Catfish slaughter

[mallard matt]

Well I just couldn't take it anymore.We finally had a good weather window.So me and some buddys decided to go do some catfishing at lake martin this weekend.Went out friday afternoon and put out a couple of trout lines and some jugs.Caught 17 friday night all together.Decided to head back saturday night and would up with another 26 and some kind of eel.That my drunken friend insisted on gutting and cooking right there on the fire.It was funny I didnt want to even put it in the boat he said "you never had barbecued eel at the korean restaurant we got some jack millers"."I really dont think its the same". But he cooked it. Wasn't bad tasted good.It actually had really white meat.

[bjhooper82]

Nice!!!

[T and F fishing]

looks like a bunch of those pollywogs to me ! nice catch though !

[Moody]

[mallard matt]

ya i think 16 of them were yellow cats.The rest were blue cats i cut the tails off and bleed them.Fillet it then give it to my grandma she loves them there not bad once you let the bleed a while the meat turns white.I actually cooked some for the head chefs at jefferson street pub and the head chef at zeas in Lafayette as well they were amazed at how good they were.Its all in how you clean them.

[Duck Butter]

That eel looks to be a 3 toed amphiuma, I think there are some other local names for them down here too Did it have any legs that you noticed? They are big salamanders and get pretty dang big. Never eatenn one but I would imagine it would taste like a bullfrog

[fishingonewild]

those two sac a lait was caught on trout line at night?? they seem to be good size there.

[DUCKGOGETTER]

Nice cats

[mallard matt]

Right as we got there both days this fellow gave me two.He fished both afternoons and only caught two and gave them to me both days.He said they had bern catching good

[mallard matt]

Ya it did have some short little legs.Its didnt taste bad for being cooked over a fire with no seasoning

[Duck Butter]

Originally Posted by mallard matt

Ya it did have some short little legs.Its didnt taste bad for being cooked over a fire with no seasoning

You are the first I have heard to eat one


Silly fact of the day: you have probably seen a mud snake. Some people call them a stinging snake because their tails are almost hard and pointed and sometimes when you catch them, they will kinda poke you with it. They primarily eat amphiumas which are slimy and hard to handle, so they pin them down with their tail and hold em til they can eat them


cool story I know

[Hydro]

It would take a few "Blue Pops" for me to grill up an eel....

Nice catch however, and you guys obviously had a great time !!!

Hydro

[swamp snorkler]

Nice catch, how many blue pops yall drank that night?

[bjhooper82]

I've herd those eel are good catfish bait.

[mallard matt]

Ya we didnt cook that eel on purpose it was on jameson

[Bluechip]

Come on guys.... If your going to bash his report then don't comment.

[Goooh]

Nice haul Matt, y'all camp and grill by the lake or somewhere else?

Hard to beat running lines, drinkin and sittin by a fire.


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[mallard matt]

We just go hang out all night then someone sober drives back.And ya i dint realy care what people sitting in an office have to say.None of the haters have posted a report with fourty fish on a table in febuary.Some times you just got to fish whats biting in your area.

[duck enticer]

Interesting comment on how to clean a mud cat. I caught about 2 dozen of them noodling on chicot this past fall. Didn't even think about trying to bleed them.