***RECORD*** gaftop was caught!

[keakar]

dang, I think I passed an opportunity to get on the list.

last week I caught a sailcats/gafftop in lake ponchartrain that went around 27" and im sure it was heavy enough to make the list.

I haven't been keeping any because all my life I was told only blue cats are worth eating so its a mental thing plus I kep thinking of the stinky mess of a snotty slimed up ice chest.

is there some secret anyone knows about to be able to keep them without having everything covered in slime? I hate to bring an extra ice chest just for the sailcats/gafftops but i also don't want my specs and reds covered in catfish slime when im trying to clean them.

[Goooh]

Originally Posted by keakar

dang, I think I passed an opportunity to get on the list.

last week I caught a sailcats/gafftop in lake ponchartrain that went around 27" and im sure it was heavy enough to make the list.

I haven't been keeping any because all my life I was told only blue cats are worth eating so its a mental thing plus I kep thinking of the stinky mess of a snotty slimed up ice chest.

is there some secret anyone knows about to be able to keep them without having everything covered in slime? I hate to bring an extra ice chest just for the sailcats/gafftops but i also don't want my specs and reds covered in catfish slime when im trying to clean them.

Throw them in a burlap sack, tie the top shut and attach a cinder block.

Throw the sack and block overboard. The burlap will scrub the slime off.