Post by: rtspring on April 08, 2012, 08:26:50 AM
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Post by: Salmo on April 08, 2012, 08:53:57 AM
Been hitting the river hard over the past fews weeks and finally got into a catfish. The water is still awful cold but the good bite should be on here pretty soon. As for bait, lets just say I use the biggest worm!!!
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Right on!!! That looks like a big cat to me! Washington cat? Big C? :drool:
Post by: C-Money on April 08, 2012, 08:56:39 AM
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Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on April 08, 2012, 09:00:36 AM
Post by: C-Money on April 08, 2012, 09:10:35 AM
Nope, I fish around the mouth of the Yakima river where it flows into the Columbia..:tup:
Post by: rasbo on April 08, 2012, 09:28:02 AM
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Post by: runamuk on April 08, 2012, 06:38:01 PM
looks awesome I am gonna try and catch some closer to home.....congrats
Post by: Elite1 on April 08, 2012, 08:20:57 PM
Post by: seansfire on April 08, 2012, 08:24:05 PM
best bait for them in california was always liver after you let it bake in the sun for a day or so.
Post by: 75johndeere on April 08, 2012, 09:15:34 PM
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Post by: runamuk on April 09, 2012, 08:13:07 AM
How do you pre-pair it? I caught a channel cat last year and fixed it up. Fried it up and it tasted nasty. I couldn't finish it and tossed it. Tasted like mud.
everyone I have ever known says get the skin off quickly..... there were a number of methods used that I saw at the catfish trip but everyone seemed to get them skinned or skinned fillet and then into the ice.... all the catfish i had was good...even the stuff I took home and cooked myself and I had never cooked catfish in my life....
Post by: quadrafire on April 09, 2012, 08:16:23 AM
We usually cooked small ones whole, gutted skinned with the tail on. Big ones steaked or fillets
Coat with yellow mustard, roll in flour mix (1/2 white flour, 1/2 yellow cornmeal) Fry in peanut oil.
It doesn't leave a mustard taste, but is very good.
PS I think river cats taste better than lake cats
Post by: rtspring on April 09, 2012, 10:10:36 AM
bigger catfish tend to taste old...
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Post by: stillhunter on April 09, 2012, 10:56:04 AM
Post by: Machias on April 09, 2012, 01:08:08 PM
How do you pre-pair it? I caught a channel cat last year and fixed it up. Fried it up and it tasted nasty. I couldn't finish it and tossed it. Tasted like mud.
Are you sure it wasn't a bullhead? Just curious.
Post by: hunt_fish on April 10, 2012, 02:13:53 PM
i was told once they catch them at horseshoe lake in kitsap county but i dont know it for sure. anybody know where to catch em for sure in kitsap or mason county ?
best bait for them in california was always liver after you let it bake in the sun for a day or so.
They don't have any channel cats in any lakes in Kitsap or Mason County. Probably yellow bellies, try Bay Lake at night though, there's some decent sized yellow bellies in there that I've seen people catch.
Nice fish btw person who posted it, I need to get a boat out here in the Tri-Cities and fish for catfish on the Columbia and Lyon's Ferry area.
Post by: woodywsu on April 10, 2012, 02:33:26 PM
Post by: quadrafire on April 10, 2012, 04:09:35 PM