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08-09-2014, 12:26 AM
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***RECORD*** gaftop was caught!
HOW ABOUT YOU CLAMPY????????? http://www.louisianasportsman.com/details.php?id=6968 
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08-09-2014, 03:48 AM
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I don't think you can handle that challenge
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08-09-2014, 03:53 AM
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HA HA HA trout bait HA HA HA
well the key here is you have to catch one that big on a FLY ROD! your up early or late but either way isn't it passed your bed time?
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#6
08-09-2014, 05:17 AM
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The all tackle record has four entries that are heavier than this fish, including a fish that was caught on my boat in 2013, coming in at third place at 6.67 lbs. We've caught some gafftops that were bigger, but since we already have 3 of the top 10 spots in the state records, we're not inclined to jump through all the hoops to get every top 10 fish recorded. The 1st place fish is 11.06 lbs. If we get one that takes the top spot, we'll go out of our way to find a certified scale, get the weighing witnessed on the appropriate form, get the fish identified on the form by a LDWF biologist, take the required photos and submit the application. The top ten black drum are all over 60 lbs, and the top ten redfish are all over 48 lbs. Most anglers are a bit high in their eyeball estimates of weight. A 10 lb gafftop is a huge specimen. Likewise, most black drum eyeballed at "40 lbs" are really 20-30 lb fish. We've weighed and measured thousands of fish. The biggest black drum in our data was around 33 lbs. The biggest gafftop was 7.7 lbs. The biggest redfish was near 29 lbs. It's good to see the gafftop getting some love as the fish of the year in the flyfishing category. Catching fish on the fly certainly is more challenging than soaking bait. Last edited by MathGeek; 08-09-2014 at 05:53 AM.
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08-09-2014, 08:29 PM
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08-09-2014, 09:02 PM
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now why u gotta rub it in while us poor ppl are working out ***'s off?
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08-09-2014, 09:38 PM
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I look at SC like the patch providing vicarious fishing fun when I can't get to the water. But when I get to the water, I post pics to provide da patch fo da peeps.
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#10
08-09-2014, 10:15 PM
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Nah i'm not complaining just FEEEEENING to go lol and I know where he went which makes it worst while i'm stuck offshore! That's ok guess its time for me to just go catch a few of the deep water fishes and post pics up!
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08-10-2014, 12:25 PM
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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.
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08-10-2014, 02:43 PM
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08-10-2014, 03:22 PM
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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.
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08-10-2014, 09:34 PM
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08-10-2014, 09:47 PM
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If he can get rid of the slim on those nasty things I would LOVE to read that process hell I have 12 more days at work so I have time to read ALL THE PAGES to this response! lol
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#19
08-10-2014, 10:10 PM
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Well according to the Tallahassee Democrat
CATFISH LICKING: A NEW HIGH Sat, Jan. 29, 2005 It could be the strangest thing anyone ever asked Tolly Van Brunt. He was at a boat basin in Franklin County, waiting for a buddy who'd gone to the bait shop. They were headed out to the Gulf for some saltwater fishing. A boy, maybe 17 or so, sidled up to him on the dock. The kid wanted to make a deal. He'd buy any catfish the anglers caught that day. "I told him they weren't any good to eat," Van Brunt said. " And he says, `Yeah, I know that, but we'd like to get some. We've found a way to get high off the slime.'" Oh, c'mon. Recreational use of fish goo? That has to be a joke, right? Maybe. Maybe not. Turns out, a story's been going around for years about hallucinogenic properties in the slime of a certain kind of saltwater catfish. But whether fact or urban legend is not exactly clear. "I've heard of people licking them and getting zonked like they're on LSD," said Dr. John Hitron, with the Florida State University marine lab in St. Teresa Beach. "I'm not sure how true it is." OK, first a few basics on the fish. Most people call them gafftops or sailcats. They're bottom-dwellers, comfortable in mud, usually sticking to bays and the shallow water along coastlines. Not too big, but feisty. They have regular catfish whiskers and long, sharp spines on top. When hooked, they produce great big gobs of mucous that coat fishing lines, anglers and anything else that gets close. And apparently, they're less than tasty. So, what about this whole licking thing? It's hard to tell where or how the story got started, but plenty of folks have heard it. Usually, the friend-of-a-friend version. The anglers down at the Lanark Village Mart - a combination boat dock, bait shop and convenience store near Carrabelle - said last week that they all knew the tale. Same with the C-Quarters Marina, where the annual Big Bend Saltwater Classic is based. Jack Rudloe's heard it, too. He's the director of the Gulf Marine Specimen Lab in Panacea. A "hippie friend" was the first to tell him. "He said, `Hey, I hear there's a real business there in licking catfish,'" Rudloe said. The story's even on the Internet, especially the message boards where fishermen from around the Gulf of Mexico gather. And Hitron, the FSU scientist, said he's heard it all over the country. In New England, the Pacific Northwest, the Florida Keys. Not everyone's a believer. "It's just hype," said Amy Noegel-Cohoon, whose husband runs a towboat service out of Carrabelle. "If it wasn't hype, they'd be a hot item." Any evidence it's true? Not much. Rudloe was curious enough to give it a taste - in the interest of science, of course. Nothing happened to him, but he did make a discovery. He said the mucous of most sea life, including snails and other fish, has a fairly bland taste. The gafftop was markedly different. "It really had a strange chemical kind of taste to it," he said. Franklin County fisherman Mark Nolton said he did the same thing after reading something about the slime in Florida Sportsman magazine. "I was out about a year ago, and I thought, `I'm gonna try that,'" he said. "I put a little bit on my tongue, and it went numb instantly." Hitron said it's possible the slime - a defense mechanism that helps protect the fish from injury and disease - has some neurotoxic qualities, as most fish with spines do. But whether that means the stuff can send someone on a mind-altering trip, he couldn't say. "I'll find out if you want me to," offered Van Brunt, who declined to provide catfish to the teenagers. "The next time I catch one, I'll put some in my mouth."
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#20
08-11-2014, 09:08 AM
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It must have been a slow year record wise if a gafftop is getting "Fish of the year" honors.
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