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Re: catfish myth
Forget the Whiskers ... watch out for them "spikes" coming out from each side of the head!
And speaking of catfish ... did anybody catch that documentary on Public Broadcasting awhile back where they featured catching catfish (BIG CATFISH) by hand! It's called "noodling" and a favorite sport in Oklahoma to Missouri ~
Dale
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Re: catfish myth
Here's what I'm talking about ~
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6763659
You can do a Google and bring up lots of this stuff ... you talk about seperating the men from the boys, wow!
Dale
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Re: catfish myth
THAT'S CRAZY
why would anyone want to do that?
a catfish that size probably could take a limb
dryfly
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Re: catfish myth
those catfish were huge!!!!!
you couldnt pay me to put my hands in logs to catch those!!!
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Re: catfish myth
if poked - rub the injurred area on the cats belly. The protective membrane (slime) is a soothing sorth.
Won't heal it worth a hill of beans - but sure makes it feel better.
darrell
Oh yeah - and ya gotta plant a huge one on the kitty, square on the lips too get the full effect.
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Re: catfish myth
I was taught to use the fins as a handle to hold em while pulling the hook out.
Slide your fingers up his back and put the dorsal fin between your index and middle fingers. Hook your fingertips over the pectoral fins to keep him steady as you remove the hook. The fish will stiffen out the fins as a defense mechanism. Get's your hands pretty nasty/slimey, and only works on fish up to about 3 lbs, unless you have really big hands.
Kirk
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Re: catfish myth
Kirk ....you didn't tell them what to do with their thumb :)
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Re: catfish myth
There IS a place for it..... that's what the big hands are for!!
Kirk
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Re: catfish myth
I got string before on a blue channel catfish couple years ago and it did hurt.
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Re: catfish myth
The whiskers don't sting, but I have seen them cut (at least some of them can). The catfish can move them around and I have seen them slice through unsuspecting skin and draw a line of blood.
Ed