size to eat? And do all species of cats taste about the same or will a Blue taste better or worse then a Flathead?

[Captmikestarrett]

Flatheads have a yellow meat that I do not like.. The blues in the 2-6 lb range are some good eating clean white meat. Anything bigger starts getting a blood line in the middle. The best eating is the whites but they are almost all gone on the Potomac now.

The guys I had last Sunday with the carp kept 44 blue and channel cats. Filled a blue 66 gal feed barrel with them. Took four guys to load it in the truck.

I will release anything that I can not hold in one hand.

Tony Chacheres is the best on a cat filet.

Capt Mike

[Captmikestarrett]

Today was a midday start till dark. Without my live bait it was major concern for me to get something to fish alive. My quest started many hours before noon. I went and fished 4 spots bright and early this morning and got nothing to show for it. So being a smart person I showed two hours early to the dock. I threw my cast net till my arm fell off and still nothing to show for all my hard work. Pulled out a cane pole and some red wigglers and slayed at least two dozen perfect size white perch. But since they have to be 6 inches to keep and that is to big for bait they where all released. Got a big bluegill and a med sized bluegill. 5 hours of work for two usable gills. My cut bait was soft and not very fresh either.. But we did pretty good on the med size cats in spite of the bait issues.





BTW they just shut down around 7pm for no reason.. conditions where perfect.. perhaps the spawn is on..
Capt Mike