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catfish and pitchforks
varian
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no longer legal to catch a catfish with a pitchfork in Illinois. nearly 800 murders in chicago but the catfish are safe.
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https://ilnews.org/11505/illinois-allows-pitchforks-new-tools-used-hunting-catfish/
i do see the irony in your statement, with all the problems Illinois has the legislature has time to create useless laws for most, but can't create a budget to alleviate the massive debt load the state has, nor address the gun violence problem in Chicago.
but then again, thats typical Illinois.
Just One more reason I moved away from Illinazi !!!!!!
Thanks !!!
I Grew Old Too Fast (And Smart Too damn Slow !!!) !!!
prior to this, only rough fish were allowed to be harvested with pitchforks. carp, buffalo gar etc. catfish was considered a gamefish.
My Grandpa used to commercial fish in Tennessee and catfish were considered rough fish, at least they were back then in the 50s and 60s in Tennessee.
The fish that I remember him selling at the market that he caught on the Tennessee, Holston and French Broad Rivers were yellow and blue Catfish, Drum, Buffalo, Red and Black Horse, Sturgeon, yellow and white Carp, and Shovel Bill Catfish. He would kill the Gar because they were eating other fish and you couldn't sell them. Catching game fish in a net and not releasing them would get you in trouble if you were caught. My Grandpa always released the game fish. I never saw him keep even one.
In 1959 at Johnny's fish market in Knoxville, TN he would get approx. .20 to .25 cents a pound for Catfish, a penny a pound for yellow Carp, a penny and a half for white Carp, 6 to 7 cents a pound for Buffalo and .15 cents a pound for Drum are the ones I remember the prices of. Prices varied weekly.
I used to go with him and my Uncle to run the nets. Grandpa had a large aluminum jon boat with a big deck mounted on the front of it to stand on. My uncle would be running the nets across the deck and removing the fish and dumping them in the front of the boat. My Grandpa would be running the motor keeping the boat at an angle from the net. When the prop of the motor started rising out of the water and making a noise from the weight of the fish up front I would start throwing the fish to the back of the boat to level it out.
It has several tines along with barbs on each tine.
A pitch fork is used on the farm and a spear is used for fishing.
EvilDr235
Yeah, cause when I go fishing, the first thing I grab is the pitchfork.
Yeah, it's the bomb, you can put 4 lines on that sucker.