Checked one off the bucket list

[LittleRedFisherman]

49 minutes ago, Johnsfolly said:

LRF pretty cool. I would try this once. Probably I would likely wear gloves. It would all be C&R for me. I still have catching a flathead on rod and reel on my bucket list.

Ham wants to do this as well. I could hook y'all up.  

[LittleRedFisherman]

14 hours ago, Quillback said:

Not for me either, but looking forward to hearing the story at the next Jigfest.

Looking forward to it! 

[Johnsfolly]

58 minutes ago, LittleRedFisherman said:

Ham wants to do this as well. I could hook y'all up.  

Tahnk I appreciate the offer. Will have to talk more about a possible trip☺.

[ozark trout fisher]

8 hours ago, LittleRedFisherman said:

Yes I was glad to see this to. I eat flatheads that's what I catch to eat here at home but there 2-5 pounders

Although i let big ones like that go now. I have ate a 40 pounder before.  Out of the St Francis down here it was tasty 

When I was younger and didn't think about these things and the impact it has (big cats take a LONG time to grow, they are not exactly easily replaceable) I kept and ate a number of 10+# pound cats...and well, unless your definition of tasty is "mushy, gamey, and generally unpleasant" we've had different experiences.

Now I still love me some 2-3 pound channel cats. Nice firm meat, as good eating as any warm water fish I'm aware of. But in my experience taste starts to nosedive around 5-6 pounds.

[SpoonDog]

Something I'd maybe do once, I just can't get the mental image of grabbing onto something not-catfish...turtle, beaver...outta my head.  It's cool that they tag them, it'd be interesting to see how frequently they recapture the big ones and whether the same fish are using the same spots.

[LittleRedFisherman]

26 minutes ago, SpoonDog said:

Something I'd maybe do once, I just can't get the mental image of grabbing onto something not-catfish...turtle, beaver...outta my head.  It's cool that they tag them, it'd be interesting to see how frequently they recapture the big ones and whether the same fish are using the same spots.

I asked them that.  They said this year they had a 20 percent recatch rate.  

 

I was was the same way bout doing it once.  But I'd do it again now I think