Fish Taste?

[Flysmallie]

13 hours ago, fishinwrench said:

Oklahoma punks build and anchor crates, and sink clay pipes for those fish to gather in.  

Weird. I did it for a long time down there and never even heard of this before now. But we stuck to the muddy rivers close to home. All we had to fight were cottonmouth, diamondback, snapping turtles, and my absolute favorite and the reason I quit, beavers. 

[fishinwrench]

36 minutes ago, Flysmallie said:

Weird. I did it for a long time down there and never even heard of this before now. But we stuck to the muddy rivers close to home. All we had to fight were cottonmouth, diamondback, snapping turtles, and my absolute favorite and the reason I quit, beavers. 

I'm just going by what the ones posting video's on YT do, and what a couple of my customers have said.   I have had no personal experience handfishing since I was 15 years old.  

The whole SHOVING YOUR HAND THROUGH ITS GILLS thing was something me and my buds never attempted.   We rigged a limbline hook on a piece of trotline cord, reached in and stabbed them just behind the caudal fin.....then jumped back and drug them out backwards.   Seemed smarter than trying to find their mouth.....and it worked just fine.  

There was a year or two during the 90's when Missouri made it legal, and I was gonna try it along some bluffs here at lake O.....just to show off ....but I never did because the water seemed too clear.   Dark muddy water is best, keeps them shallow.

There was a fatality across from 4-Seasons by a drunk dude handfishing, and then it seemed shortly after that they made it illegal again.

[snagged in outlet 3]

2 hours ago, fishinwrench said:

I have several customers that crow all the time about....."We catch big flatheads!" 🙄

No, you have caught some big flatheads. Who hasn't?    But you can't leave the house EXPECTING to!   I don't care what day or time of the year it is.   

Can I leave the house EXPECTING to catch Bass, Crappie, Bluegill, Channel cat, Blue cat, Walleye, White bass?    You betcha! 

But Flatheads?    Heck No !   Nobody can, and that's a fact.    

I was referring to “how good they are to eat”.   If they were that good there would be flatheadsmen Association like they have for cows.  😆

[fishinwrench]

1 hour ago, snagged in outlet 3 said:

I was referring to “how good they are to eat”.   If they were that good there would be flatheadsmen Association like they have for cows.  😆

I've had them, plenty. And they are good. Definitely better than channel cat or Blues......but not better than White bass or Bluegill IMO.   

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22 minutes ago, fishinwrench said:

I've had them, plenty. And they are good. Definitely better than channel cat or Blues......but not better than White bass or Bluegill IMO.   

Or better than prime rib… 

[Flysmallie]

3 hours ago, fishinwrench said:

The whole SHOVING YOUR HAND THROUGH ITS GILLS thing was something me and my buds never attempted.

Oh. So you never went noodling then. Sissy. 

[Maverickpro201]

I have a Okie Buddy that still goes with his group. Last years largest was 42 lbs. They go to Grand Lake and have been for years.

[fishinwrench]

1 hour ago, Flysmallie said:

Oh. So you never went noodling then. Sissy. 

Maybe not 🤷‍♂️  Never been snipe hunting either.  Likely another OKIE thing. 😅

 Handfishing though?   Yep! I'd say so.      

[Terrierman]

 

 

[Flysmallie]

19 hours ago, Maverickpro201 said:

I have a Okie Buddy that still goes with his group. Last years largest was 42 lbs. They go to Grand Lake and have been for years.

Our largest ever for the group I went with was 48 or 49 lbs, out of Cache Creek. We were so depressed that it didn't hit 50. Maybe if we would have weighed it before letting it ride in the back of a pickup for an hour. Somewhere there is an old polaroid of that.