Growing Up Catching and Eating Catfish
By Dan Dannenmueller, Publisher
Growing up in the Missouri Delta, part of our diets were all types of catfish or whatever we caught. We had fried fish almost once a week. Many times, these included the bullhead catfish, bowfins, bluegills, crappie, bass, and once, turtle and gar. Yes, just once!
We caught yellow, brown and black bullheads regularly, and I must say they were good eating. The trunk of my grandmother’s car carried a wash tub we filled with water to keep the fish we caught alive and well. After cleaning them, we would soak them in salt water until they became pretty white. Then they were placed in Rubbermaid containers with water and frozen if not eaten within a day of the catch.
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Fat Cat Challenge
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CFN How-to Video with Capt. David Magness
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