Catfish

[greybeard]

 

[Dave]

My Dad went moose hunting a number of times up in BC. The guide has a place on a fairly long lake. The guide would go out on the lake and troll for trout. He had a comfortable seat in his boat. He would doze off. When his pole would start bouncing his dog would bark and wake him up. I guess the dog liked to eat fish too.

 

[Son of Butch]

The photo surprised me and made me laugh. I was expecting something along the lines of the virtues of fried catfish and I hate eating those dirty bottom feeders.

 

[Ouachita]

"Bottom feeder" just sounds wrong.

 

[Rafter S]

"Bottom feeder" just sounds wrong.

. . . but they taste so good.

 

[Dave]

. . . but they taste so good.

My wife has declared our house a catfish free zone. Neither one of us finds catfish to taste good. I have eaten too many good fish in my life to eat catfish.

 

[Rafter S]

My wife has declared our house a catfish free zone. Neither one of us finds catfish to taste good. I have eaten too many good fish in my life to eat catfish.

I'll agree there are better tasting fish (speckled trout come to mind), but I still won't turn my nose up at catfish. To me that's like not eating a hamburger because prime rib is better.

 

[greybeard]

I never knew there was such a thing as fish snobs.

 

[Lee VanRoss]

There is fish and then there is walleye. <period

 

[Dave]

I never knew there was such a thing as fish snobs.

There is definately a huge difference in salmon. Sockeye, Coho, and Chinooks are good. I don't eat Pinks, and Chum salmon. I prefer Ling Cod and Halibut to salmon any day. To me catfish is a bland tasteless fish. Living on the Washington coast and working in Alaska I have eaten a lot of fish.

 

[TCRanch]

I never knew there was such a thing as fish snobs.

I eat canned tuna - and that's truly as sophisticated as I get.

 

[BFE]

You ain't lived until you had Buffalo ribs or scored Highfin. I'll eat all the catfish I can get my hands on, but flathead is far and away the best.

 

[Ouachita]

I eat canned tuna - and that's truly as sophisticated as I get.

I was deprived as a child. I'd never heard of tuna or salmon patties. My darlin rocked my world.

 

[Dave]

I do remember as a kid my sister saying "oh no not salmon again". My folks were having a tough time and Grandpa liked to fish. We ate a lot of salmon.

 

[greybeard]

I was deprived as a child. I'd never heard of tuna or salmon patties. My darlin rocked my world.

Me too. Canned salmon cost too much so we had to get by on mackerel patties.

 

[Dave]

Me too. Canned salmon cost too much so we had to get by on mackerel patties.

The vast majority of canned salmon are Pink salmon which Alaskans consider to be dog food. The seiners catch them by the tens of thousands and last I knew they were only getting about 8 cents a pound for them.