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Saltwater catfish in Louisiana
Posted on 5/16/26 at 4:23 pm
Posted on 5/16/26 at 4:23 pm
Are any edible and if so which ones. Mainly inland bay marsh fishing. Any tips on cooking them besides throw them back and eat your bait? Are the blue and channel cats you catch in brackish water as good as the fresh water ones?
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Posted on 5/16/26 at 4:30 pm to Royalfishing
Yes the brackish blues and channels are the same.
Posted on 5/16/26 at 5:18 pm to Royalfishing
Man, when my kids were little I sure as hell wasn’t going to tell them people throw them back.
Know what? They clean and fry up just fine.
I appreciate Chedballz for teaching me this.
Once I saw some jackass at Bridgeside throwing back, like dead whole fish, sheepshead at the cleaning station. I thought, “bruh. WTF? GW Fins would hit you for $40 a plate for that- learn to clean them”
Know what? They clean and fry up just fine.
I appreciate Chedballz for teaching me this.
Once I saw some jackass at Bridgeside throwing back, like dead whole fish, sheepshead at the cleaning station. I thought, “bruh. WTF? GW Fins would hit you for $40 a plate for that- learn to clean them”
Posted on 5/16/26 at 5:21 pm to Royalfishing
if you get into gafftops they are fine eating. They’ll make a mess in your fish box though so throw them in a bucket or a trash bag first
Posted on 5/16/26 at 7:31 pm to Royalfishing
Gafftop, yes.
Hard head, no, but I have seen videos of people cooking them saying they are misunderstood.
That’s cool, I’m not eating them.
Hard head, no, but I have seen videos of people cooking them saying they are misunderstood.
That’s cool, I’m not eating them.
Posted on 5/16/26 at 7:37 pm to cgrand
quote:
if you get into gafftops
Yall spec fish without getting into gaftops?
Posted on 5/16/26 at 8:05 pm to Royalfishing
Don't bring them in the boat.
Posted on 5/16/26 at 8:33 pm to Royalfishing
Pay attention
Posted on 5/16/26 at 10:59 pm to Royalfishing
frick saltwater catfish. There are so many better fish out there that you can catch to eat in saltwater.
Posted on 5/16/26 at 11:07 pm to Royalfishing
My grandaddy always made us throw brackish water cats and ladyfish back. When I got my 1st boat after graduating from LSU I decided to keep them and a couple of Ladyfish too.
Grandaddy was right; Ladyfish are 90% tiny bones that'll choke you and Hardheads are greasy n nasty with bad flavor.
BUTT, sailfin/gafftop cats are awesome filets. Just be prepared for the slime.
Grandaddy was right; Ladyfish are 90% tiny bones that'll choke you and Hardheads are greasy n nasty with bad flavor.
BUTT, sailfin/gafftop cats are awesome filets. Just be prepared for the slime.
Posted on 5/17/26 at 6:58 am to dat yat
Im starting a crusade to convince everyone that gaftops are game fish and delicious and in lots of ways, much better target species than specs.
Itll be great when everybody starts targeting the gaftops and leaves me the specs. It could happen. Happened with amberjacks.
Itll be great when everybody starts targeting the gaftops and leaves me the specs. It could happen. Happened with amberjacks.
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