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Killing cat fish
victorlvlb
Member Posts: 5,004
How do you kill your catfish? If I catch a fish and am going to eat I kill it, asp.
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To kill them and fillet them. Take some vise grips, clap on the lower jaw. Hold it on its belly and give it a good thump on the top of the head with a heavy device (ie: hammer, ect). Should be dead now or at least stunned. Skin and fillet, you can use the vise grips to hold on to the slimy thing.
No........ it's kill cat, then
go fishing......troll for alligators.[}:)]
Can you tell I don't like cats ??
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I don't even gut or skin them,I just fillet them still alive then put the fillet skin side down and fillet the skin off too. It's very fast.
Put them in a fresh livewell(or bucket with fresh water), alive, for a couple hours. They will clean their bodies out. Keep fresh water coming in.
Tie them on a stringer that will not go down to the bottom, keep them about 3-4' off the bottom. Same thing, they'll clean themselves out.
As for killing them: I never have. Skinned them live. I figure they'll be dead shortly after I cut their head off.
I guess a pellet to the top of the head would kill em. We do that to the Bowfin we catch. Their heads are thick and bony. Kills em immediately.
BW(Who usually just skins'em alive anyway.)
...IF I bothered to kill 'em, I'd stab them w/the Buck in the head...but it's a catfish, have to admit I don't worry about how they "feel"..hell, your all going to EAT them...and your worried about "feeling their pain"???[:D]
...I have a re-chargable electric knife and I clean them on the dock and kick them back into the lake, they die I'm sure...[;)]
with a hammer.
Killing cat fish ??
No........ it's kill cat, then
go fishing......troll for alligators.[}:)]
Can you tell I don't like cats ??
[:D]I gotta agree with your post on killing the kats. A .22 cal Beeman R1 works wonders out to about 35-40 yards with the right pellet. I suspect they would work well for catching snapping turtles if cut up properly; then you would finally have a good use for the lil critters. They do really make good bait for coyotes also. I forgot about that! Drop me a note awinds for the real story on that, it's hilarious but not really appropriate on this site[:(][V]!! My count is over 1250 so far, but I am only 60.
I used to Fish for Big Flatheads in the Verde River...35 Pounders were quite common...I found them to be Muddy in Flavor until an Old Man I knew happened by the Fishin' Hole where H e saw that I wa about to screwup the butchering project I was facing...He took my U.S. Army shovel and banged the Cat on the Head...then Took a Hatchet and cut off the Cats tail...The Blood squirted out of the Back Bone where the Tail used to be...The blood quit about in 6 or 7 squirts and the Cat was Dead as a Doornail...Got the Critter Skinned and fillets cut and headed for Home....No Muddy Flavor!!! I cleaned all My Cat Fish like that after I was Taught the Secret.....and just in case anyone is interested The Cleaning Trick works on Sharks to....Best....
Are you the capt kirk from Florida? My wife and I hired a guide by that name and we caught Redfish, Sea Trout, and Snook. We were staying at the Radisson and there was a chef at the restaurant that cleaned and cooked all three kinds of fish six different ways, two ways for each fish. We told him he could have the rest of the fish he didn't cook. That guy brought a platter that was huge heaped with different things like risotto and hush puppies. The whole restaurant wanted to know what that dish we had was and could they have it, which they couldn't We left the chef a C note for the meal, it was as good as anything we've ever had.
My note having to do with the word "humane" was in response to victorlvb's second post. Killing catfish by driving a nail or another object into the brain serves a number of purposes aside from putting creatures out of their misery. One is that nary a wiggle will interfere with the cleaning of it. Another would be that one would never be "stuck". The list of plusses are endless. [:)] Of course some folks like this sort of stuff too:
Critics say the fish is put through extreme pain, "NO poop SHERLOCK" Damn. That statement had me laughing my * off.
quote:Originally posted by kimi
My note having to do with the word "humane" was in response to victorlvb's second post. Killing catfish by driving a nail or another object into the brain serves a number of purposes aside from putting creatures out of their misery. One is that nary a wiggle will interfere with the cleaning of it. Another would be that one would never be "stuck". The list of plusses are endless. [:)] Of course some folks like this sort of stuff too:
Critics say the fish is put through extreme pain, "NO poop SHERLOCK" Damn. That statement had me laughing my * off.
Now I'm laughing my * off about my post being changed to "no poop sherlock" I've been up too long, goodnight
i just drive my knive through thier head. usually twice just for good measure. though a big cat around here is about 2-2.5 lbs. why filet them? ive always just gutted em skined em and cooked em whole either in a frying pan or wrapped in foil with a slab of butter in their belly on the grill. ill have to try the cutting the tail off part.
josh, with those little fellers, try dunking them in boiling water. What's left of the skin will wipe off.
Allen
quote:Originally posted by captkirk3@dslextreme.com
I used to Fish for Big Flatheads in the Verde River...35 Pounders were quite common...I found them to be Muddy in Flavor until an Old Man I knew happened by the Fishin' Hole where H e saw that I wa about to screwup the butchering project I was facing...He took my U.S. Army shovel and banged the Cat on the Head...then Took a Hatchet and cut off the Cats tail...The Blood squirted out of the Back Bone where the Tail used to be...The blood quit about in 6 or 7 squirts and the Cat was Dead as a Doornail...Got the Critter Skinned and fillets cut and headed for Home....No Muddy Flavor!!! I cleaned all My Cat Fish like that after I was Taught the Secret.....and just in case anyone is interested The Cleaning Trick works on Sharks to....Best....
Are you the capt kirk from Florida? My wife and I hired a guide by that name and we caught Redfish, Sea Trout, and Snook. We were staying at the Radisson and there was a chef at the restaurant that cleaned and cooked all three kinds of fish six different ways, two ways for each fish. We told him he could have the rest of the fish he didn't cook. That guy brought a platter that was huge heaped with different things like risotto and hush puppies. The whole restaurant wanted to know what that dish we had was and could they have it, which they couldn't We left the chef a C note for the meal, it was as good as anything we've ever had.
Nope, he is the Real Capt. Kirk from LA.
i'm glad i'm not the only person that kills it before i cut on it. i shoot them in the head with my 22lr. i get onto my buddies for shinning & cutting them up while their alive.
22 is a bit overkill for be but i get your point. fish still have nerves, still bleed. why make them feel any more pain then needed? plus they wiggle around like hell when there still alive.