re: Is it illegal to keep spoonbill catfish in La??

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How are they as table fare?

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I have heard they are good if you steak them out like a shark. I've caught a few on accident, but never kept one. I've never caught one small enough to be legal. Every one I've ever got to the boat was damn near 6 ft long. When you hook something like that in the tail or back, they'll spool you in a second. There's an area of a river I fish where they congregate sometimes. Hard to bass fish there without snagging them. Might be 200-300 in a 100yd stretch.