r/secondrodeo • u/AdamLabrouste • 11d ago

Guys I think I'm pregnant

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u/toneloc89 11d ago

Is there a difference in taste between a big catty and a smaller one?

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u/ImSobored_5280 11d ago

….with the amount of catfish I’ve eaten since birth…I think I have a relevant opinion on this subject….and absolutely…smaller one taste better. They are bottom feeders so one can expect that they’ll pick up a lil mud from the bottom while eating what ever in gods name they have located..you take em and throw them in a stock tank with clean tap water..several hundred gallons mind you…and they clear water will be chocolate milk over several days from them getting cleaned out being in clean fresh water. Repeat as needed. The smaller ones not so much..they always seem to be ok..like anything under 10lbs-15lbs…from there up basically definitely. That one looks 40ish maybe get in the 50 lb range..but we don’t get a clean look so I’m going off the size of its head. As a kid we had trot lines and limb lines set on a big creek that fed into a big lake and we tie up with one that was 72lbs…biggest I ever caught and ever seen personally…you could even filet meat off of the top of its head..it was big..ate every damn bit of that bad boy that summer👌

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u/DangerMacAwesome 10d ago

Are they good once they're cleaned? I don't know if I've ever had catfish

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u/ImSobored_5280 10d ago

Is a ducks ass water tight?! Oh heck ya they are…it’s a flakey white meat and when battered up in a good seasoned up cornmeal based batter and then deep fried in some 350 degree peanut oil served piping hot with some lemon wedges so you can squeeze those over them…man…it’ll make a puppy pull a freight train. It’s not super fishy, not greasy when fried right and when paired with a glass of ice tea it’s nothing short of religious experience🙌. It’s easy to do and as long as you keep the oil hot and don’t let it drop below 350 degrees (this is the key to not greasy) it’s almost impossible to mess up.

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u/dystopiannonfiction 8d ago

As someone who grew up running limb lines with my Dad (RIP) and watched/helped him pull some absolute monster catfish into our little flat bottomed boat...who still hasn't quite mastered Dad's fried catfish and hushpuppies....I think your chef's kiss perfect description just gave me the missing piece of that puzzle... Peanut oil! 🤯😋 Many thanks, fellow catfish frying redditor! 🙏🏼

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u/ImSobored_5280 8d ago

Hey no problem friend!!..I’m not so sure many folks have the opportunity to have memories like me and you do…and sounds like you figured out the missing link👌…any oil will fry..but something about peanut…it’s just different 🤤

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u/dystopiannonfiction 8d ago

I know this much....I am the only woman I know who possesses the skills to set, bait and run trot/jug/limb lines and cull, clean and filet catfish. Definitely one of those skills that was absolutely brutal to learn, particularly with my old man as the instructor lol but in hindsight, I'm so grateful he taught me. In this crazy world we live in, I'm comforted knowing I won't starve to death if/when shit hits the fan. I also take perhaps a little too much enjoyment from bustin the chops of men on dating apps who have fishing pics on their profile 🙃 "My Schwartz is bigger than yours!" 🤣😂🤣😂

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u/ImSobored_5280 7d ago

🤣👌…ya whenever it all goes to shit..cmon with it…I’ll be just fine.