Santee cats

[crappiequeennc]

This is my nephew with a few big cats he caught at Santee.Thought you all might like to see them..

[anchorpuller]

You can tell he is happy about the days catch. Great smile!

[unknown 5]

Santee has a great reputation for large cats. Lots of folks catch and release the big cats.

[crappiequeennc]

I think those were released into some hot grease.

[izzysfishin]

Them Flaties is some fine table fare ain't they, crappiequeen. He did bring his Auntie a bag full, i hope...izzy

[crappie66]

Lots of folks catch and release the big cats.

I catch a lot of catfish each year, and I will not keep anything over 18 inches to eat. Tried cooking up a 22 lb. flatthead once, and it was the most god awful tasting fish I ever tried. I thought maybe it was just the flathead, so we tried cooking up a big channel catfish, again it was so nasty, I hate to say it, but the fish was wasted. The best eating catfish are the small ones.

[deerman4567]

I catch a lot of catfish each year, and I will not keep anything over 18 inches to eat. Tried cooking up a 22 lb. flatthead once, and it was the most god awful tasting fish I ever tried. I thought maybe it was just the flathead, so we tried cooking up a big channel catfish, again it was so nasty, I hate to say it, but the fish was wasted. The best eating catfish are the small ones.

That is unusual to me, what I have found flatheads taste fine all the way to 37 pounds so far.

[crappiequeennc]

I catch a lot of catfish each year, and I will not keep anything over 18 inches to eat. Tried cooking up a 22 lb. flatthead once, and it was the most god awful tasting fish I ever tried. I thought maybe it was just the flathead, so we tried cooking up a big channel catfish, again it was so nasty, I hate to say it, but the fish was wasted. The best eating catfish are the small ones.

We have never had that problem..But he soaks his filets before he does anything to them.Not sure what he soaks them in.But they always have a great taste.

[rango]

if you get ALL the red off, and remove the complete lateral line, you will have some fine eating on any catfish big enough to put in the boat. its all in knowing how to prepare your catch for the table. if you leave the feathers on a chicken and fry it its probably not gonna taste good either..... theres a lot of folks around here that eat catfish fillets, steaks and nuggets. most of em ive talked to, including myself, rate the flat heads the best tasting, followed by the blues with the channels being the least tasty. all the small catfish, fish camp size, eat good.

[Crappie Xtreme]

I don't care what it taste like if you can go out and catch fish like that it looks like you would have a good day.
A bad day of fishn is better than a good day at work. Thats what I have heard anyway.
Looks like he had loads of fun good job.

Crappie X.