Posted on 08/24/2002 11:07:42 AM PDT by ATOMIC_PUNK
Edited on 04/13/2004 2:34:44 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
I am dial up limited, we are being promised cable roadrunner in about a month.
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They had time to drink a six pack on the trip.
After a while the movement stopped and it was clear the fish had tangled the line on some debris on the bottom. Not wanting to cut the line and lose a prize fish were it still hooked, the Missourian told the Illini to swim down and see if he could find out if the fish was still theirs for the taking or not.
The Illini dropped in and followed the line down.
After a while he resurfaced. "Yup, he's still on the line, and he's huge."
"Well, untangle the line and pull him up," responded the Missourian.
"...OK," so down the second man went to yank the fish out of its hiding place.
Quite some time passed and the Missourian began to get nervous. He peered down into the darkness though there was no hope of spotting anything in the murky water. He gave the line another tug but it wouldn't budge.
Just as he was about to get all emotional over his buddy's loss, the Illini splashed up out of the water gasping for air.
"Well, what's the problem?" asked the Missourian.
The Illini shouted back, "I can't reach him, he swam into an old car. What do I do?"
"Well, go in after him!" shouted the Missourian.
The Illini looked doubtful but dove back down, only to resurface a short time later, cussing and spitting.
"Well?" asked the irritated Missourian. "didn't you go in after him?"
The Illini replied "How could I? Darn fish rolled up the window!"
There were some Indians that used gar scales for arrowpoints and the dried skin for quivers.
Not neccessarily. It depends on species whether they bottomfeed or not, not on what they are fed.
Best thing to stop the pain from a poke from a fin is the goo that is on the catfish.
Not to answer for txflake, but Lake Travis is just west of Austin, Tx.
In some places people will even buy gar for food.A lot of Cajuns use gar.If you don't like it the first time you try it,use a different recipe.
Dogfish is just one kind of shark to me but people call fish by different names in different parts of the Country.Bowfish isn't familiar to me at all.
Is dogfish or bowfish maybe what I would call a bowfin?
If so,they're OK to eat but not really all that good,I don't think.
Making flint points was my final stage.Scale and steel are tougher but stone points are "so" pretty and add a little to my income.
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Gar skin is beautiful and tough.I've tried making leather out of it but haven't been able to completely kill the fishy odor yet.Need to try a couple of new things I've thought of.
Someone was making leather out of hagfish,so they must have found a way to kill the odor.If I manage to do it,I'll try it for knife and machete sheaths first.Then to market. :)
Not too long back,down river from me in Lake Texoma,a guy got about a 120 pound blue.Think it was the new Texas R&R record.
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Dang, this is a great noodling opportunity. You haven't lived till you've shoved your arm down a cathish's mouth and grabbed onto a gill. It's one helluva ride. Not sure the catfish enjoy it, but that's the price you pay for keeping your mouth open under water.
Yeah Dogfish are the same thing as bowfish. A Dogfish has many diff names.
Lake Travis does have some large catfish around Mansfield dam. I had some diving buddies who actually saw some well over 10' long. A friend had one on a trot-line that was longer than his boat was wide.
There are also some alligator gar that are about the same size. My neighbor had one on a jug line several years ago that was 8.5' long. Scared the heck out of him when he tried to pull in the line.
Hmm, rubbing up against him over and over. Is he sure it wasn't McGreevey?
One guy told me that he thought he was looking at ancient oak logs or hewed lumber that you'll find near dams where mills were located. He was getting ready to check behind what he thought was a three foot diameter log for a body. When the timber moved, he was all of the sudden looking at the face of a catfish.
He said has no idea how long the fish was, but he said it was easily over ten feet long. He never dove in the rivers for a body again.
This was in the Muskingum River in southeastern Ohio.
These CatFish stories are incredible.
Wouldn't it be fun to Catfish in the Amazon where Cat's can weigh 700 pounds.
Whats this here?
Might I suggest some cornbreading, hushpuppies, and tarter sauce to solve this pressing problem. That and afew dozen cajuns.
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